Update to "Wedding Plans" post

If you visit our blog, you've probably noticed that we rarely update it. Sorry about that!

But I did want to add an update regarding the request that we made to gift gifts to Youth Encounter and Samaritan's Purse, even though it's very delayed in coming. Most of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of you who sent gifts to us for our wedding! The generosity was overwhelming - we can't thank you enough. In fact, some of you we haven't even officially thanked yet....sorry about that! I guess we're quickly approaching the supposed year-long allowance for writing thank you cards - we really need to get on that! =)

But I also wanted to say thank you to all those who made donations to Youth Encounter or Samaritan's Purse in our name. At the wedding, we made the request of the guests to give a donation toward these causes as well, hoping that we would collect enough to buy 30 mosquito nets to help protect families overseas from malaria (which would take $300).

And when we counted the collection, we were amazed to have received over $1100! That gave us enough to purchase the 30 mosquito nets easily, plus buying a brood of chicks, Bibles for new believers, training for a local evangelist, and a bicycle for a local pastor to travel to nearby towns. All this and we were able to give over $500 to support Youth Encounter as well! And this was only what was collected on the day of the wedding - we know that several others gave gifts directly to Youth Encounter, Samaritan's Purse and other charities, which weren't included in this total. Amazing - thank you for your generosity!

So thank you again, with all of our heart, for the suppport shown to us at our wedding and to these great organzations. We're blessed to have so many generous and caring friends and family.

Peace,
Heather and Dain