Yesterday, Sunday Jan. 31 my family threw me a great going away party. It was sort of like a late Christmas and Birthday party combined. However, my mom has never cooked that much food for my birthday or Christmas. Not to mention the fact that I had 5 cakes. We had a raffle going on that only cost $1. The sign read, "Hear ye... Hear ye... Buy a raffle ticket and the winner gets it A.L.L." There was a nice stack of cash building up in the shoe box. I wasn't to happy about it until I found out what was really going on. I kept saying things like, "If somebody else wins then the winner takes half." When one of my cousins won the raffle, he got crazy excited and started running all over the house and throwing his hand up in victory. But when he opened the gift that came with the raffle and found out that all he won was ALL washing detergent, he and his girlfriend, who had already started making plans for the money, had the same look that many celebrities have after being punked. Fortunately, I was right there with the camera to catch it. 
And of course all of the money was mine. If you like that idea and want to pull it off at one of your parties let me know. I have another version of it. In the end, It was really nice to have seen so many faces that I haven't seen in such a long time. Before we all left, every one gathered and said a prayer for me. I am so blessed to have a family that prays together and I know we will stay together. Look forward to a blog about my trip to and first day in Estonia.
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