And on the Baby Front...

The day has come that we have finally decided on a name for our soon-to-be-in-this-world daughter:          

                                                        Baylor Adelaide Harrison

She'll go by Baylor.  As you can see, her initials are BAH, just like a sheep sound.  I do enjoy a good sheep sound.

Also, as so many people from so many different places across the country have been asking us what we need for the baby, at the suggestion of my ever-wise sister, we have registered at Target, to prevent getting 80 pacifiers and 1 tube of diaper rash cream.  We are listed as Brett and Christie Harrison in Nashville, TN, as Geita, Tanzania was not an option.  In addition to what's at Target, we could also use baby clothes from birth to 2 years, since we don't know exactly when we're coming home or how fast our little girl will grow.  And we are happy to receive your previously used baby items for those of you who are done with that phase of your life.  Also, for anything we registered for like medicine, baby sunscreen, etc., we're happy to get generics; they just weren't online for us to put on the list.  We already have some baby things (particularly larger items) coming on the container in October (hopefully), but if you think of something exceedingly important that we haven't mentioned, feel free to pass that along to us. Please believe me when I say we really aren't actively trying to get all of you to send us stuff. We'd like your prayers more than anything else.  

Our current address is:

                                     Kanisa La Kristo

                                         Brett and Christie Harrison

                                         PO Box 1371

                                         Mwanza, Tanzania

As our team doesn't have our own box yet, the current Mwanza Team has graciously offered to let us use theirs until we do.  Whenever we get our permanent address, I'll post it, but know that even if you send something to this address and we get our new address the next day, we'll still get whatever you send.  Also, there are a few things you should know about sending letters, packages, etc. to Tanzania.  First, a letter or a padded envelope of just about any size will generally make it to us within 2 or 3 weeks.  A larger, boxier package can take anywhere from a few weeks to 4 months.  At the post office they will give you the form for this, but you MUST list the contents of the package on the outside of  the box ,or envelope larger than card or letter-sized.  You must also list the value of each item.  We have been told by the postal workers here that it is best for you to give the garage sale value for everything that you send.  That is for 2 reasons: 1.  If something is of great value, it is more likely to just somehow not make it to us, and 2.  If the package does not fit in our post office box (which is larger than average--most padded envelopes will fit), than we must pay taxes on the total value of the contents in the package.  This tax can range anywhere from 10% to 50%, depending on who is working that day.  You just never know.  If you have any questions about any of this,  let me know.  

Also in response to questions about items we would like to receive in care packages, I have put a list of things we will always love to get over to the right underneath our profile and such. This list will always stay on our blog, and we'll add and take away from it at times.  Again, we're content with generics of all kinds.  I'm sure we can always think of other things if you want to send something different, but these will just always be there if you want an idea and most are pretty lightweight (except perhaps for my velveeta and Brett's Diet Dr. Peppers--which might would explode, so I'm not too sure about them in the mail). 

Hmmm...I suppose that's all.  Thanks for all the encouraging emails and comments, we love hearing from all of you!