Ticket is bought!!!

So folks....my ticket is BOUGHT!

I am leaving May 12th around 6pm(ish) and flying to London, have around an 8 hour layover (so I'm gonna leave the airport with someone that is traveling with me up half way and tour parts of London I didn't get to see two years ago), then flying from London to Nairobi Kenya, from there flying to MALAWI!

So..Kathy (my main contact over in Malawi, and the lady who opened the children of blessing trust) sent me an email telling me exactly what I'll be doing... here it is:

(I copied and paste this)

Kathryn (spec ed.teacher who is going to be driving me to and from the center) gets to the programme at around 830. We work until 330 or 4. On Mon Wed and Fri we tend to work straight through as the volunteers want to get home in the light. On Tues and Thurs they are at the centre the whole day and tend to have a lunch break. Mon and Wed afternoons we do home visits and Fri afternoon we go to the Crisis Nursery.

***The crisis nursery is all for babies up to and around 6 months old. They are all very malnourished, and all orphans/waiting for biological family situations to work out** I went here two years ago, and sobbed that night. This place broke my heart

You will be helping with the kids. I will tour you around the first day and show you all the MON WED FRI programmes and you can choose which of the areas you want to concentrate on. Tues Thurs programmes are different as we are working with the kids with behaviour challenges and have a smaller group setting. Kat will introduce you to the programmes that day.

Then you will be set to write up your own programme working with the kids you feel most comfy with.

For me, to make a program for kids, fills me with SOOOO much joy! Seeing as they are giving me so much responsibility and seeing that I will be doing things that I learnt in school makes me so happy. Feels like I have such a purpose, that I WILL be a blessing. AH!

That's it for today....there will be updates soon! I think it's like 50 days until I leave...oh my oh my!

Patience...

Well folks, it's March. Spring is coming! That however scares me! The sooner spring is here, the sooner I leave. A couple of weeks ago I texted/emailed some very close friends and told them "I am not going!" I was so very adamant about not going. I was letting fear take hold of me. Fear was guiding me. Since then, I am still quite nervous and scared but I know if I don't go I will regret it. I know the people in Malawi, specifically with The Children of Blessing Trust can use help. So I'm going. yahooooo!

I just received an email from Kathy yesterday just updating me on everything. The children of Blessing center (where I will be volunteering) just had a break in. The police however arrested two people and retrieved most of the stuff back. -- Keep these people in your thoughts and prayers! Although with the break in, Kathy (the head of the center ) sounded so positive. This is so encouraging to be in an atmosphere when something so awful can occur yet people are still so joyful and happy.

So now...I am waiting. Waiting for all my funds to come in, waiting for may...waiting for school to end...waiting...and trying to do so with patience.


Many people have asked how they can help. Firstly, if anyone would like to contribute financially, that would so very helpful. Just email me and I can tell you how to go about that. Right now, flight prices are very very high.

Another way to help is...FLIP FLOPS, SANDALS, SHOES! I know, flip flops!? Last time I was in Malawi the amount of people I saw who did not even have flip flops was outstanding. I seriously stood there in shock. I look at my shoe shelf (I have my OWN shoe shelf, now Ladies, count how many pairs of shoes you have!? I am not alone here!) and I have soooo many boots/flats/heels/flip flops and people over there, in Malawi (and other countries) have none. If you want to help out that way-- perfect! If you have gentle used/new books, clothes, ect.