Dear Friends

I returned to teaching in Didia after a lovely safari with Nicky G – but promptly went down with really bad stomach & was feeling pretty weak – am better now, thank God! Not long to go here now – just around a couple of days or so.

(Ngorongoro was just magic and we saw SO many animals in the Serengetti – brilliant! A real safari though, in so many ways – and we did 2,184 miles altogether!) Read the rest of this entry »

Sent: Sun, 6 February, 2011 14:03:38

Dear Friends

Greetings from a sweltering Didia!!

We arrived here Thursday evening after a 2 day journey leaving Mafinga early weds morning. What a difference a year makes! This time the road was TARMAC the whole way! And we were travelling with our friend Nicky Ghaui, in her very comfortable 4 wheel drive Ford, so it was real luxury.

It was very sad leaving Mafinga and saying goodbye to everyone, feeling unsure as to when & if we would be returning. The farewells, messages, ‘productions’ and sense of gratitude and love was quite overwhelming. Read the rest of this entry »

Very many thanks to David Leslie for his wonderful achievement:

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:22:12 +0000

Hi all,

Thanks to those of you who sponsored me for the Royal Parks Half Marathon which I ran yesterday. I finished 2,678th out of 12,000 in a time of 1hr 50 and 43 seconds so well under the 2 hours I’d set myself as a target. I’ve also been able to raise over £750 for the Sean Devereux Childrens Fund, so it was well worth all the training and the strange stabbing pain I’ve now got in my right knee.

Thanks

David Leslie

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:42:51 +0100

A LETTER FROM SAM

Dear All

Thank you so much for your fantastic support and generosity. I finally reached Vancouver on Sunday 20th September and wanted to share with you a few memories:

Distance travelled: Okay, so I travelled 4,543 miles which is 1,000 over what I intended.

Time taken: I completed it in 12 weeks, a month under what I initially planned.
 
Best moment: The people !!! Turning up in random places and having the kindness of people I’ve never met  house and feed me, sometimes for multiples nights. And the thrill of completing a 10,940 ft pass and then going down hill at 39 miles an hour.

Worst moment: The constant fear of not being able to find a place to sleep, or that I may be bugged by an animal in the middle of the night. Frequently I would hear things scrabbling around , it was only after I had identified it, that I could go to sleep. For a large proportion of my journey, from Montana onwards, I was in bear country, not the cuddly type!!!!! Read the rest of this entry »

5 August 2010

Dear Maureen – Greetings from Sierra Leone

My name is Fr. Sergej Goman and I am working in the same community with Fr. Harry O’Brien

I am very grateful for the help that you have sent for summer program for Lungi-Sierra Leone. We started program already 10 days ago with animators camp - during which they have got some Salesian formation and how to work with youth according to the preventive system of Don Bosco. Read the rest of this entry »