Tuesday, July 3, 2012

THANK YOU FOR THE BOOKS!!!!


I am so grateful for each of you that donated the wonderful children's books to these adorable little girls. I have the best family and friends in the world! 

The moment we delivered the books was priceless. I have never seen children be so excited to receive a suitcase full of books! It made me really reflect on what is truly important. Thank you so much for helping these young orphans. These books will continue to help empower, educate, encourage, and teach them. God bless all of you for your efforts! 
 

The girls were so excited, as well as their two teachers.
These little girls pulled book after book out, just fascinated with the pages. They have never had anything like this before!
Thanks Marianne for hauling down the suitcase of your donations!
GLADI
SOFIA
ROSIE
MONICA
REBEKAH
VERONICA
QUEEN

Libby Bailey is also very grateful for each of you! She is the founder of Your Sisters Orphanage. She is originally from Oregon and was a real estate agent, hiking mountains on her free time. She came to Tanzania about five years ago to hike Mount Kilimanjaro. She said she fell in love with the people and the country and felt her new life mission calling her. So, she moved to Tanzania and started this orphanage. Right now she has 7 orphans. She plans to build the orphanage into something much greater, having capacity to take care of and educate 25 girls. Her vision and mission for her organization is inspiring. I admire her dedication and her dreams to help these young orphans have the best possibility at life. Down here in Tanzania, a lot of orphanages are not like this one. Many of them just provide shelter and hardly enough food for the children to merely survive. Libby's vision extends much greater. She is an honest, hardworking woman, who wants to empower these young orphans to contribute to society and reach their full potential. It has been a privilege to be involved with Your Sisters. Thanks again for all your help with these books!

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