Preparations, Coffee and cinnamon rolls (YES!!!!)

Phew! It's been a week of logistics and planning, shopping, emailing and phone calling back to the office. Yesterday, we went to PriceSmart. It took the four of us and three "packed to the max" grocery carts to finish the shopping. Today, Ken is off to Central Market to get the meat. On the way home, we investigated two coffee plantations and mills. We have decided on which one we will go with for this team's free-day. It is located on top of a hill and as far as you can see down the ravines and hillside are coffee plants. I think the group will enjoy watching as the coffee beans are processed. We were able to get a tour time during the day when the employees will actually be doing the "processing" instead of just walking in and explaining what each machine does. I think they will enjoy that! The team arrives in two groups tomorrow, one group in the morning and one in the late evening. On Sunday, we will have orientation for the camp, then break down into the three ministries, construction, children's and medical and do orientations separately for those teams. It will be a day of "organizing" medicine, children's and teacher training supplies, construction supplies. Of course, in between all of this we will be eating and attending church too. This group is bringing down a special baker who has sent me a grocery list of supplies to buy for homemade cinnamon rolls and bread! Richard has used his gift of baking to raise funds for this team; from pies to breads and of course, the cinnamon rolls. Do you not think when I opened that email that the family was excited? I can't remember when we last ate a cinnamon roll and of course, you can't buy Pillsbury tube cinnamon rolls here, either. Kyle informed me that he will be in the kitchen for two weeks stuck to this guy! So pray for Richard! From what I've heard, he's quite the baker. We'll try and "calmly" welcome him into the camp kitchen, but you know, us gringo's can get a little crazy over food from home. I wonder if the poor guy will ever see light or the outside walls of the kitchen?