Gathering Gifts

Jody and I have been busy gathering gifts to take with us to New Zealand. Yesterday we visited Main Street books where they were having a sale. We managed to come away with 50 lanyards, 20 car stickers, and 14 Tshirts for a very reasonable price. Then today we picked up our laptops, and while we were there, we were given a bunch of nail files, highlighters, and pens to take with us. It sort of feels like Christmas!

On the way back from IT, we stopped in at the bookstore and purchased some banners to give to the universities, and we were given some of those triangular flag thingies that were the wrong blue! We didn't mind! We're going to have to get photos of people holding all these things!

After the bookstore, we stopped in to see Greg (who was relieved that we finally had the computers - the timing was VERY close as we have less than three weeks to go!).

About the earthquake in Christchurch. I'm monitoring it all VERY closely. As long as the city is determined to be safe, we will still go. If it is not considered safe, we will change our plans and obviously NOT go. No matter where we go in the world, there will always be the possibility of a natural disaster; after all, Western Kentucky is built on a giant fault line! So, we can never make ourselves 100% safe from the unexpected. We can, however, make ourselves safe from the results of the unexpected... and we will. So, Brittany and Kelli, just be aware that safety IS our main concern. If people ask you about it, tell them we're monitoring the situation and will do what is safest. That's all we can say right now. :-)

Now we have to prepare ourselves for a singing lesson tomorrow. I wait with bated breath! :-)