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GH
22 Nov 2008
14 Nov 2008
13 Nov 2008
Trish
this one should be in english
I have had fun visiting people who didnt know
I was in town so some old friends just stop me in the street and
check to make sure its me
they are all so suprised
I went to my old work today and tomorrow will visit a
american family and their orphanage as I have no work til next year
its harder to get visa's done so am looking for someone to help me
please pray for this and also mum is sad that i am not there for christmas
Glena
this one should be in english
I have had fun visiting people who didnt know
I was in town so some old friends just stop me in the street and
check to make sure its me
they are all so suprised
I went to my old work today and tomorrow will visit a
american family and their orphanage as I have no work til next year
its harder to get visa's done so am looking for someone to help me
please pray for this and also mum is sad that i am not there for christmas
Glena
9 Nov 2008
Dear Friends
I am safely back in Cochabamba
I have a lovely apartment
My work mate is back in OZ til mid jan 09
I have a group of ladies to communicate with so i am not alone
I will be running a Bylingual bible study and maybe a english one also
today I went to the baptist church in english as i got up too late for other churches as I dont know where the anglican one is.
They asked me if I wanted to preach in the future and I said that I dont normally do that and they said it would be fine as its a small congregation
I said I would think about it
I am still searching for the right church
If you want to see a web site go to
tinyurl.com/GlendaInBolivia
Glenda
I am safely back in Cochabamba
I have a lovely apartment
My work mate is back in OZ til mid jan 09
I have a group of ladies to communicate with so i am not alone
I will be running a Bylingual bible study and maybe a english one also
today I went to the baptist church in english as i got up too late for other churches as I dont know where the anglican one is.
They asked me if I wanted to preach in the future and I said that I dont normally do that and they said it would be fine as its a small congregation
I said I would think about it
I am still searching for the right church
If you want to see a web site go to
tinyurl.com/GlendaInBolivia
Glenda
29 Sept 2008
Hi
I have 3 days left of work and one month left in Australia before I return to Bolivia
indepentently. Fully support by my church and friends in Australia.
In a years time may have to find part time teaching english in Bolivia.
I am thankful to the 3 or 4 friends who will support me monthly which will be a big help.
I hope my new adventure in Bolivia wont bring back too many memories of MILY
who is living in Italy as far as I know
Cheers
Glenda
I have 3 days left of work and one month left in Australia before I return to Bolivia
indepentently. Fully support by my church and friends in Australia.
In a years time may have to find part time teaching english in Bolivia.
I am thankful to the 3 or 4 friends who will support me monthly which will be a big help.
I hope my new adventure in Bolivia wont bring back too many memories of MILY
who is living in Italy as far as I know
Cheers
Glenda
5 Feb 2008
Dear readers
I am back in australia as I lost my little girl while she was sleeping
she was taken away and sent to another orphanage and later on sent to FRANCE with her new mum and dad.??
I am working in australia but missing all the other children from my work and orphanage where mily first came from
Glenda
7 Jul 2007
Dear Mily
Are you ok at the new orphange
Mummy is missing you but another family is waiting for you in Italy!
They will love you just like I did
God will send his angels to protect you always
Don't forget what I taught you to love Jesus always
He will help you with your pain of not seeing your friends and not meeting family in Australia
we all love you not matter what
Love mummy Glenda Bolivia
23 Dec 2006
27 Nov 2006
Dear Friends
Well its been a diffucult month but last saturday had the privelge of going 3 hrs out of town to a poor village.
we went in two bus loads and there were puppets and clowns and games for the children
Down in another room we helped with doctors and dentists
Many of these people in this village walked 3 hrs to receive medical help and food.
It was a big eye opener to the city i am working in
Glenda
2 Oct 2006
27 Aug 2006
20 Aug 2006
Hi my dear Friends
well tonight we had the farewell for julie.
I coped through most the night until the teenagers gave their speeches and had slow sad music playing and many of the teenagers cried the rest of the night.
YES, its difficult having a Bolivian leader as they think differently.
us westerners would have everything organise well ahead of time but Bolivians arrive a 6pm for 7pm start. So many changes for me to experience.
My class trippled tonight so we sang julie a song.
In my spare time i love helping at an orphange with 37 kids
I feel that i have gone from having 11 neices and nephews and 3 Godchildren to having 37 kids who are all awaiting for adoption.
I took 6 kids down town to get their photos taken for the judge so they can go through the adoption process and receive a new familly awaiting in Europe.
