MAGDALENA UPDATE

I'm delighted to report that our daughter Magdalena has reached - in fact exceeded - her target of £800 in fund-raising to finance her 10 weeks' work in Nicaragua, which starts in early February. She's been thrilled and amazed at the speed and generosity of people's responses - in many cases from people she's never met. She has been writing to all donors, and will be updating them on the specifics of the work she'll be assigned, and on how it goes; but in the meantime Sarah and I would like to express our warm thanks to all who responded and contributed.