no inspiration for an exciting heading, sorry....

Firstly, I just wanted to give you some other websites you can visit to actually see some pictures of this place, and even some of the people I've been talking about - the main site for this base is www.ywamhopeland.com (since the name of the base is Hopeland...just in case you're feeling as slow as me today!) ans also katy's web page is http://web.mac.com/saunderskaty - that should have lots of photos of our antics over the last couple months!

Also, can I say a HUGE thank you for all your emails - Lynn, Nina, Helen, Claire, Sarah, it has been great to hear from you and i'm just sorry i didn't have time to reply to everyone...also Tony, Kate and Wendy - so good to hear the farming news, Wendy - you NEVER bore me, you know I love to hear about how the maize is doing and what stage everyone's at with their harvesting, and about the cows' yields, so don't leave anything out!!!! i really miss my work now - even though we have some animals here, i don't have time to get involved with anything, and even if i could, i'd probably be no help as i have no idea how they do things here! It's strange to think that it's getting colder and calving and maize silaging is going on, while here it's exactly the same as when i arrived - some days hot and sunny, some days thunderstorms, but it's permanent summer!

Gotta go to lunch now and attempt to clear my plate - i managed to burn my oesophagus with my malaria medicine (i have now learnt NOT to ignore the instructions about not taking it before lying down...) so eating is very painful and i am beginning to appreciate my health while i have it!!!

Hope you're all well, keep emailing - i'll get time to read it eventually!!

alex : )