Liz, wanted you to know that the postal system has eaten up most of the days since you mailed checks from the UK. They were deposited on 8/27 by OCF, and just today did the bank send a reconcillation of the conversion of pounds to dollars and notified us of the actual dollar amount of the 5 checks. OCF is always in need of funding for various projects, and my gratitude is sincere. However this is the manner in which we get our necessary funding that I find personally the most uncomfortable. I promise you that the money will be spent prudently and with purpose.
Because of the amount of fraud with international transactions over the internet, very few companies ( inculding OCF's store which is run by Wells Fargo Bank) will accept credit card money from non US sources. International money orders (in pounds sterling or whatever) sent by mail can be deposited into OCF's regular bank account.