It breaks my heart as they said Peter the man in the orphange "I want to be adopted by her"!
I said sorry I don't have a husband and that I love you all!
how could I every choose between any of you.
So I just keep visiting once or twice a week to help out where ever I can
Thats all for now as its very late
Glenda
well tonight we had the farewell for julie.
I coped through most the night until the teenagers gave their speeches and had slow sad music playing and many of the teenagers cried the rest of the night.
YES, its difficult having a Bolivian leader as they think differently.
us westerners would have everything organise well ahead of time but Bolivians arrive a 6pm for 7pm start. So many changes for me to experience.
My class trippled tonight so we sang julie a song.
In my spare time i love helping at an orphange with 37 kids
I feel that i have gone from having 11 neices and nephews and 3 Godchildren to having 37 kids who are all awaiting for adoption.
I took 6 kids down town to get their photos taken for the judge so they can go through the adoption process and receive a new familly awaiting in Europe.
It breaks my heart as they said Peter the man in the orphange "I want to be adopted by her"!
I said sorry I don't have a husband and that I love you all!
how could I every choose between any of you.
So I just keep visiting once or twice a week to help out where ever I can
Thats all for now as its very late
Glenda
13 Aug 2006
8 Aug 2006
29 Jul 2006
Hi
this week has been interesting as its a week of Goodbye's. No not for me but my boss returns to england after 9 yrs. tonight was her last night and so that was sad for her.
I asked my Bolivian team what do they expect to do for her last night and they said not much just wait til her farewell party in august. So as an Gringa i told them that it was their responsibilty to organise things. And later on I found out that they ask do they have to plan things for her farewell, yes of course she replied.
For Bolivia its always (manana) tomorrow.
One funny thing that happened this week is that we called for a taxi to take me home after bible study as we always do each thursday night But this one night a taxi arrived with 2 bottles of PEPSI. I said no i didnt call for pepsi but for a taxi so we laughed all the way home as they thought we rang to deliver 2 pepsi and not 2 taxis.
Another unual site this week as that i say a man in a wheel chair at the side of a main road but he appeared to be standing up with the aid of a lady whom I thought was standign too close to him. But as i got closer i discovered that she was holding a bottle for him as he couldnt get to a bathroom. As we say ONLY IN BOLIVIA!
Well next week will be quite strange as i will be the only westerner working a the centre so the only time i will talk english is now on the internet with family and close friends.
Continue to pray the the children and the poverty they face each day
Glenda
this week has been interesting as its a week of Goodbye's. No not for me but my boss returns to england after 9 yrs. tonight was her last night and so that was sad for her.
I asked my Bolivian team what do they expect to do for her last night and they said not much just wait til her farewell party in august. So as an Gringa i told them that it was their responsibilty to organise things. And later on I found out that they ask do they have to plan things for her farewell, yes of course she replied.
For Bolivia its always (manana) tomorrow.
One funny thing that happened this week is that we called for a taxi to take me home after bible study as we always do each thursday night But this one night a taxi arrived with 2 bottles of PEPSI. I said no i didnt call for pepsi but for a taxi so we laughed all the way home as they thought we rang to deliver 2 pepsi and not 2 taxis.
Another unual site this week as that i say a man in a wheel chair at the side of a main road but he appeared to be standing up with the aid of a lady whom I thought was standign too close to him. But as i got closer i discovered that she was holding a bottle for him as he couldnt get to a bathroom. As we say ONLY IN BOLIVIA!
Well next week will be quite strange as i will be the only westerner working a the centre so the only time i will talk english is now on the internet with family and close friends.
Continue to pray the the children and the poverty they face each day
Glenda
25 Jul 2006
Hi
This week is a week of many changes as my boss leaves bolivia after nine years.
also when i took a little boy home the other day i witness that his 3 year old sister was peeling the potatoes for the family dinner. I was very surprised as kids in OZ would be watching TV or playing computer games. how did we end up with two differnet worlds. I dont know.
This week is a week of many changes as my boss leaves bolivia after nine years.
also when i took a little boy home the other day i witness that his 3 year old sister was peeling the potatoes for the family dinner. I was very surprised as kids in OZ would be watching TV or playing computer games. how did we end up with two differnet worlds. I dont know.
20 Jul 2006
11 Jul 2006
First shower for 10-year-old boy.
Yesterday I noticed that a young boy was limping. I asked him twice about his foot but he said that it was nothing and that he had no pain. But I could tell that it was very swollen and he had many infected bites.
I went and spoke to his teacher at our centre and when she looked she said no its not just bites its something else.
