Haven't written in a while

Hey ALL!
So I haven't written in a while, for no particular reason, we have been a bit busier with more and more meetings, more "limes" (which means hang outs with young people in the local dialect) and also have started some projects that mean we have planning and work to get done.
The projects we have started are small and involve planning a service this Sunday for church with youth at Nystar Presbyterian Church. We are meeting with them tomorrow about the service and what they hope to include in it. It was a bit difficult to negogiate this, because the Youth Coordinator wanted us to just take over the service but are role here is not to lead or 'run' anything but rather to partner in ways which we might be useful. Miriam is also doing a children's worship service the week after. So I am not really helping in the planning but she will tell me what she wants me to do :)

Everyday our schedules gets more and more concrete and we are suppose to have an official scheudle by Thursday this week :)
So far I know it includes
Working at a school Mondays and Wednesdays where i'll be teaching physical education and gardening/composting starting next week and until School breaks for Christmas. There are exams at the end of every grade here and teachers aren't specifically trained in physical education so I am going to teach lots of the physically active games I do for RETSD Edventures as well as the sports I know how to play and have coached.
In the garden I will be doing work on composting and talking about enviornmental preservation.
Its a bit of a 180 here though because there is not such thing as a Trinidad recycling program, so the 3 Rs need Revamping. Maybe one of our youth projects can be a letter writing campaign to ask the government for a national recycling program.

We will also be taking a course on Practical Theology at St. Andrews Theological College on Saturday mornings (from 7am-9am) and then have different meetings  Thursdays are oru days off and Tuesdays we spend at different places that are not concretized yet.

From Dec 10-25th we're focused on Christmas stuff (dinners, food bank drives, etc) and January 4th we go to Grenada to visit Jhanderys who is on a similar trip to us but in a different location. In the initial plan for Guyana we were suppose to be all together. I am really looking forward to spending some time in Grenada with Jhan we have been skyping a couple times and she's great! Grenada also sounds great, its a very small Carribean island, with not much tourism but nothing but beaches :)

After Grenada we will be spending 2-3 weeks at Serenity Place a rehabilitation facility for women with substance abuse issues or who have been victims of domestic violence, but most often both in reverse order.
I will be teaching some fitness classes there and learning from the ladies about their lives and struggles. We will also be living there, so we'll participate in chores and gardenning and everything they currently do in their daily routines.

After that we are hoping to spend two weeks in Tobago, which is a small island off the cost of Trinidad, which is beautiful! Hopefully when this happens, and when I have more official dates my parents are going to come visit for one of those weeks.
In Tobago we're going to be working with some young families on life planning and child care. We'll be at a Seniors home doing visits,  a seated exercise class and working with some children with down syndrome to do musical therapy and learning. Miriam will be doing some children's worship work, and I'll be doing some tutoring with one little boy.
We are also hoping to be at the YMCA every day at lunch for a couple hours helping in the pool, getting some exercise and I'll be workign with some of the aquacise instructors.
Lastly we'll be working at a school called Happy Haven that is a school for children with dsiabiltiies. So Tobago looks pretty jam packed I REALLY HOPE we get to go there, there is some contention about us having a place to stay...
we shall see

I have gotten good news about my Grandfather's recover and that is really helpful! I ask that if you pray you keep him in your prayers along side my grandmother who anxiously awaits his return from the hospital, and if you don't pray think happy healing thoughts :)

SHOPPING
Thats right we went shopping I can't list what I bought people because then they'll know! but we went to a shopping street called HIGH street and we went to an Indian Bizarre, I bought myself one dress! and I still have lots of things to pick up for people. Some of you won't get anything till i get home, and others of you, if I found something perfect before November 8th then I will be sending it home with Jim of the United Church of Canada who is coming to visit us, he is the link between UCC and the partners here.
We're looking forward to his visit


Leslene who is the administrative assistant for CANACOM left yesterday which is very sad. She did my hair before she left which was really nice of here so its in braided corn rows.
I am not use to how short it is but I can ignore it completely like this :)

The house has a cat, and it is the FATTEST CAT I have ever seen, it looks like it has a second cat clining to its belly, and what it runs it trips on itself!

The baby has learnt my name, and found my room, and wakes up really early, and comes upstairs (i should clarify the baby is one and a half) and bangs on my door yelling my name ahhaha
I throw her up in the air and she likes it a lot! shes pretty cute, we're working with her to learn more words. Unfortunately the one word she has got is TESSAHHHH

I am registered for an online course in the Winter, and am looking forward to school readings. And have decided to do my thesis as soon as I get back :) Then I'll be all graduated like :) haha

We went to a pool the other day and its INSIDE A PETROL PLANT, so what the Wild Fowl Trust which is like a bioreserve but bigger and breeds endangered animals. Anyways, it is interesting how things here are organized. The pool was lots of fun! I got my nails done to by one of the girls we were hanging out with, she does it as a hobby but shes really really good! So that was fun, it makes me feel extra girlie, because we have to wear dressed and stuff to a lot of the church things we go to and I have my nails done, haha. Its a far cry from sweatpants!!

Much love to you all, and another update soon :)