These past few months have been pretty rough on our family. Being back and forth in court starts to take it's toll on person, and you begin to wonder why you're doing something. It takes time for the court to get it's ideas together and issue some sort of decision on where things are going to go from there.
In the time that it took the court to get an idea of where Kelsie would finally reside, we, were not able to come up with the funds to pay for her adventure to Europe in June 2013. However, after speaking with the Representative from People to People, she is now on the top of the mailing list to be invited to go to the next delegation in June 2014. This is going to be a big deal for us. Since Kelsie will be coming back home, shortly, she will be able to start to do the fundraising herself instead of just relying on the good nature of others. I was glad that there were some who were more than willing to help her meet her goals, but, a bit shocked that no one else really did anything with it.
I want Kelsie to do this.. it's such a huge life changing event that she would love! I am going to continue to ask for whatever donation you are able to make to help us with our goal of $8300. I am going to show her how to sew and she's going to make messenger bags and sell those. We are going to do a benefit dinner for her. I am going to turn some awesome challis's on the lathe and sell those as well. Kelsie has even stated that when she gets home, she wants to get a job to help finance this whole thing. With an extra year to get the money to get this done, I'm very convinced that we will, no doubt, be able to send her to do this.
There are countless ways to reach our goals, and if you have an idea, then feel free to let me know. Look for our fundraisers to begin as early as February 2013. I will put up pictures of the things that are made for sale. I am hoping that this will indeed be a great adventure for Kelsie.
If you would like to make a donation, please go to our site at http://studentambassadorkelsielucero.chipin.com/people-to-people-student-ambassador-kelsie-lucero
As I have said before, it's OK if you can only make a small donation, because, after all, the small amounts add up and can make a huge difference.
