Another birthday on Monday and, again, I don't feel any different. Obviously, old age creeps up on you but I feel it's still creeping slowly enough not to be an issue. It was nice to receive birthday wishes from lots of people who only stay in touch with me through Facebook.
Great news from Jamie who is in the Philippines, meeting with Nera's family. He's havng a wonderful time and loves the area. Balatan is a small fishing village in the south of Luzon, quite remote but not too far from a couple of larger centres. The other day he announced to us that he and Nera have bought a house ... just like that. Of course, it's nothing flash but very exciting for them.
It's also raised an opportunity for Marilyn and me to take on some more voluntary work in the Philippines. Giant Steps has offered to provide us with 5 or 6 redundant computers and I can get them to Balatan at no cost, through Rotary. Nera's church wants to set up a program for the older people in their community to learn about computers, email and the Internet. The local school will welcome us to help with their teaching of English and an hour away, in the city of Naga, is a Special School with several autistic students who could do with some help. And, of course, Jamie's house is there for us to use. It's still just a gleam in the eye at the moment but it is a tempting thought.
Tonight, we're in Deloraine - Rotary meeting last Tuesday, a committee meeting today in Campbelltown, Chudleigh Show on Saturday, Giant Steps meeting on Monday night and then Rotary again on Tuesday. We haven't got time to travel.
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