Back in the UK and reflecting on an awesome experience
Well it’s Monday night now and I’ve been home since Saturday night. Still catching up on lack of sleep during the journey home. Spent today loading all my photos onto my pc and viewing the camcorder material and it’s if I’m still there, certainly wish I was anyway.This is been one major experience for me. Knowing how much the money raised is helping the children at Sarnelli, the work we have done in brigthening up their home and the joy we bought just by playing with them, cuddling them and bringing simple gifts. I met some great people in Thailand and worked with a good bunch in week 4.
The children were so grateful for what we are doing, they are always smiling and given their circumstances that brought them to the orphanage (their case studies make heart wrenching reading) this is one for kids in the UK to take heed. Just walking round Sainsbury’s shopping on Sunday and listening to whinging kids not getting their own way made me want to sit them down and tell them how life is for the kids at Sarnelli and to be more grateful what they’ve got.
The one major disappointment for me was not having Father Mike and Derek with us in week 4 due to other business that called them back to Pattaya. I feel we missed out on getting to talk and listen to this wonderful man and all that he has done. We did get to meet him on the day we left Nong Khai for about 15 minutes but there wasn’t the bond that I’m sure other groups formed with him. I did get handed a letter from Cebow though which he translated for me and left a lump in my throat. I am writing a letter to Cebow and sending it out with Dawn in week 6.
I am going to sponsor Cebow and hopefully if the uploading of my photos has worked you can see who she is.
I will definitely be going back to Sarnelli to see her and all the other children again and I want to thank BUPA for selecting me to take part and giving me this opportunity which so many other people would have wanted to do too.
Hope week 5 are enjoying the experience as much as all the rest of us clearly have and good luck to Dawn and all in week 6, which I suspect will be awesome being the last group to be there.
Thanks once again for everyone who sponsored me and continues to add to the JustGiving site.
Jules XXX
