Packed!

Thought I'd take a picture of my packed suitcase before I left. Then realised it said rather more about me than I had first realised... Diddl (no Mousey boo hoo) and Dutch Blitz cards on the top... oh yes!

Fancy a laugh?

I have been for a second dentist's appointment today. Always fun! She took some x-rays last week and the results weren't good so she's numbed me up, drilled and scraped and filled. It isn't hurting yet, but if you fancy a laugh just give me a ring, I can't talk properly and I sound hilarious! I was planning on making a few phone calls today but I think I will have to wait for a few hours... I also took my phone into the shop to be unlocked yesterday and am suffering from phone withdrawal but can hardly go in and get it back with a saggy lip and an inability to speak!! I may have to send my mum!

Walking, praying, walking

I really enjoy going for a long walk along the beach. I find it such a blessing to live somewhere that I can nip down to the beach whenever I like for a stroll. Often I only share the beach with dog walkers, but it is so vast that I rarely need to worry. The last 2 days I have been for a walk on my own on the usual route, a circular tour down to the beach and along towards the town centre, past the pier and along the promenade then back towards the square and home. Tramping along on my own is just about the best time to converse with God, observing things and praying for them as I think of them, a long rambling conversation. I love it.
This isn't a picture from today, I didn't take my camera with me, but I think it reflects today's beauty nonetheless. I invited Sophie to join me, but she doesn't appreciate these things yet, the internet is far more appealing. Yesterday she sent me with her sock, which I thought was rather cute in a way, so I took it with me in my pocket and prayed for her as I went.

I have been reading Rob Bell's book Velvet Elvis and thinking about the everywhereness of God and those times when you really feel that it is a holy moment in the midst of the ordinaryness. I felt that on my walk yesterday. Beautiful.

Tablets of doom...

I took my first Larium tablet this evening. Sophie took the kitchen knife off me and told me to stay away from sharp things in school tomorrow...!!!

Forget Norway, Kenya!

The great big monolith of a task has been done and for the 3rd time in the space of a week my adventure plans have changed significantly.

Today I have booked my flights out to Kenya for the 29th January, a week tomorrow.

I would like to explain the events surrounding my move from Rwanda (via the Philippines - that's another story) with Signpost International to Kenya with Education for Life but frankly I've explained it that many times over the last day or two that I can't be bothered to write about it as well!! Enjoy this though:

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/kenya/

Forget Norway, Kenya!

My life at the moment...!!!

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

This cartoon needs no more explanation I feel!

Human pin cushion

I have now had the last of my injections at the doctors, my final HepB and Yellow Fever. I was a bit worried about the Yellow Fever one because the nurse wouldn't give it me before Christmas because it might make me ill... I am quite well though and it didn't even hurt a little bit so there was no need to fret. I also talked to her about the anti malarials I should take when in Rwanda and left thinking I would take Malarone but have changed my mind and have decided to go for Larium which according to my uncle might turn me into an axe wielding maniac... watch this space!

Fund raising

My trip to Rwanda with Signpost International is fully paid for, but when we are there we will be undertaking a number of projects which themselves need funding. See the Rwanda Update post for details of the projects I will be doing. I hadn't realised I was meant to be fund raising until recently and now have very little time to organise anything before I go at the end of January. Please please please post ideas of what I might do sponsored event wise that I can use to raise money! It needs to be mildly challenging, but not ridiculous considering the time constraints.

Happy New Year!

Mum and I went for a walk yesterday. We decided that we would park at Fairhaven Lake and then walk by the beach and then along Lytham Green. It wasn't the most sensible of plans...!! I was in hysterics for the first 10 minutes because the wind was so strong we couldn't even stand up straight! I wanted to take a picture of the sea coming in over the sands because it was so stunning to watch it coming in at speed with the wind blowing over the surface of it too but it was rather too windy to get the camera out, I was scared of it being blown out of my hands. I was very glad, however, that we had decided not to go for a walk along the beach or we would have resembled sand-men by the time we got home. We cut our walk short and came back in the shelter of the houses along the main road.