This has been one of the toughest months we have had in a long while, mainly due to health issues, but we are stronger as a family because of it. Here is our latest brief update with only a few weeks to go before we leave… We are grateful to say that we are nearly half way to our fund raising target. It's another new month and we are ever closer to our departure date. It's all been happening since our last update. If you've been following us on Facebook you'll know there have been a few ups and downs... Here's a summary of what has happened throughout August: · We received $1000 from some wonderful, faithful friends. · Centrelink (Aussie government department) paperwork was submitted. · Confirmation Chris will receive money towards half his tuition fees; we haven't yet heard about Carol's application. We were a little disappointed as we had hoped for more, then more wonderful faithful friends receive some money unexpectedly from another government department and felt to give it to us, so that will make up a little over half of the short fall. · Jethro broke his arm in one of two falls he had in the same day. Two days after the cast was put on he smashed it falling over again. The poor little fella had to go through the traumatic process of having it replaced. He was NOT happy. · More wonderful friends gave us a gifts of more $ and the pledge of more for each month we are away! · Jethro had a nasty virus which lasted about two weeks; high fever, cough and cold. A couple of visits to doctors, once to the Emergency Department and a course of antibiotics later and he is back to his cheeky self. · We have now sold all three of our old and have bought a new laptop to take with us. · Carol has tonsillitis which seems to be hanging on for all its worth! · Another gift of $ from our Canadian family and one of Carol’s old University friends in the UK. · Celebration of 6 years of marriage · Chris’ Dad has weeded the garden (THANK YOU!) So, its down to the final details and then we leave… |
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