Wow.. one week exactly until I leave..

I cannot believe I leave McGhee Tyson in exactly one week to return to Romania! It is a dream come true! Thank you so much to my wonderful friends and family who have been so supportive and helped me finance this journey!

My sister Trish just let me know that the kids at First United Methodist Church in Pigeon Forge raised over $200 to help buy baby bottle liners for me to take with me. AWESOME job guys!! Thank you so much!!


On a side note - I spoke with Mihaela (the country manager and coordinator for my team) today and learned that PLAYTEX BOTTLE LINERS are NOT sold in Romania!!! How bizarre is that?!? So the clinic has made a move to use Playtex (which is fabulous for both the cleanliness factor AND the less air in the tummy factor - since babies don't get burped in the clinic!) but the liners are UNAVAILABLE in Romania. So note to all future volunteers -- TAKE plenty of liners with you!! I cannot even begin to imagine how many liners they are using in one day and if volunteers aren't bringing them frequently then I assume they will have to go back to using old bottles and have the Ministry of Health on their back!

One more week and the blog will be up and running on a (hopefully) daily basis giving you updates on those precious babies!! Sign up to be a follower in order to get notification of new blog entries! Until then....