SO THIS IS IT Y’ALL! KICK OFF FOR THIS RIDICULOUS ADVENTURE IS TOMORROW MORNING.
IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! DA DA DA DAAA, DA DA DA DA DA!
(I ACCIDENTALLY STARTED WRITING THIS POST IN CAPS BUT NOW ITS STARTED IT SEEMS APT TO CONTINUE).
TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS TERRIFIED. SO LAST WEEK I GOT ORGANISED. THIS WEEK WE ARE BACK TO TERROR. AS CRAIG DAVID CAN TESTIFY- A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN SEVEN DAYS.
(ICYMI - I'm off to Tanzania to spend 8 days climbing Mount Kilimanjaro the highest free standing mountain in the world)
But let’s be real – the kids Refugee Support Network work with have had to deal with a lot worse. They’ve had to flee their home and country and start over in a place by themselves. RSN do a great job, through mentoring and support, helping these kids adjust to life in the UK and engage in their education. RSN helps them to find hope in their future again.
Thank you so so much to friends, family, colleagues, church fam, YWAM fam, amazing Corpus Kettlebells class crew and everyone else far and wide who have already donated. It has been so encouraging in a world that has recently seemed quite dark, to be reminded that people are loving and generous, that there is more kindness than hate, that the light still shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.
Donations for RSN most gratefully received here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Rachel-Holmes10. (I have covered the cost of the trip so everything you donate goes straight to RSN). Thank you wonderful people!
It’s been all quiet on the blog front because I have been busy with fun things like:
Practising walking downmountain using trekking poles:
Running to outdoor gear shops in between wedding events to get outdoorsey gear:
Running back to outdoors shops to get the stuff I forgot:
Visiting my grandparents for the obligatory pre-holiday visit:
And lots walking up hills with this:
