Well, it's all kicking off in radio land (in a good way!)
My interview with Tim and Marian is being repeated sometime on Sunday 22nd Nov between 1 and 3 pm on BBC CWR, so if you don't have i-player you can tune in and listen!
Also, on the 6th December on Saturday morning I'll be doing a live phone interview direct from South Africa to fill you in on how the first week has gone and what's happening down in the Southern Hemisphere. Am really excited about this opportunity and a chance to tell people in Coventry and Warwickshire (and further afield via i-player!) all about the everyday challenges, highs and lows of working with my wonderful children in Inchanga! I think it's going out quite early but I'll put it up nearer the time to remind you!
Friday, 20 November 2009
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Grapevine on BBC CWR
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire/
this is the link you need to hear my interview this morning with Tim and Marian at Breakfast.
Fast forward to 10 mins before the end of the show and you'll get me!
Happy Listening - but be quick, it's only up for 7 days!!
this is the link you need to hear my interview this morning with Tim and Marian at Breakfast.
Fast forward to 10 mins before the end of the show and you'll get me!
Happy Listening - but be quick, it's only up for 7 days!!
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Lionsraw on TV!
Lionsraw (the charity with whom we are working closely for the new build during the World Cup 2010) are on BBC1 Inside out - but only the N.E. Edition...
Monday 16th November at 7.30pm
You can see it on Freesat/sky etc or on I-player
Check it out!
Monday 16th November at 7.30pm
You can see it on Freesat/sky etc or on I-player
Check it out!
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
VISA!!
Hurrah!
Without much problem and just a short hold-up, I am now in possession of a THREE YEAR VISA for working in South Africa! This is great news as it will mean I don't have to worry about renewing and can come and go as I like from the country for a while.
Praise the Lord and thank you if you were praying for me to get that sorted.
Without much problem and just a short hold-up, I am now in possession of a THREE YEAR VISA for working in South Africa! This is great news as it will mean I don't have to worry about renewing and can come and go as I like from the country for a while.
Praise the Lord and thank you if you were praying for me to get that sorted.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Back to South Africa!
I wanted to put my newsletter on here like before but for some reason the computer won't let me this morning. I've sent it out to people via email and it's also on facebook, so if you would like one and can't get it via these routes (if you haven't received one via email yesterday you are not on my list yet!) then get in touch, send me an email to grapevinemanager@gmail.com and I'll make sure you get one!
In any case, I've booked my ticket and I'm heading back to KwaZulu Natal! I leave the UK on Monday 30th November and take a brief stop off in Dubai before flying direct to Durban and get there late afternoon on 1st December. The 1st December also happens to be World AIDS Day.
From there on in I will have 10 days until the end of school term in which to co-ordinate the plan for feeding our children over the holidays. My aim is to get them in to the school twice a week and arrange for a proper meal cooked for them and then to get them some extra food to take away to tide them over. Given that we don't have much money at the moment I'm not sure how much we can give them, but we'll use what we have and pray for a miracle that it will stretch to feed them all (God's good at expanding food miracles, it's about time we saw some more of it!)
I'm also planning to do some teaching for the children and some fun games and other activities so that they will be fed not only physically but also spiritually. They are quite used to praying and hearing about God, so we'll be giving them an opportunity to engage with God too as well as some fun crafts and learning about how precious they are to Him.
This will be happening until the new term starts on 11th January. After that I'll be working on assessing each child's situation and listening to their needs with the aim of meeting as many as we can through our further work there.
It's all exciting stuff and I'm keen to get back as soon as possible. In the meantime I'm off to get my visa sorted. Travelling to London this afternoon (with only an AA driving directions map and no Sat Nav - should be interesting!) and tomorrow at 9.30am I have an appointment at the South African Embassy to apply for my visa. I really need this to go smoothly so if you can pray for that to happen that would be great. All being well I should be in and out quickly and in 10 days time be in possession of the longest possible volunteer visa.
The rest of my time is spent sorting things out and trying to earn a bit of money as well. There are so many little jobs to be done, my 'to do' list spans over 2 sides of A4 at the moment and there's no sight of the end! It will all be done in time though I'm sure!
In any case, I've booked my ticket and I'm heading back to KwaZulu Natal! I leave the UK on Monday 30th November and take a brief stop off in Dubai before flying direct to Durban and get there late afternoon on 1st December. The 1st December also happens to be World AIDS Day.
From there on in I will have 10 days until the end of school term in which to co-ordinate the plan for feeding our children over the holidays. My aim is to get them in to the school twice a week and arrange for a proper meal cooked for them and then to get them some extra food to take away to tide them over. Given that we don't have much money at the moment I'm not sure how much we can give them, but we'll use what we have and pray for a miracle that it will stretch to feed them all (God's good at expanding food miracles, it's about time we saw some more of it!)
I'm also planning to do some teaching for the children and some fun games and other activities so that they will be fed not only physically but also spiritually. They are quite used to praying and hearing about God, so we'll be giving them an opportunity to engage with God too as well as some fun crafts and learning about how precious they are to Him.
This will be happening until the new term starts on 11th January. After that I'll be working on assessing each child's situation and listening to their needs with the aim of meeting as many as we can through our further work there.
It's all exciting stuff and I'm keen to get back as soon as possible. In the meantime I'm off to get my visa sorted. Travelling to London this afternoon (with only an AA driving directions map and no Sat Nav - should be interesting!) and tomorrow at 9.30am I have an appointment at the South African Embassy to apply for my visa. I really need this to go smoothly so if you can pray for that to happen that would be great. All being well I should be in and out quickly and in 10 days time be in possession of the longest possible volunteer visa.
The rest of my time is spent sorting things out and trying to earn a bit of money as well. There are so many little jobs to be done, my 'to do' list spans over 2 sides of A4 at the moment and there's no sight of the end! It will all be done in time though I'm sure!
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