Climbing project lift off!!

Hey guys!!

Just to let you know we have had our first day climbing with the kids which was awesome. Eight months after starting the project it has now started which is awesome. We took eight of the kids out in the afternoon, and are taking more kids out during the week. It was great to see how the kids got into it and they all seemed to enjoy it! No accidents too hehehe!

First day climbing

Thank you so much to those who made this possible, individual donors in the UK, Needles Sports in the Lake District who gave us such an amazing price on the gear, and finally Dan Bailey photos who gave us permission to use images without a charge for the publicity.

Bendiciones y amor a todos

Andy

 

Back in La Paz, safe and sound

Hey everyone

Just to let everyone know that I got back into La Paz, safe and sound. All the climbing and first aid gear has arrived too so thank you for everyone who donated towards it.

Please pray that I settle back in quickly, and that I can get refocused on my work. In particular pray as I consider moving church for my second year out here.

Bendiciones y amor

Andy

 

Climbing Project Success

Hey everyone!

Just to let you know we have more than reached our target with the climbing project and so thank you very much – it means we can now go ahead with ordering once all the money has transferred. The extra we have raised we still go towards climbing equipment – we intend to buy at least one more rope and also a couple more harnesses and helmets. 

If you still wish to give you can – any money raised from now on will go towards investing in some climbing shoes and possibly a set of half ropes.

 

Thank you so much for your support in this.

Bendiciones y muchos gracias

Photo used with kind permission of Dan Bailey photos.

 

Andy

 

Climbing Project

Hey everyone

Just to let you know I have set up a new JustGiving page for the climbing project. Please do consider giving to this project.

Bendiciones

Andy

 

Climbing Project Update

Hey everyone

This week I have been in more conversations with climbing suppliers in the UK about the climbing project and I have managed to secure a new quote from Needle Sports in Keswick who can supply everything we need plus a couple of extra things we were considering for about £1,200 – with postage to a UK address.

Because of this we are now asking only for cash donations via Latin Link if you are a UK Tax Payer or direct to me if you are not a UK Tax Payer.

We will then have everything shipped to the UK address and I will collect all the equipment when I come to the UK for several weddings early in the summer. This means we will be much later starting the project but save us about 50% of the original costs.

Please do consider supporting this project – so far we have had little interest which has been quite disheartening both for the staff at the project and also for the children who are really excited about the project.

Bendiciones y amor

Andy

 

Another climbing project update

Hello everyone.

Just a bit of an update on the climbing project. This week I have managed to secure a 20% discount on all stock we purchase from Taunton Leisure. This now means they are the cheapest for all stock we are purchasing. If you are providing equipment for the project and are purchasing it from Taunton Leisure you will need to take the letter attached to the climbing project page to the store, or if buying online, will need to follow the instructions on the letter. Please be praying for talks with Ellis Brigham at the moment too.

On a totally different note please be praying as my laptop has decided to die and I have been told because it is an old model it cannot be fixed or will be not worth fixing due to the cost involved and the value of the laptop. This is not an expense I had expected to have to fork out and so if you would be interested in helping at all please do let me know. I need to replace it, preferably with another cheap mac as I am involved in a lot of design and video work with my placement and replacing it with a PC would involve buying new software as well. (There is no real price difference between the two here anyway!)

Sorry if this is a soley money related post!!

Things are going really well here, although very tired at the moment and have a lot to do over the weekend – which is four days long because it is carnival here! Pray also for patience as I teach as they are really some of the hardest kids to work with for obvious reasons.

Bendiciones

 

Andy

 

Climbing project update

Hey everyone

At the moment we have had very little interest in the climbing project and no-one has pledged to buy anything. I feel this is a really worth-while project for people to be involved with, but at the moment we can not start it. It would be great to see this project set-up and running. We originally wanted to see the project set up at the end of this month but this is no longer possible due to the lack of interest. 

If you would like to get involved please see the page climbing project and remember if you are buying one of the items please do let me know before buying it so we don’t double up on items.

Bendiciones and thank you for you support

Andy