right! here's what's happened since the concert:
We have gratefully recieved a cheque from New Milton Church for £374.
we have also been sent a donation from someone we don't know, that was sent care of TTR's offices, for £100.
we have been to Gamlingay Village Colege assembly and talked to the children, Christina's sister Kirsten is going to do guess how many sweets in the jar to raise money.
we have been asked to speak at the Biggleswade Rotary club, Gamlingay baptist, and Grace Community church Kempston, so that's all to come. but guess what . . . . we've done it!!! we've raised it all! what we have now is extra, for resources, helping other team members, or just for TTR. thanks to everyone who gave! everyone who helped! and to God! will do a proper post to thank people before we go.
We had our team day on Sunday, we have planned the trip as far as possible, so now me and Chrissy are ordering resources like parachutes, balls, bells, castanets, shakers, fire blankets (multi senssory for the babies-the love them coz they are shiney! and make noise!) etc etc etc. we are loving it!
until next time . . . :-)
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Friday, 11 June 2010
Concert
Okayyy. So we had already got quite a bit of money from our previous fundraising quests. But this was the big one! We decided to do an evening concert in our village at the parish church. It took a little more organising than we had first anticipated but all went well...in the end.
We first thought that we'd do leaflets/flyers and posters which many people took and a few even gave them away to friends etc. Then we decided that we'd see if we could get something in our local newspaper. They did a brilliant article and they have been brilliant all the way through our fundraising and preparations
Philippa and I are both members of a local choir, the amicis and Douglas Coombes is our musical director (and a fantastic one at that!)We told him about out concert quite a while before and before we knew it, we had people calling and emailing asking if we would like them to perform for us. We ended up with a lot of acts and sadly (yet gladly at the same time) had to turn some away - that just gives some idea as to how much response we had, which really was amazing as we had been quite anxious about how we'd fill a concert!
So then leading up to the concert we had tickets to print, programs to write, rehearsals to organise! Aaah!
I designed the tickets and printed them out a week or so before the concert - and it wasn't long before we had phone calls asking to reserve tickets etc. :)
the 4th June...the anxiety reaaaally kicks in!
I spent the day at philippa's designing programs and making sure we had everything we needed. Frustration was evident due to the rudeness of disobedient printers and human errors! But eventually, we had the programs printed, folded and we were ready to go....!?
The 5th June. Ahh. This was the really scary but where we had to make sure we were calm enough to organise everything!
philippa came to my house in the morning and we practises her solos and panicked about my lack of ability to play Just You Wait from my fair lady - but we overcame that with the wonderful creation that is technology (well...sometimes wonderful anyway) and then we practised our duet - for the first time! And it went suprisingly well!
Not having much time to cook lunch, my mummy put a pizza in the oven which we devoured quickly; possibly through nerves more than anything else!
Then it was my turn to be a pain with the beautiful typical teenage girl question 'what shall I wear?' this was possibly Philippas idea of a nightmare, as we both stood in my bedroom with my every other word being 'but' or anything that simply made me more and more indecisive anyway...eventually I had sorted myself out!
We took all of our things to the church ready to start our rehearsing - which would have been fantastic...if I could unlock the church door. Oh dear. :) fortunately one of the church wardens came to out rescue as she watched me looking rather ridiculous trying to open the door!
And once all that was out of the way, we came into the church to find everything set up wondefully for us! So we began rehearsing! Which was brilliant! Douglas was there which helped greatly to add the finishing sparkle to the wonderfully polished performances we enjoyed in the evening.
Pam Rhodes was out compere, she was marvelous! Inbetween the lovely performances, Pam interviewed me and Philippa as well as doing brilliant introductions for each act, each interspersed with funny anecdotes which helped make the evening bright and cheerful.
Everyone involved was completely amazing, we couldn't have done any of it with out them and they really made the evening so special.
As well as a most enjoyable evening, we raised just over £700 meaning we have raised all if the money required for us to go to Guatemala, any money that we might recieve now will be put towards resources for the trip and also be given straight to the charity!
What next.....? Hmmm....
We first thought that we'd do leaflets/flyers and posters which many people took and a few even gave them away to friends etc. Then we decided that we'd see if we could get something in our local newspaper. They did a brilliant article and they have been brilliant all the way through our fundraising and preparations
Philippa and I are both members of a local choir, the amicis and Douglas Coombes is our musical director (and a fantastic one at that!)We told him about out concert quite a while before and before we knew it, we had people calling and emailing asking if we would like them to perform for us. We ended up with a lot of acts and sadly (yet gladly at the same time) had to turn some away - that just gives some idea as to how much response we had, which really was amazing as we had been quite anxious about how we'd fill a concert!
So then leading up to the concert we had tickets to print, programs to write, rehearsals to organise! Aaah!
I designed the tickets and printed them out a week or so before the concert - and it wasn't long before we had phone calls asking to reserve tickets etc. :)
the 4th June...the anxiety reaaaally kicks in!