I washed his feet so we could put some cream on his bites but he ended up going to the doctor for penicillin and came back for a shower. It was his first time to ever have a shower so he was afraid of the water but one of our male teachers helped him and changed his clothes and someone went and spoke to his family.
Many parents in Cochabamba have left to work in Spain. So the children are left with other relatives to care for them, which doesn’t happen.
We have a 4 yr girl with her 2 yr old sister, who is waiting for their parents to return from Spain and have no idea when they will return.
Glenda
Yesterday I noticed that a young boy was limping. I asked him twice about his foot but he said that it was nothing and that he had no pain. But I could tell that it was very swollen and he had many infected bites.
I went and spoke to his teacher at our centre and when she looked she said no its not just bites its something else.
I washed his feet so we could put some cream on his bites but he ended up going to the doctor for penicillin and came back for a shower. It was his first time to ever have a shower so he was afraid of the water but one of our male teachers helped him and changed his clothes and someone went and spoke to his family.
Many parents in Cochabamba have left to work in Spain. So the children are left with other relatives to care for them, which doesn’t happen.
We have a 4 yr girl with her 2 yr old sister, who is waiting for their parents to return from Spain and have no idea when they will return.
Glenda
8 Jul 2006
Blog 7th July 06
Well after one month in my new apartment I have had the busiest week so far.
On Tuesday we went to a farewell for the 5 English girls working with Tear Fund UK.
Wednesday night was the farewell for the 2 girls from the U.S.
Thursday was my 18-hour day.
It started at 6 am. I left home after 6.30 am and picked up a friend to go to the airport to say goodbye to the English girls. When we arrived we discovered that they had many problems with their tickets as Tear Fund haded paid for one leg of their trip and it took 2 hours to sort out their tickets and they had to pay again until they get home and then be reimbursed.
Then we went home for breakfast and after 10.30 am we were picked up again to say goodbye to the other 2 girls. Their flight was delayed so I left after 12 noon and went into the crazy markets and our lunch time traffic jam due to road works it took me 35 mins to travel a 10 min journey. I then went to a pharmacy to buy some medicine for a child at our centre. I raced home at 2 pm for lunch etc and then went onto work for 3pm and then we had a team meeting at 4 pm til 6 pm I then raced home again for dinner and went to bible study at 7.30 pm but with every one that had just left we were low in numbers so their was only 3 of us and all were very tired so we just talked and had our hot chocolate.
Then I went home at 10 pm to wait for a friend to chat to me on the Internet until 11.30 pm.
For the last two weeks I have had man men working on the roof. Back home this job would only take 2 days but here it takes 2 weeks so far, and also an electrican on many days and also a carpenter on one day. I will be glad when they are all finished but not until my shower gets fixed.
We are in the middle of the school holidays but unfortunately we are not getting as many kids as we usually do. Our centre is going through a big change this month so we may loose more!
Well after one month in my new apartment I have had the busiest week so far.
On Tuesday we went to a farewell for the 5 English girls working with Tear Fund UK.
Wednesday night was the farewell for the 2 girls from the U.S.
Thursday was my 18-hour day.
It started at 6 am. I left home after 6.30 am and picked up a friend to go to the airport to say goodbye to the English girls. When we arrived we discovered that they had many problems with their tickets as Tear Fund haded paid for one leg of their trip and it took 2 hours to sort out their tickets and they had to pay again until they get home and then be reimbursed.
Then we went home for breakfast and after 10.30 am we were picked up again to say goodbye to the other 2 girls. Their flight was delayed so I left after 12 noon and went into the crazy markets and our lunch time traffic jam due to road works it took me 35 mins to travel a 10 min journey. I then went to a pharmacy to buy some medicine for a child at our centre. I raced home at 2 pm for lunch etc and then went onto work for 3pm and then we had a team meeting at 4 pm til 6 pm I then raced home again for dinner and went to bible study at 7.30 pm but with every one that had just left we were low in numbers so their was only 3 of us and all were very tired so we just talked and had our hot chocolate.
Then I went home at 10 pm to wait for a friend to chat to me on the Internet until 11.30 pm.
For the last two weeks I have had man men working on the roof. Back home this job would only take 2 days but here it takes 2 weeks so far, and also an electrican on many days and also a carpenter on one day. I will be glad when they are all finished but not until my shower gets fixed.
We are in the middle of the school holidays but unfortunately we are not getting as many kids as we usually do. Our centre is going through a big change this month so we may loose more!
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