Sheila Bridge Blog
The day I left for Mozambique I opened my email in the morning. In one, a close friend from my small group at church shared that she had been praying for me and had been given the picture of world as seen from space and gave me words of encouragement that she felt God intended... Continue Reading →
Those of you who know and love Victoria will enjoy the photo below which she has given me permission to post up. In the interests of fairness (seeing as embarrassing photos of me have recently been posted on this blog): captions are invited! The occasion for her joy is the installation of a decent orthopaedic ... Continue Reading →
Well, I am coming towards the end of my time in Mozambique. Victoria and I have had lots of ‘funny moments’, some ’fed- up moments’ (feeling tired/sick/grubby/sweaty/confused/bored waiting in hospital queues etc) only a couple of ‘frightening moments’ (lights going out at the base and a wild storm at 1am when I apparently came off... Continue Reading →
Yesterday I was able to spend quite a long time with the boys teaching them some English, playing with puzzles and looking at books. ‘Where’s Wally?’ is one of their favourite books, they are content to search over and over again at the crowded pages seeking out the little red and white Wally figure. Last... Continue Reading →
This was my first view of Beira as I arrived on Weds. My journey went very smoothly, thankfully. I was delighted to be reunited with both my suitcase and my friend Victoria. First impressions were fairly overwhelming: noise from the building site outside our bedroom. the street vendors with all their goods on the pavement,... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow I am setting off for Mozambique. I've been practicing my portuguese, packing my bag, and trying not to panic. I am going on my own to visit Casa Re'om, a home for street kids in Beira and I am very much looking forward to seeing Victoria who works there and meeting Oliveira and Angelica... Continue Reading →
Here is a really excellent piece of advice: 'NEVER EVER compare the edited, digitally enhanced, carefully presented highlights of someone else's life with the broken, wonky, slightly unhinged or painful reality that you know to be your own. Don't ever look at 'other people' and think 'wow, they've got it all together, their lives are so... Continue Reading →
What is a Watt Bike? And why would you want to go on one? Matt from The One Show is cycling from Edinburgh to London on a rickshaw for Children in Need and this evening he was shown training on a Watt Bike! I'm not going to or from either of those places and definitely... Continue Reading →
I am a 'woman of od'. Mainly this is because my mobile phone will currently not allow me to tap in the letter 'g'. If it doesn't sort out this (g)litch soon, I will have to (g)et a new one. So here, while I am a 'woman of Od' are some of the slightly more... Continue Reading →
I have just had to ring the bank. I was after a 'letter of no further interest'. It didn't help that I didn't know what one of those was or even why I wanted one. Nor did I have any other information they required. All I had were a few key words such as 'mortgage',... Continue Reading →
