I am in the process of organising a Pregnancy support Programme, around 60 Aussie dollars will see a lady through her whole pregnancy (tests, hospital birth, Newborn Screening etc etc) Very bite size and REAL……that makes a difference!! Ohhh by the way NO admin costs!!! Jn14:12 do NOT do admin costs unless they are astronomical…..in this case not. Cool hey every CENT goes to a Baseco women

Looking outward is not hard, just involves putting money where your mouth is so to speak…..money and sponsership WORKS here, give a person a fishing rod and show them HOW to fish.

You are such a generous hearted person, patient and enduring…..God will bless that!!

Your sister Cathy

Oh I wouldn’t say you were being controversial- rather offering another perspective. 🙂
Please forgive my late response but life has been hectic lately…plus I was trying to put some things before God before I responded to you.

I look forward to your return home…and have been praying for you guys big time. Thank you for such regular updates- and photos! Photos are a great way for us to gain perspective, as much as we can whilst living here. One of the things I look forward to is eventually (after you return and process information, etc) is talking to me about making a difference in this world, although I am called to be here in this town, in this house. I know over the years I have struggled a little- with wanting to be *Out There* working/serving in a way that is different from what I am doing now- I want to actively be part of the Great Commission, yet here I am at home. Now I know this is a calling and all part of the Commission but sometimes my heart aches, y’know? So I look forward to our talks in real life and via the ‘net.

Hi gals,
Thanks for stopping by…

Oh Donna, John and I are/were terrible hoarders. One just never knows when that stray piece of wood will come in handy. I bet that in 20 years time John will need it for something lol.

Jeanne, you lucky thing! In our last house we had a spare room, which housed the ironing board and all other bits and pieces. It was such a blessing.

Amy, well duh! Of course it’s exercise lol.

Rosemary– when we designed our first home, there were no other plans like it from that company. Some of the sales people looked down their noses at it. Our mistake was in not copyrighting the plans in some way because about 2-3 years later, they had distributed their new brochures and they had our floor plan- to a ‘t’!. They had changed two very minor things but it was our floor plan. So it must have been good lol.

Hi Jacqui– mother of many and one whom I shall listen to 🙂
Most of the children do their own washing! I do Caleb’s or sometimes John will do it when he does his own. It’s the day allocation and consistency of it that I am no good with.

Both girls work in the hospitality industry so their clothes need washing every day. Thing is, Miss A works in the morning and is home by 6pm whereas Miss R often starts in the late afternoon but doesn’t get home from work until1am! Miss A can’t wait until that time to wash her clothes…

Then there’s John, who does PT 3 times a week so needs exercise uniform PLUS his trade uniform which needs ironing. Then, he changes into clean clothes when he gets home from work.

Master J isn’t too bad- except for Mon & Tuesday as he needs his cadet uniform which needs ironing and starching!

Master C is just fine- he wears whatever he can get his hands on lol

Wow……just living with a laundry and separate bedrooms is a luxury….here we have a 3 ft by 4ft room that doubles as a loo/laundry/cold shower……

In Contrast

Women here spend about 4 hours each day hand washing in cold water they have to haul themselves from a water area, scrub on their haunches in the heat and hang on lines shiney and clean in the muddy slum only to see them trashed ripped and dirtied the next day…..

Sweet ladies just thank God for electricity and water on tap………we really have no idea how others live and how HARD it is especially if they are pregnant or sick…this work still must be done…..

Laundries and walkin robes are for most (70%) of this world an out of body experience, especially when the size of our decent laundry is the size of most people’s WHOLE house……..

Just a little balance……….don’t get freaked it is just IN MY FACE here, I do understand, I just find it hard to digest, we have houses we have water we have elecricity…..all a BONUS here…..

It would be so so nice that things were equal and fair in this world, but it isn’t……………

Love Cath
PS Sorry to be such a downer, it is not a personal jab at anyone (talking to me just as much as you guys)……can you bear me???

PPS In saying all that, my dream would be a scullery type laundry next to the kitchen……like the olden days

Well, all that walking around the house with numerouse loads of laundry, the hanging up, the folding, the walking it back to its cupboard home — well I count that as excercise! :turtle:

And then, I dream about one day having a nice big laundray room, exactly like you described Susan!

Remote controls, stereos, DVD players and other ‘boys toys’ would be high up on the list as well…

PS I have an ironing room. Hurrah! Still doesn’t make the ironing much fun though, and the clothes still don’t walk themselves to the wardrobes, but at least they sit on the bench in nicely ironed piles!!