BCE Christmas Wish List!

Christmas is coming, the turkey’s getting fat.
Would please put a shilling in the poor kid’s hat.
If you haven’t got a shilling a small sweet will do
If you haven’t got a sweet... (Run away real fast!) ...the kids comin after you!

Enjoy my Belizean rendition on the classic Christmas carol? I thought it was pretty clever myself!

Christmas is coming. Tis’ the season to remind the children that it is better to give then to receive. So with that spirit we present to you the:

BCE Christmas wish list!

Filing Cabinet – we currently don’t have any place to put our papers. This makes it really hard for two naturally unorganized people to stay organized.

File Folders – These would come in really handy if “Santa” or “The Christmas Angle” (which ever you prefer) were to actually bring us a filing cabinet

Power Point Projector – Not only would it come in very handy for some of the councillor training that we do, but it is easier to present to churches and business people pictures and video of camp – without having to have everyone crowed around the computer

Soccer Balls – all of them were destroyed last year at camp, and we still tried to use them again this year. So we are in desperate need of the only object needed to play the only game that the boys at camp ever want to play.

Volleyballs – While the guys like “football” the girls like volleyball, and again we’ve only ever had one of these, and its in it’s dying days

Assorted kids balls – Aka. Nurf balls. Another favourite game of the children is dodge ball. But with basketballs – the only type of ball we now have the game can be quite painful – and bloody. (Please realize that we don’t actually let the children play dodge ball with basketballs.)

Whistles and Sports timers etc. – Our voices are only so loud, and our cell phones are not the best for keeping time in sports activities. Any little thing related to sports that you feel the urge to give – do so. I guarantee you we don’t have it.

Mac Laptop – Ok, let me explain. The laptop we have is good – we are very thankful that God has provided us with it, and we don’t know what we would do with out it (Could you imagine Leah and Alexander with out spell check!).
The reason we are asking for another, specifically for a Mac, is because of the nature of our work. We are often making videos and flyers to promote BCE – we make video’s of a churches camp to show the members what’s going on; video’s to encourage the youth and show them in action to their parents and churches; as well as to give a small taste of camp to interested supporters and business people – not to mention staying in contact through youtube to our friends, family and supporters back at home. Mac computers specialize in such software – and currently, for an unknown reason the video programs on the computer we have (a vista, go figure!) wont work.
Also, a second computer would make life easier for writing follow-up material with other individuals – and for when big projects come around that require lots of computer work, either Alexander or I wont be waiting for hours to get other work done. We realize its quite the request, and probably belongs on a dream list rather then a Christmas wish list – but they say you have to ask to receive.

Not wanting to be greedy, we’ll leave it at that.

Have a Merry Christmas – although I’m sure you’ll be hearing from us again before then.

P.S. If you are from the Kingston area and have something to send, Leah's mom is comming down to Belize December 1st. You can contact her and she may have some room to send it along.