So, as most of you know, we recently returned from a trip to St.Vincent where my family is from. While there we had many fun adventures of which I PROMISE I will blog about soon. But while we were there, we went to church which was fun and no different from home (except for the beautiful scenery around and the warm climate) anywho... long story short, the kids in their nursery were playing with toys that were older than me (by like 10 or 15 years) and broken. I was humbled when I saw how grateful they were for what they had and how the children still played happily and not one of them uttered a simple complaint. (and these toys were like REALLY broken... like where we would have disposed of them long ago.) Now, to back track a little bit, Nick and I have always wanted to offer some kind of help to the island, not that it's destitute or anything like that, just many of the things we take for granted here cost a lot of money there and aren't on the tops of their priorities. We're wanting to do something bigger, but we still haven't decided yet, and that probably won't happen for some years to come, but we thought at least for now we could help out our fellow Latter Day Saints and send them a care package. We will take care of all the shipping but are wondering if anyone has any new or used toys in good condition that they'd like to donate. There are two branches of our church there, and we're wanting to send them some toys and other things that might brighten their days and just help. We dont' know exactly what else we wanna send 'cause they're all in uniformed schools so they have dress shirts and shoes and pants but maybe they get worn out easily? I dunno...but if you'd like to help out you can drop toys off at my house, call me and I'll come get em from yours or bring em to church and I'll take em there. Nick thinks some basketballs and stuff for the older kids.
