Thanks, Dad!!

Back in 2007 when Haley was raising money for her Australia trip, we created the cookbooks that are featured on the right-hand side of this blog. It was such a fun project to do because we gathered awesome recipes from friends and family all over the United States and then compiled them into one really terrific cookbook which we were then able to sell to many of those same contributors and so many others who graciously supported her endeavors. We are forever grateful to those of you who had any part of this!

At that time my dad was one of our biggest supporters of this project, and as soon as he found out about Haley's plans for Africa, he wanted to know if we had any more of those cookbooks that he could sell for her. He's shameless when it comes to promoting his granddaughter because he's so proud of her and what she's accomplishing! He called us again tonight to tell us that he's sold another ten and wondered if we could send a few more the next time someone heads that way! Wow! Thanks, Dad! We appreciate all your help so very, very much!

If anyone would still like one, feel free to contact us or stop in and see my dad, Marv, at Pella Motors! They make great Christmas gifts! We're down to 50 of our original 550 cookbooks that we had for sale, so they won't be around much longer the way he's promoting them!

Where In The World Is Haley Going To Be?

My husband is a brilliant man when it comes to many things, but he's always been the first to admit that geography is not his thing. When he started asking Haley some really bizarre questions last night about where she will be, she started out by chuckling at his lack of knowledge but then gave me this look of "Mom, we really need to help Dad figure this stuff out!" We started by pulling out a Bible and finding a map of the world in the back.



Next we pulled a book that is full of maps from the shelf and even ended up with the vintage globe that was given to our family by his Grandma Nellie.



It's a little hard to see on this picture of the globe, but Haley will be spending her first month in South Africa, which is the southernmost country in Africa, and then her second month she will be in Zambia, which is a little bit north of South Africa. Have a little fun and pull out your own assortment of maps and see what you can learn about the location of these countries! They are definitely a long ways from home!

"Hands and Feet" by Audio Adrenaline

This is one of Haley's favorite songs because it depicts the cry of her heart . . . to be His hands and feet.