I spent the day at philippa's designing programs and making sure we had everything we needed. Frustration was evident due to the rudeness of disobedient printers and human errors! But eventually, we had the programs printed, folded and we were ready to go....!?
The 5th June. Ahh. This was the really scary but where we had to make sure we were calm enough to organise everything!
philippa came to my house in the morning and we practises her solos and panicked about my lack of ability to play Just You Wait from my fair lady - but we overcame that with the wonderful creation that is technology (well...sometimes wonderful anyway) and then we practised our duet - for the first time! And it went suprisingly well!
Not having much time to cook lunch, my mummy put a pizza in the oven which we devoured quickly; possibly through nerves more than anything else!
Then it was my turn to be a pain with the beautiful typical teenage girl question 'what shall I wear?' this was possibly Philippas idea of a nightmare, as we both stood in my bedroom with my every other word being 'but' or anything that simply made me more and more indecisive anyway...eventually I had sorted myself out!
We took all of our things to the church ready to start our rehearsing - which would have been fantastic...if I could unlock the church door. Oh dear. :) fortunately one of the church wardens came to out rescue as she watched me looking rather ridiculous trying to open the door!
And once all that was out of the way, we came into the church to find everything set up wondefully for us! So we began rehearsing! Which was brilliant! Douglas was there which helped greatly to add the finishing sparkle to the wonderfully polished performances we enjoyed in the evening.
Pam Rhodes was out compere, she was marvelous! Inbetween the lovely performances, Pam interviewed me and Philippa as well as doing brilliant introductions for each act, each interspersed with funny anecdotes which helped make the evening bright and cheerful.
Everyone involved was completely amazing, we couldn't have done any of it with out them and they really made the evening so special.
As well as a most enjoyable evening, we raised just over £700 meaning we have raised all if the money required for us to go to Guatemala, any money that we might recieve now will be put towards resources for the trip and also be given straight to the charity!
What next.....? Hmmm....
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
New Milton Church
This post is in the wrong order-sorry!
on Sunday, Christina's parents took us down to my brother Simeon's church in New Milton, Hampshire. we were invited to speak about our trip, and to sing for them. we spoke for perhaps 10 mins, detailing the things that had happened last year, introducing christina, going through the biblical basis for disability, then we sang "Faithful One". it was a lovely day, the church was very welcoming and inthusiastic! not yet sure how much we have raised, but they will certainly be praying for us!
the next post really will, probably, be about the concert!
on Sunday, Christina's parents took us down to my brother Simeon's church in New Milton, Hampshire. we were invited to speak about our trip, and to sing for them. we spoke for perhaps 10 mins, detailing the things that had happened last year, introducing christina, going through the biblical basis for disability, then we sang "Faithful One". it was a lovely day, the church was very welcoming and inthusiastic! not yet sure how much we have raised, but they will certainly be praying for us!
the next post really will, probably, be about the concert!
opening eyes to blindness
well, yesterday was our Blind Awareness day. people came to put on blind folds and try out various activities such as making a drink, spreading butter on bread, food tasting, object identifying, and even tandem riding. (obviously the person wearing the blind fold didn't go on the front! don't be silly! :-) lol)
People were also allowed to try walking with my white cane, and were given the opertunity to learn how to do sighted guide (lead a blind person) properly. I had various bits of my equipment on show such as my talking scales and colour detector to demonstrate how i manage from day to day.
the day was designed to be fun, yet informative, and I think it was both. we had about 21 people, plus all who were helping tried the activities too! all the feed back was good, we have review forms which we will read soon and post some comments here if possible.
we also had hand outs about things to remember when you are meeting a blind person, information on the trip and refreshments, plus things for sale such as cards and pads. we set up a guatemala exhibition with items bought home from last years trip and information on the charity, the mission trip, and the country.
many thanks to all those who helped, and all those who came. hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. we raised £80.15 from this event! :-) we have also been sent several cheques for £100 £50 and £20. we have sold approx 10 tickets to the concert that we know of.
next up . . . the concert!! keep reading!
People were also allowed to try walking with my white cane, and were given the opertunity to learn how to do sighted guide (lead a blind person) properly. I had various bits of my equipment on show such as my talking scales and colour detector to demonstrate how i manage from day to day.
the day was designed to be fun, yet informative, and I think it was both. we had about 21 people, plus all who were helping tried the activities too! all the feed back was good, we have review forms which we will read soon and post some comments here if possible.
we also had hand outs about things to remember when you are meeting a blind person, information on the trip and refreshments, plus things for sale such as cards and pads. we set up a guatemala exhibition with items bought home from last years trip and information on the charity, the mission trip, and the country.
many thanks to all those who helped, and all those who came. hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. we raised £80.15 from this event! :-) we have also been sent several cheques for £100 £50 and £20. we have sold approx 10 tickets to the concert that we know of.
next up . . . the concert!! keep reading!
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Guatemala evening-last night!
