After a good 3 days of hard work, Blake has designed a website for us to share :) We have been wanting a place to post updates and include others in all of our wedding plans. The website is easy to remember. It's just:

http://blakeandjuli.com

I think I'm going to start posting my blogs on there for now on. Hope you like it!

Before I came over here, I packed a bag of clothes I hadn't worn in over a year and a couple pairs of shoes I had only worn once. I wasn't sure if I would come across another little girl who could fit them, but worst case scenario I would hand them off to the orphanage director and she would distribute them among the little girls. I had a few dresses and flowery skirts, and among the mix were a pair of metallic gold slippers. Surely, they would make someone's day.

Today I worked with the older kids, which had 2 girls within the class. One of the girls is twelve years old and shows signs of autism. She has a beautiful smile. I looked down at her feet and thought that just maybe she would fit my shoes. I brought the gold ones into the room and handed them over to her. Her face lit up, and I bent down to put them on. I couldn't believe how perfectly they fit her. It was like Cinderella. Ha. She was so cute because she wanted to take one picture after the other of her wearing her gold shoes. The shiny material was definitely something that kept her attention. For the next 10 minutes, she was sitting on the floor, tapping together her feet and saying (in her own language), "my new shoes... my new shoes..."

I wish I had gold slippers to give every single orphan just so I could see another smile like that.

The 30 hour trip was long, but smooth! We found an internet cafe down the street, so I'm sitting here now with a pot of tea and journal. I feel crammed with information and emotions, and not even sure where to start.

Today was our first day in the orphanage, and the children were so precious. I am so incredibly impressed by this orphanage and its directors. What amazing people! I have so much to say, but not really sure where to start. I'm feeling at some sort of a writer's block. So.... I'll write more later :)

Keep us in your prayers.

Blake and I drove down to Savannah earlier this week and had 2 days to find a place for us to live after getting married. And... we found it! I loved it from the first time I saw it :) Blake will move in in August for school, and then I'll move in after we get married. Notice the palm trees... we are 10 minutes from the beach. Crazy.

The reason this is so short-- well, I'm headed out the door right now to East Asia. Just wanted to write something real quick to let you all know. I'll be gone until July 11th, and I'd appreciate your prayers while I'm there! Ok... I'm literally about to run out the door...