He closed with a prayer of commitment to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Then it was time for the gift distribution. Paul and our children laid out all the shoes, clothes and drinks in our hall, then the children came in one by one in the order of the number received at the gate. We distributed 300 pairs of shoes, 930 pieces of clothing and 377 drinks...
Day 2352. I should have known that there was no point setting an alarm for this morning. Even though Sammy had only fallen asleep after 9:30 pm last night, he was the first one up this morning, some time after 6 am. And he was saying he was hungry. He and Randy made so much noise that Tammy finally woke up as well, and then Emmy.
Day 2351. I went to bed as late as usual last night and set my alarm for 9:45 am. However, the kids were up early and kept coming to me so I ended up getting up earlier than planned. It was time to finish packing everything and make sandwiches to eat on the train.
