Unbelievable!!!

First we want to apologize for not posting anything the past couple days. Things have been so hectic over here. Janie had to say farewell to the kids which was so hard for her and she is safely back in the United States. Since she has left we have been working non-stop on the orphanage. We received an extra donation recently and were able to have a one on one meeting with the director of the orphanage by special request because she is currently sick with malaria.

We met with her and she gave us a prioritized list of things we could do for them beginning with food of course. While meeting with her she shared her plans for the future of the orphanage and we came up with a way for United Students for Africa to assist her. It was such a successful meeting and we left feeling so optimistic about the kids future. We stayed at the orphanage for a couple more hours and just gave the children our time.

Today was unbelievably successful. We spent the entire day, from 9 am to 3 pm at the market shopping for the kids. The amount of food we bought with the money we had was truly incredible. We purchased two 50 kg sacks of corn, two 50 kg sacks of beans, two 50 kg sacks of rice, a sack of palm nuts, a sack of cabbage, a sack of oranges (the kids loved them so much they wouldn't stop begging for more!), a tub of peanut butter, so many spices, medicine, baby formula, baby cereal, a sack of fish, a 10 kg box of mackaral, 4 boxes of tomato paste, and too many other things to list here! Anyways, the point is we bought so many things and Adullam Orphanage was so incredibly grateful for our generous offerings.

We dropped the stuff off and took pictures of all the kids with the food and then we got to watch them line up to get their orange. All of the kids that were old enough to eat one, which is about 180 kids, got one and there were still plenty left! The kids were eating their oranges with huge smiles on their faces and they couldn't get enough. Today was so much fun and we can't wait for tomorrow which we think will only get better.

Again, we are so sorry for the delay and we are so sorry for not being able to post pictures. The first thing we will do is show everyone all the pictures we have taken since we have been here and we have received permission to post some online on our website when it is up!

Thanks again to everyone who has supported us on this life-changing adventure!
Sincerely,
Michael, Matt, Genna, and Janie (Even though she is gone she is still with us!)

PS: Janie made sure to call us all and let us know how delicious her In N Out double double was as soon as she got off the plane... :'(