Update

1. No, we haven't heard anything - except that two documents from our dossier have gone "missing". Don't worry - just spend another $500! (sorry I've almost had it)
   
2. Yes, the pics of Maks are missing from the blog. Someone told me that a family lost their referral by posting pictures. So I removed them. Once I see his little face in person, I will re-post them.
3. When it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!! We have gone through about half of the cell phones we collected. Only 1 of them was worth anything: $4. We have raised $4. LOL There were many phones that had potential to be worth something - except they had a broken latch or battery or.... We do have a large stack from the Santa Barbara area. Maybe they'll be worth something!
   

Thank you to everyone that sent the old phones to us. It was worth a try.

I will be returning to school on January 21, without having traveled to Kazakhstan. What in the world! Why didn't I go back to work when the chance presented itself? (Because they told me we would be traveling soon! Don't listen when they say "soon") Hopefully, we will at least travel around the time of Spring Break (March 27-April 7) so I won't go over the 30 work days that I can be gone legally (my maternity leave days.) Good thing I didn't use those, yet.

Just keep waiting....