Ben is off to Fiji today...

I picked up Colette yesterday, we came home and the first thing she said was Scotty...

then came "Scotty gone". She still had Ben for one more day.

Ben and Scott have grown very close 
to their sweet niece Colette,

they read to her,watch movies,colored together

and her favorite is playing

outside as they follow her around.

Ben built a playhouse for her last spring

and she loves it!!

As we drove silently to the airport I looked over at

Ben and saw tears running down his cheek, that's all it

took and then tears were running down my cheeks.

What Ben and Scott are doing will be a 
great blessing to so many people

who have very little. Kadovu, Fiji will be a better place because of the work Kristine and Curt started.

I know because I packed Ben's

luggage with a hundred pounds of clothes I picked up yesterday along with a keyboard

to make music for the children to dance to. 
Ben packed his carry on with

his own needs and about 20 paperbacks

for his new family and friends.

Not only will Kadavu be a better place, 
the 4 men there working for

Kristine and Curt will come back 
knowing they have given much.

Our home will feel pretty empty for a short time... 
but at the end of June, Eric,

Christine and Colette will move in so they 
can save for a home of their own.

Heinz and I are blessed with a beautiful family, 
we love that family with our whole heart.
The more children you have the

more blessings keep coming.

After Colette and I left Ben at the airport, 
I looked at her and said

"are you going to live with grandma Nancy

she said yes. Daddy, mommy, Ben & Scott too."

She is going to miss Uncle Ben and Uncle Scott,

they played with her, read to her

and every now and than had to change her diaper.

She has them wrapped around her tiny little fingers.

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