And the counting and sorting continues...

Get it... we have pencils coming out of our ears!

On a more serious note, I received a package of pencils from a friend, Haley Larsen, the other day. In her package was a note, and in her note was a beautiful expression of what she feels passionately about: writing. Because she articulated so well what has been on my mind for the past year or so, I asked for permission to share it with you.

This is her note:

"Sam, thank you so much for spreading the news of this cause and inviting others to contribute. Pencils seem like such a small thing, but they are in disguise. Pencils are words. They are language, dreams, thoughts; waiting to be written. Writing is a beautiful thing--I feel sincere joy, deep down in my heart, when I think of a child shaping his or her first words with these small pencils. Words and language shape us--they shape our world. And we need the words, the language, of the voices in Kenya, or our own world, our own shapes, will be unfulfilled. So take these pencils. Let's see what they say."