Archive for January, 2008

Heading home

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Sitting in Cape Town International Airport, we’re finally heading home. Seems like we’ve been away for a long time. In fact, taking into account Christmas, I’ve hardly been home in Sheffield since 21st December. It’ll be nice to be back for a bit. Though it’s only for a couple of weeks before we head to […]

“I hate white people”

Monday, January 14th, 2008

One of the questions we were asked when fundraising for our trip to work with Oasis South Africa was whether we could really make that much of a difference in just one week. To be honest, I wondered about this too. Having spent the week with the young adults though confirmed just how far people […]

Life changing

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Lying in bed in a luxury apartment in Cape Town, I’m filled with a mix of confusing thoughts. It’s great to be down here after spending last week in Johannesburg, but at the same time I’m finding it hard to adjust having got to the end of a week working with some of the poorest […]

Unease

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

For some reason, until I am through baggage check-in and security, I can never quite relax when going away. I find myself having to check the tickets and passports silly amounts of times. I know they’re there. I know no one can have taken them. Any yet. I just have to keep making sure.
But until […]

Off to South Africa

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Well tomorrow myself, Rachel, and a team of five others head to South Africa to serve with a charity called Oasis South Africa in Johannesburg. The time with the charity is for one week but me and Rachel will stay out for an extra week and head down to Cape Town for a holiday.
With the […]

Happy New Year!

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Wishing everyone a fantastic 2008.
May more of your dreams become a reality this year.
Don’t settle for average. Live with passion. And risk everything.


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