Steps in the Right Direction

So today, 8 years to the day since my Mum passed away, I thought it would be good to give an update on my progress.  I often wonder if my Mum would have approved all this moving around the world, experiencing new things and hoping to make a difference.  The truth is I know she would have been worried about me, especially if she had known I rode around on a motorbike in Vietnam, or spent a month in Guatemala City talking to street children and gang members to research my Thesis.  But I hope she is proud of my commitment to try and do good things in the world, and to know that I am never truly happy unless I know I am doing all that I can.  I am still exceptionally grateful to my Dad, who I know worries about me as well, but has always given me his utmost support for the direction I have chosen to lead my life.

Progress has been good and I am now a month and 10 days away from leaving for Nicaragua (I fly on October 10).  I currently have a part time job at Purley Language School, which, by coincidence, is the same school my Mum taught at in the 1980s.  I have also made an appearance in the Caterham Independent, and you can see the article here - http://www.caterham-independent.co.uk/latest-news/574-local-man-helps-nicaraguas-street-children-

Everybody has been really helpful and supportive of the work I am hoping to do, and I am extremely grateful of all this support.  I still need to get sponsorship, and I am hoping soon that my efforts on this front will bear fruit.

Well I think that it is it for now.  At 6pm today I will light a candle to remember my Mum.  In my prayers I will thank her for giving me the strength and commitment to do all that I can to try, in someway, to help make this world a better place.