August 12th Remember the song: ‘Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves’? Well, in the Turks & Caicos islands it’s ‘bringing in the conch shells….’! It’s amazing that this species doesn’t seem to run out; fisherman bring in many thousands … Continue reading →
As we started to write about last time, we began our stay in Providenciales with couchsurfing friend Lynn. She then kindly introduced us to Marilyn, who lives only a few houses away & who needed someone to look after her house … Continue reading →
posted July 16th When we arrived in the Turks & Caicos islands, we were fortunate to have a place to land with a lovely lady from the couchsurfing network: Lynn. As we were waiting for her in a local restaurant … Continue reading →
posted July 8th We recently came to the end of our 2-month visit to the Bahamas & flew from Nassau to Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos islands…..in case you’re not familiar where they are, the little island group is right … Continue reading →
Posted June 21st After Eleuthera we took the plane back to Nassau & spent 2 very nice days with Theo & family, a friend from the couchsurfing network. From there another small plane to Georgetown, Exuma to carry on our mission … Continue reading →
posted May 30th We’ve just come to the end of a wonderful 2-week stay in Eleuthera in the Bahamas, (a Greek word meaning ‘freedom’), visiting schools & conducting our programs on the dangers of drugs & smoking. It went well, … Continue reading →
Posted May 22nd We’re happy to report that we finally reached Eleuthera: one of the ‘family islands’ that make up the Bahamas group. We had been given a name of someone that would probably be able to help with accommodation but … Continue reading →
posted May 13th As you may remember, we were in the Bahamas last year from October to December in order to conduct free drug-awareness programs in the schools & colleges around the islands. It was a successful visit with plenty of … Continue reading →
Car crash! Posted May 2nd We just arrived in Miami yesterday where we’ll be spending 2 nights before travelling on to the Bahamas to carry on our missionary work there. Whenever we pass through this part of the world, we usually … Continue reading →
(original version published in our weekly blog a few weeks ago, but as this is pretty important, we’re now adding to it & posting it as a separate article). As my mother passed away recently, Susan & I are … Continue reading →
