Richard and I returned from New Zealand on March 14 after spending a month on the cruise ship Holland America Amsterdam and then 38 days in New Zealand. Needless to say, when we arrived home I was not expecting to have almost 9,000 QSL cards waiting to be sorted, as I had made arrangements to have it done while we were away. I knew that I could not handle that monumental task at this time with everything else that had to be done here at home. So we arranged to have a card sorting party here at the house on March 21.  It took us from 9 a.m. until 1:15 p.m. to do the initial sort. I would like to thank the following hams for all the hard work they did. Ted, NH6YK; John, KH6DLK; Bob, AH6J, who even gave up a golf game; Joe, KH6GA, Vicki, N4WV; Rick, WH6LU; Lloyd, KH6LC; Ben, NH7D; Curt, AH6RE; Leigh, WH6DZX; and myself, NH7FY. All of the above hams are now considered trained QSL card sorters. Mahalo for a great day.                                  Barbara, NH7FY