Last night was our Guatemala evening at Potton chapel. Tim the development manager from Through The Roof came to lead it. Tim was on the team last year.
We had an exhibition out for people to look at, all stuff from last year in Guatemala. then we had a quiz. on the table were nibbles, crisps and dips, and also tortillas and a traditional dish from Guatemala, Black Beans! (i know the spanish name for it but I cannot spell it!) the winning quiz team were awared a tin of black bean for a prize!! they weren't too sure about that one!
Tim interviewed me and Christina, me about last year, and Christina about why she wants to go this yyear. then we went through some slides of our time in Guatemala last year, Tim explained to everyone as we went through. then we looked at the Bible passages we use over there to demonstrate that God loves disabled people as much as everyone else, and he has not made a mistake or sent the disability as a punishment. and we ended with deaf worship in spanish, we did the sign language nd sung "how great is our God" in spanish.
the evening was wonderful, God was truly there with us. everyone who came seemed to enjoy it, and we hope it has given them more of an idea what we are doing. we were given pads to sell, donated by Christina's grandma, and cards to sell, donated by my cousin in law's parents.
we raised £58.50 last night! thanks go out to Tim for leading, Stan for giving up his wednesday night to us, and all our parents and friends and families for helping! and Chrissy for playing for me while I sang.
Next is blind awareness day! keep up! :-)
We had an exhibition out for people to look at, all stuff from last year in Guatemala. then we had a quiz. on the table were nibbles, crisps and dips, and also tortillas and a traditional dish from Guatemala, Black Beans! (i know the spanish name for it but I cannot spell it!) the winning quiz team were awared a tin of black bean for a prize!! they weren't too sure about that one!
Tim interviewed me and Christina, me about last year, and Christina about why she wants to go this yyear. then we went through some slides of our time in Guatemala last year, Tim explained to everyone as we went through. then we looked at the Bible passages we use over there to demonstrate that God loves disabled people as much as everyone else, and he has not made a mistake or sent the disability as a punishment. and we ended with deaf worship in spanish, we did the sign language nd sung "how great is our God" in spanish.
the evening was wonderful, God was truly there with us. everyone who came seemed to enjoy it, and we hope it has given them more of an idea what we are doing. we were given pads to sell, donated by Christina's grandma, and cards to sell, donated by my cousin in law's parents.
we raised £58.50 last night! thanks go out to Tim for leading, Stan for giving up his wednesday night to us, and all our parents and friends and families for helping! and Chrissy for playing for me while I sang.
Next is blind awareness day! keep up! :-)
Sunday, 16 May 2010
Up Till Now ...
So far, we have had 2 stories in the Biggleswade Chronicle, one about the trip and the concert on 5th June, and one about awareness day on 1st June. we have had a lot of encouraging responses to these stories and some donations. we have even had people come forward to perform in the concert! I (Philippa) was interviewed on Premier radio about the trip. Today we went to my brother Ben's church at Yelling and told them a bit about what we are going to do there. they were very kind to us, promised to pray for us and the collection they took for us came to £120! it was a very warm and friendly atmosphere. now we just hope and plan for our next events, and first up is the Guatemala evening at Potton Baptist chapel on Wednesday night! until our next post . . . . :-)
Rightttt...here we go...
What?....so we are going to Guatemala.... scary stuff. :)
When?...29th July to 12 August
Why?....to promote the lives of disabled people and show them the love of God
How?....By giving practical ideas for people to help include disabled people in everyday life and give them biblical based instruction that God is not rejecting/punishing the disabled.
Guatemala... is one of Latin Americas poorest countries. It's predominantly Roman Catholic.
According to the world health organisation just 2% of the disabled in Guatemala will receive an education. Through the Roof is a charity that have set up a program to try and change this. (www.throughtheroof.org)
We are hoping to go with them this year! Philippa is going for the second time and I (Christina) am going for the first!
Obviously we have to raise money for this trip and between us we need to raise £2100!
So far we have raised around £700 ...we have several things lined up that we hope will raise money!
(a concert, disability awareness day and a Guatemala evening)
Prayers would be very much appreciated and we'll keep you posted!!
:)
When?...29th July to 12 August
Why?....to promote the lives of disabled people and show them the love of God
How?....By giving practical ideas for people to help include disabled people in everyday life and give them biblical based instruction that God is not rejecting/punishing the disabled.
Guatemala... is one of Latin Americas poorest countries. It's predominantly Roman Catholic.
According to the world health organisation just 2% of the disabled in Guatemala will receive an education. Through the Roof is a charity that have set up a program to try and change this. (www.throughtheroof.org)
We are hoping to go with them this year! Philippa is going for the second time and I (Christina) am going for the first!
Obviously we have to raise money for this trip and between us we need to raise £2100!
So far we have raised around £700 ...we have several things lined up that we hope will raise money!
(a concert, disability awareness day and a Guatemala evening)
Prayers would be very much appreciated and we'll keep you posted!!
:)
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