Sidr Cow Update

According to Sheri McFadden, Bidehi 1's mother and this couple's secretary/treasurer, the Sidr Cow Fund has done quite well in its short history - thanks so much to all of you who contributed! Here's a list of some of our benefactors, and we had a few generous 'anonymous' donors as well....

David Boyd
Mr. & Mrs. Cedarburg
Dick and Sharlene Hamilton
Women's Surface Creek Saddle Club
Jessie McFadden
Donna Ames
Darlene Johnson
LuAnn Lundberg
Best of the West 4-H club
Zach and Kara Gergely
Joe and Jeri McFadden
Jessica Koehler

(If I missed your name, or if you see yours listed and would prefer to be anonymous, please let me know and I'll update accordingly...)

Thanks so much for helping to make this happen! According to our current tally, the fund has just over $400 in it - which should be plenty for a cow, and will leave some left over for other cyclone relief, too. We're hoping to use the leftover money to fund a Habitat for Humanity building trip later in the spring, though details are still up in the air.

We haven't told the family the news yet - we plan to surprise them with it in a few days. Ben and I will be traveling to their village in Gopalgonj to celebrate New Year's with them. Because we'll need their help to coordinate the actual purchase, we unfortunately won't be able to just present them with a healthy cow... apparently the issues of purchase and transportation are pretty complicated. But we'd like to go with them and take pictures to document the event for all of you, so stay tuned and we'll let you know how things turn out.

Thanks again for all your support - you've made us very happy and very proud of our communities!