21st September- In the Gib land :P

Today has been hot, hot, hot! I went for a walk around town today and came back sweating!
My mum left me yesterday to fly home (sad times!), so here I am carrying on the journey alone. I have not started work yet, its going a bit slow, however I am keeping a notepad with all my ideas in for assemblies/holiday clubs etc so please pray I can put them into action soon!


Yesterday I went to look around the childrens room in our church and see what could be done. I entered into a small room with lots of cardboard boxes, old tables and chairs, books... well the childrens room is now a storage room for the leftovers from the charity events! So thats first on the list- make the childrens room child friendly! I think it could turn into a really exciting area with a bit of decoration from the sunday school and some tidying up.


 I was then taken to the charity shop the church has attached onto the building. There are no charity shops in Gibraltar because people running them are unable to pay rent for them.
Whilst in the shop a Jewish man was looking through the baby clothes selection and said he would return later after he had thought about it. The room itself is pretty clean and ordered and the stuff there isn't your usual junk. (Unlike the childrens/storage room!) About half an hour later the man returned and paid  £1 for the item of clothing he wanted for (I'm assuming) his child. As P2 had said earlier, Gibraltar is a "third world country." I felt saddened by the thought that us Brits come to Gibraltar to buy goods because its cheap (VAT free) yet half the families here can hardly even afford that. (If your reading this blog please pray for money issues in Gibraltar!!)


There was also lots of diagreements yesterday when putting some ideas forward. As my mum kept saying before I headed off to Gibraltar, it's not me being prepared for Gibraltar I should worry about, its Gibraltar being prepared for me! It's going to be challenging tackling the old fashioned ways and bringing in the new! I'm going to have to try new tactics :P So please pray for me and my task at hand!


Today I have spent wandering the town and discovering places which would be useful for my time here. (aka Topshop and the smoothie stall!) Other then that I have spent most the day at my laptop typing up a timetable and plan for the holiday club that we are preparing for in November half term. After thats done, then I can start hunting for some volunteers :P anyone wanna help out?
Hope England is having fun without me ;) and I'll update soon!
Over and out! x