Last hours before the USA.

What does our last full day at home look like as we prepare for a month visit to the USA?

• Last minute laundry that hopefully drys so it will not mold while we're gone.
• E-mail update out to support team to get our prayer coverage in place.
• Packing up items to go with us, importantly: passports, adoption papers, licenses, credit cards, shopping list, to-do list, computer, last minute items that we need but can't print here because of the death of the printer.
• Office items like July's accounting and next year's budget.
• Putting out pet food for the month.
• Payroll
• Cleaning out the refrigerators and freezer so that they can be shut down.
• Packing some snack foods for tomorrow's lunch.
• Giving away food or packaging up food so bugs do not party while we are gone.
• Last minute editing meeting about the Konsey book 
• Planting dragon fruit plants in the new locations so they can grow while we are gone.
• Getting together the papers for the editing of the heath and ag. books so we can work on them in the USA.
• Straightening and finishing cleaning the house for our house setters.
• Give away the donation box sitting in my bedroom.
• Checking bags going to the USA to make sure small liquids are in plastic bags, scissors removed from my cross-stitching.
• Making sure that all electronics travel with their charge/cord buddies.
• Checking the flight times tomorrow and making sure folks we need to met at the airport know when we'll be there. 
• Confirming schedules and plans for the rest of the week/ month. 
• Good-byes 

And what interesting events are planned for our visit to the USA?

 Dragon Fruit Plants

• Celebrating with my family my brother's graduation from IWU with his masters.
• Final notarization and authentication of our adoption documents.
• Shopping-including school books, Book Herder Project books.
• Library visits!
• Orthodontist and passport renewal with Anna
• Driver license renewal
• County Fair
• Fingerprints for background checks
• Visiting 5 supporting churches 
• One team meeting
• Celebrating birthdays.
• Warm showers. 
• Foods we do not get here: ice cream, green beans, broccoli, bagels, sweet corn, blue berries, peaches, apples, Chinese, frozen peas, cereal other than plain cornflakes........
• Visiting family and friends.
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