Keep your eyes peeled...

Well, I have finally have internet at home for a few months. Probably the worst internet ever..but beggars can’t be choosers!! There is no signal here from the cable company, and so I have had to use a mobile modem USB thing..with the slowest speed in history, but some days it’s great and so I shan’t complain!!

Things have calmed down a bit this week. Half of my Orphan profile work for Providence is done now...I will keep you updated as to when it will be on the internet!
This week is the Graduation for Preparatoria. In Honduras they follow the American style Graduations – they have graduation ceremonies for the end of Pre-school, Primary school and High School...oh and Uni! So we are planning and decorating for our Preparatoria Grad...before they move into Grade 1. Again, I’ll be glad when that is over! 2 more weeks til the vacations – yay!
I only have one more week to take photos of everyone in my church, so the end is in sight there too!
On Saturday at Youth Group we went around other churches to promote the Talent Show...so that is going well too. Oh the end is in sight everywhere!!

As I mentioned last week, my friends were involved in the fatal Landslide in El Salvador. Luis Vega has arranged to go back this week with a huge truck full of supplies – food, tools and clothes. Many many people have lost everything. Providence has a warehouse full of donated clothes (that we use for the community) and offered for it to be sent to El Salvador and so on Thursday and Friday afternoon I helped 5 other ladies and girls to bag up clothes ready to send this week. We bagged, sorted and categorised everything to make it easier when they get there. I think we must have made about 200 black bags of clothes. It was wonderful to be able to actually do something constructive to help such devastation.

Not much else has happened really! As I mentioned before I am coming back to UK for Christmas – 10th Dec – 9th Jan. It is going to be a huge difference and what I earn here is not going to go very far for a month over there! So I have a list of some of the random things I will need to use or buy and so am asking you if you can keep your eyes open over the next few weeks... if anyone sees any bargains or knows where I can get things please can you let me know!!

So...
• Does anyone have a spare car blocking up the street that I can use for all or part of the time I am there. It is going to be expensive travelling around to visit and see people – public transport is far cheaper here!!

• My laptop has very nearly had it’s day – gets used daily - and so I will be on the look out for a new one (am on battery number 3 on this one!) Can you keep a look out for any laptop offers/sales etc

• Football boots (obviously not for me, but my football crazy friends! They are so expensive here!) USA size mens 7.5/ UK size 7 (can be used ones in good condition!) The request is for black, but beggars can’t be choosers right?!

• Tottenham Football T-shirt with Wilson Palacios on the back (again not for me!) – doesn’t have to be official, cheap copy ones are great!

• I will need to buy about 2 years supply of contact lenses...anyone know the cheapest place for this?!

• Does anyone have a coat I can borrow?? I am going to be frozen!

• Jolly Phonics ‘stuff’ books, resources etc – if you have any contacts with 1st Schools, please ask if they have anything they can donate!!

That’s it for now...but please be on the look out and let me know. Especially if you know of anyone that I can borrow a car from – for any amount of time, I will pay the insurance!!

I don’t need to bring much back really, but I do want to help my friends out!