Thanks!! I'll see how much I can raise starting with my $60. I'll get you the APO of the guy I promised a light to - he's in Spanaway Lori's group of soldiers, so if you are sending the whole order there, we may not need worry about segregating one for my guy. Keep us informed and THANKS!!
We had an email yesterday from Nicole's father in New York.
Nicole (and the rest of Beast Battery, presumably) just reached their base in Hawaii from Kirkuk.
Charles (our main contact at Beast Battery at Kirkuk) wrote last month that he wouldn't be writing anyone for at least another four months after he got home to his wife.
I feel really lucky that a relative was kind enough to let us know our prayers were answered.
It was a very nice email, thanking us for helping keep Nicole's morale up. I would post most all of it, but I am away from home checking in on my elderly folks, and can't figure out how to cut and paste my email accessed through my Mom's internet connection, and not actually downloaded.
When I get back, I'll see that you get to see some pictures that her father sent me a couple months ago.
Spanaway Lori, HannaUSA have been getting a new project going to send headlamps to our adopted soldiers in Mosul, and I'll be checking with a manager at the company that distributes them on Monday. He has offered to match us in donations for the amount we raise for this project.
I'll let you know how the conversation goes after I talk with him, hopefully Monday. As you can see above, a few people have already dropped in to get the project rolling.
I'm being propelled along on the fingers of the mosh pit they have formed. Must be fate, because I have my hands full here in Texas now with the folks, and wasn't counting on doing anything big for a while.