When bank holidays come around, I normally take the day off to rest. This time was different. Instead, a friend, one of the teachers from the school I did a talk for a few months back, asked how she could help. I mentioned that help for a cleaning day is amazing, so she signed…
Miss K has been out of the original cast for about three months now, but alas, although I stretch and position her when I’m at work, for the other 21 hours when I’m not working with her, she is taken out of the cushioning and left in any position. This has caused her brain to…
Sally and Jill (1Step2Step trustees) volunteered for a week at the orphanage and then went travelling in both Bangkok and Kanchanaburi, enjoying Thai food and experiences. I joined them for the time in Bangkok and we were able to be tourists in the markets and to celebrate Chinese New Year. We even saw the late…
Many provinces in Bangkok and around us in Thailand are affected at present by major air pollution. Schools are being closed and health effects are noticeable. Our area is listed in the harmful air pollution areas. Please pray for the children in the orphanage to stay healthy (as they seem to be so far) as…
In recent months two new ladies have started volunteering, which makes three with Jessica, but with the Christmas and New Year break, it’s been hard to find dates to match up for them to come in. This week with Sally and Jill, and also Jessica, Zuzi and Katja we were busy with all the children…
1Step2Step trustees, Jill Bundy and Sally Anderson, are visiting Nicola Anderson in Thailand. Nicola has sent some impressions from their first full day on Sunday 27 January 2019… Today after church, lunch with my friends and a supermarket shop, we had some time and made the decision to visit the orphanage and see the children….
Towards the end of last year, I heard from my church that the Franklin Graham Foundation was planning an event called the Amazing Love Festival. It was going to be happening in January 2019 and they needed volunteers to be counsellors to pray with and explain the gospel to those who responded to the altar…
The end of one year and the start of the next brings the orphanages two annual events which need much preparation. First is the New Year’s Sports Day. It starts with a parade down the drive of the two teams in their colours, with cheerleaders (a group of children and a group of staff), a…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! Over Christmas and New Year, I took both as long weekends. I worked on the two days between and one of those was Sports Day. This is a big annual event and I will post a blog about it soon. For the Christmas season, I went to…
On the 20th of December 2018 Miss ND had her deep tissue release surgery and requested that I be there as support with Mum, Dad, and Isabelle (the expat French lady who coordinated the donations from expats to help make this possible). We waited for a long time and you would think that would make…