The blog is a little photo heavy with photos of the kids etc but ah well, its worth it. After Wednesday I am not going to get to blog my photos of them for a very very long time. Heather says fine to have blog address here though so if you are interested in checking out what they are up to and their planning and preparation as they move to Guadeloup, go here...
www.goinggwada.blogspot.com
My preparation is going well. Today I have been able to get various admin-type things done and then go see Heather and the kids. (Strange not to say 'The Girls' any more!) Where we had a lovely time at the park and hanging out. As I came down the stairs, my foot kind of slid and landed beneath me and I continued down in a most unceremonius manner. So now have a little bit of a sore foot and leg and a titchy little bruise to show for my pain. Pah. Happily I finally tracked down Butterkist toffee popcorn on the way home. I shall not reveal my source as my last two sources have strangely run out and stopped selling them recently. And it wasn't me.
Tomorrow I'm having a few friends over from my pastorate for a meal in the evening. Lentil and Bacon Sauce with Rice. My favourite! Guests are meant to bring dessert but I also got some Mascarpone Ice Cream (again, my favourite).
Before that, my friend Naomi is coming over to do some photos with Baby J and me and hopefully we can get a decent one with all the family in it, so all in all a good afternoon is planned.
Fundraising... Rather dissapointingly I found out today I won't necessarily be able to use the money I have in my CAF account for the YWAM. No one seems to know right know. A while a go this would have really stressed me, but it seems, I am not that worried - it will work out okay. I have to send some reminders and follow ups to my fundraising letter so hopefully that will help too.
This morning I received my guide book I got cheap from amazon. Fascinating stuff. No doubt at some point in the next few days when I have the urge to blog I shall share some of the information that I have discovered about Hawaii.
For now here is one tid bit: Hawai'i is the name of the State, made up of 8 Islands
Ni'ihau
Kaua'i
O'ahu
Moloka'i
Lana'i
Kaho'olawe
Maui
and the island which I am going to which is better known as 'The Big Island', turns out its actual name is actually Hawai'i.
Prayer Requests:
If you are of the praying mentality...
1) Fundraising, that I would sort out things with CAF or raise the amount I need without it.
2) That this respiratory tract infection would gogogogogo GO! Its no where near bad as last time but the coughing is annoying and my voice stills sounds weird.
Well I guess this is been my first real proper update. Hopefully there is more to follow. Hope you have enjoyed it! Good Night