A new year, a new chapter in my life.

This is my first post in over 2 years. I've moved again. I'm living in the great state of Virginia and learning how to deal with 4 seasons again. The first month of 2014 is halfway over and so much has changed for me. I'm a college student again and my oldest child is in college with me. ☺️

Looking forward to what this year will bring.....

Jana

We have pictures!

I am so excited to share these photos. As you are viewing these pictures. I want you to know what a great thing you have helped us to do. We have brought a little joy to these children's lives. :) Your donations are there being handed out. All the months of collecting, sorting, packing, driving to the post office, standing in line and filling out customs forms have paid off!

Again I want to thank everyone for all of your help in this project. It would not have been successful without your support. A special thanks to Kristine Hunt for donating her own fabulous photography skills to help raise funds to support this project.

To everyone else who brought donations to me to be shipped or who shipped donations directly overseas, Thank you and God Bless you and your families.

To our Marines who recieved these packages, and then made sure they were handed out to the children. Thank you for your service. You are truly our heroes and we love you.

Sincerely,
Jana

The last of the donations have shipped!

Greetings all. I wanted to take time to let everyone know that I have sent the remainder of the donations to Afghanistan. Thank you all so much for your support over the last 5 months. May God Bless you all.

Coming to a close.

Hello friends!
I hope you are all doing well on this chilly fall day. I wanted to give everyone a reminder that this is our last month of receiving donations to be shipped to Afghanistan to help the children of the Rigg district with school supplies. I recently spoke with our contact and he expressed his wish for me to go ahead and ship what I have received thus far this month. The donations will be handed out to the schools and children in the next few weeks. So, if you currently have a donation that you want to have sent, please let me know so we can get it shipped over in time. Thank you!

Again, I want to thank everyone who contributed to this endeavor. You have all helped so much and I can not thank you enough. May God bless you and your families.

New Shipment!

Hi again! I just wanted to give another quick update on our donations to date. Today I mailed 4 more boxes to Afghanistan. Today's shipment totaled 135 pounds! As I understand it, the kids in Afghanistan will be starting the new school year soon, so these supplies are going to put a smile on some lucky kids faces. Thank you so much for your continued generosity in supporting us on this endeavor. We would not be successful without your support.

Greetings all!

     August is now upon us. July was a very busy month for me with the 4th of July and family visiting and vacationing. I am back home and recently sent out another shipment to Afghanistan. This time, I chose to use a big 20x20 box to save money on shipping. It worked as far as saving money, but the box was very heavy and bulky. I would like to say a big thank you to the kind Marine who helped me carry it from my car into the post office yesterday. I really appreciated it. :)I shipped 3 boxes yesterday and I have at least 3 more to ship in the next couple of days.
     I received an update from our contact in Afghanistan. He stated that the schools that are being started are very similar to the school we remember from the old favorite TV show "Little House on the Prairie". So things like paper, pencils, individual pencil sharpeners, chalk and small chalk boards are what is most needed at this time.

Again, I want to thank everyone for helping out as much as they have. May God bless you all for your generosity.

Photo

Here is a picture of the first half of July's Shipment.