I am posting this for those who want to maybe get a little bit better of an idea about my trip. Here are two blog post from My trip 2 years ago. I hope you enjoy!

~Stephanie

Grand Announcement!!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE..........................




I have raise ALL the money needed for my China trip!!! God is so amazing!! I have just been amazed at how the money has come in and I was even over my amount ! I will be putting the extra $63 towards the stroller the youth group is helping to buy for me to bring over! 


I would not have been able to do this without everyones prayers and support! I am so ready to start my trip, and to see all the wonderful things God has planed for us while we are there. If you could please continue to pray for my team and all the final stuff for our trip! One of the big things is I get my visa back in time! I know God has a plan and he will work everything out so it goes as smoothly as possible from here! 


I am posting below so other ways that you can help! They are always in need of supplies. Here is the list of ongoing needs and I will then post the address and packing list. 

Show Hope Special Care Centers

CURRENT  WISH  LIST  

Baby Items

Infant Sleepers – one piece - size preemie to 12 months 

Toddler One-Piece Footed Pajamas – size 18 months, 24 months, 2T and 3T

Receiving Blankets - approximately 30 x 30 inches – cotton flannel

Preemie Diapers (not newborn but specific diaper size for preemie babies)

Cloth Baby Bibs

Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo, Lotion and Powder (traditional, not new fragrances)

Baby Bottles – plastic 8 ounce bottles– (not bottles that use plastic liners)

Baby Bottles for cleft palate babies – (Mead Johnson brand preferred)

Premature Baby Formula – such as Enfamil® EnfaCare® or Similac Expert Care ™ Neosure® 

High Nutrition Formula for Malnourished Little Ones – such as Peptamin Junior® and Nutren Junior®  

Double strollers (HYPERLINK "http://www.kolcraft.com/product.aspx?id=80&shopby=category" \t "_blank"Kolcraft Tandem strollers or similar)

Medications – Over the Counter (store brand or name brand)

Cough meds for infants and children; expectorants

Allergy medications for infants and children

Diaper Rash Cream

Infants Acetaminophen

Infants Ibuprofen

Antibiotic ointment or cream 

Gas Drops / Colic Drops

Steroid Cream (hydrocortisone cream)

Multivitamins for infants (liquid) – with iron

Oral Replacement Salts Flavored Powder – (Pedialyte® or other brands)

Teething Gel

Liquid Stool Softeners / Glycerin Suppositories / Lactulose / Oral Citrate of Magnesia

Medical Supplies

Pill crushers and pill cutters

Alcohol Swabs

Hand sanitizer bottles with pumps (1 liter or smaller for ease of shipping)

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Gauze of various sizes

Micropore Tape –various sizes needed of this lightweight tape used to secure bandages or dressings

Nasogastric tubes – size F5 or F6

Nasal Cannula for infants

Dressings – Hydrogel dressings, thick gauze abdominal pads, regular sterile gauze

Club Foot Casting Materials: 2-inch Soffban padding and stockinette, fiberglass 

Disposable Underpads (Chux) for examining table

Pediatric-size colostomy bags (one-piece, drainable preferred pediatric size 1-3/4” or 44mm – prefer ConvaTec brand)

Medicine

Oral antibiotics for infant and children (liquid or power for reconstitution) – any time such as Amoxicillin, Augmentin, Bactrim, Cephalosporins, Clindamycin, Sulpha,and Macrolides.

Phenergan

Sodium Valprate Liquid

Antibiotic ointments or creams such as Bactroban

E-45 or similar water-based creams

Asthma medication for use with a spacer or with a nebulizer – Pulmicort nebules or Steroid inhalers

Singulair tablets (Montelukast Sodium)

Antibiotic eye ointment or drops

Phenobarbital 30 mg tabs

Bacolofen 10 mg tabs

Tylenol® with Codeine 

I will post the packing slip info later (for some reason I can not open the link) 

I hope everyone is having a blessed weekend! 

~Stephanie

God is AMAZING!!!!

God keeps showing me how AMAZING he is! I have been blown away on how fast my fundraising is going! I just can not thank all the people that are behind me and showing me so much love through financial support and prayers! God is just taking my breath away! I have raised 18,276 of my 21,000 miles already! That means I only 2,724 miles (roughly $600 ) left to raise! 

I have also started "meeting" my new team! We had our first conference call and are now all finding each other on Facebook! I am so excited about meeting them all in person this April! God has hand picked an amazing team for this April Sponsor trip and everyone is pumped up and ready to spread the love of God around the orphanages! 

Prayer request at this point:

* For myself and the rest of my team as we finish raising support

*For God to keep filling up our hearts with all this love to share with others

*For our amazing leaders as they finish getting different things completed for us to be able to go! 

Trust in God

Trust in God and he will provide!

I have been amazed at watching how God is providing for my trip! Between bringing in the funds! I am at 9,188 miles down and 11,812 miles to go! I am almost half way to my goal!  God is also working in my heart preparing me for my trip! I am so excited that I will get to chat with the other 14 team members next week!  I can't wait to "meet" all of them. If you could please continue to pray for my team as we prepare and that God keeps proving mile by mile!!!!!


Also, if you could please keep my friend Abby in your prayers as she is on a couple month journey in China and that God gives her strength to overcome all things!

God is providing Mile by Mile!

I have received donations for 3,122 miles so far!  That means I have 17,878 miles to go! God is so wonderful I know he will provide the following! I am getting more more excited as the days go by leading up to my trip! One of the girls who was on the trip with me 2 years ago is at MBHOH right now and reading her blog and see pictures just makes my heart warm ! If everyone could please keep her in your prayers she has moved to China for 6 months! She is only at the big house for a couple of weeks then she heads of for school , then she will be back at the big house this summer! I am so happy that she is getting this amazing opportunity!

I can not say this enough times but thank you everyone for all your prayers , love and support!

~Stephanie~

19,350 miles to go!

Thanks everyone for your love and support! I have 1,650 miles donated so far so just  19,350 miles to go! I am so excited because it is under the 20,000 mark! I have also started a facebook group page tracking my miles!

I am loving reading all the updates from MBHOH knowing that in just a little more than 2 months I will be there! Those sweet little angels will be in my arms once more and I will be able to share the love of God with everyone in the building!!!

I will keep you updated with my mile countdown so stay tuned to see how much closer I am to China!!!!

With love
~Stephanie~

God will provide!!!

I want to start off by saying that I am so sorry that I have not been super on updating! Please bear with me!

I have an awesome group of youth group kids! When I shared that I was going back to China on this missions trip, one of the girls said "can we have a fundraiser!!!"So this last week at youth we sat down and did some brain storming! They are awesome and had come up with so many ideas. We are working on a couple and it is just so amazing seeing how they want to help. I feel blessed beyond words, I know God will take care of all the monies needed for this trip. God is already doing so much in my own heart preparing me for my return to the BIG blue house!!!

I also have just learned that I will be going with a team of 15 (13 and 2 leaders) . We are all working on putting together bios this week so that we can better know each other! I can not wait to learn and get to know my future team mates!

Please continue to pray for my trip as I prepare and for those we will be visiting!

~Stephanie~