Ruthie Heya, Don't know if you are going to get another chance to check emails before you leave but in case you do here is a little message for you... Hope the final days are going well, cannot believe it is only three days till we see you!! Have been making final travel arrangements with your mum this morining at church, haha. ooo its going to be good. :) I wonder if the final postcard will have got to you in time, I do hope so...it came with 1000 bisous, which means 1000 kisses in french, i'm telling you this incase you don't get it...but if you do then now you have 2000 bisous!! haha have had a pretty good week, considering everyone has been away, but it seems all the poeple are arriving back at the same time, first Lou, then Anna, then Lucy and her family, then this evening my family ...then you (yay!!). All happening at once. All very exciting. Anyway, enjoy your final days...and all the excitment that they will bring...good and bad...and I look forward to seeing you very, very soon. Lots and lots of love xxxxxx

Honor Harris Hi Steph Can't believe the time has gone so quickly and you will be home now in less than a week. Great to see your photos and news updates. The camel incident must have been awesome. See you soon. Love from Honor.

mum Morning Steph! Just a little note. Hope you ok - the last few weeks seem to be whizzing by. I've written you a letter - wonder if it will get there before you leave? Boy am I struggling with this jolly internet stuff today!! Can't seem to find the info I want to know - sooo frustrating! So dad has a look and he seems to have success! I give up!!! Love you lots. It wont be long till we see you now!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Lou-Lou Hey you, was soooo nice reading ur blog entry and seeing all the pics you seem so happy and settled and that makes me v v happy also :D Was great speaking on the phone the other day and if u hurry up and get ur bum on msn i will speak to u any minute :D missing you and lovin you lots xxxxxxxxxxx

Danielle Hey That was so nice havin a chat to u makes me not miss u so much lol U sounded so so happy n it just makes me n Dan so so happy u deserve it we just cant wait to see u n hear all the storys and meet Nate of course who u know is welcome whenever :-) Will try chat to u again before we away love u loads xxxxxxxxxx

mum Hiya Stephie! Just a quickie cos its late and I've just done you an email. I'm SO SO PLEASED with the pics! You look gorgeous, happy, brown, radiant! Love ya lots! mum xxxxxxxxxxx

Phil Hi Steph, you cool dude hairband woman, Liked the photos fo real an all that. Wot is it that takes you so long to be in a foto? Make up? Nails? Hair-do? Oh just imagine -kna mean! It good to know you were cool at the the equator. All those tips in "coolness" I gave you are obviously paying off at the hottest place on earth!! Keep chillin it for the last three weeks. Don't forget to bring me a bargin home.Do they do sticks of rock candy with lettering through the middle? Get down to that barginator store well quick. Bfn Fil (see, I can't even spell my own name now!)

Ruthie Heya, Just a really quick one, loving the pictures, so nice to see you, haha, and to see some of the people you are out there with! ;) Cannot belive it is only three weeks, that is crazy!! So i sent a little parcel today, has a few sweets in, so hoepfullly that will be get to you fairly soon. I did watch the first One tree hill was so good! But am going to miss the next 2, while in France and can't record them, so i guess I'm going to just have to wait and watch them all from here with you...thanks to Danielle!! :) Ok well best get off, have barely done any packing and really shouldn't be too late to bed as not going to sleep on the ferry tomoro night! Look forward to hearing from you when I get back and will send you a postcard...miss you!! Love you lots xxxxxxxxx

Lizzy-bear Hey Steph! Bless you hurting your hand - hope it is healing well and not causing you too much problems. The Elephants sound incredible - all your hard work is well worth it for these amazing experiences! The closest I've come to that is seeing some peterborough chavs from a distance ;O) tee hee! Bumped into Rachel Weaver last week - with a boy called Moses! Ha ha - bless her out for a quiet date and I turn up... that's you up-to-date with the gossip :o) Look after yourself Lizzy x x

Danielle Hey Loved readin ur blog again feels like u been gone for ages now though come home lol So excited boout monday night one tree hill recording them for u and ruth as well, watched episode 23 and 24 on the net n cryed my eyes out lol anyway just a quick message another of mollys teeth has fallen out n she gets her report next week n we get to meet her new teacher which ur mum comin with me which im so glad as dan in london cant believe she been at school a whole year scary. Oh some tickets came for u guessin they your Ricky Gervais ones :-D Anyway guna send u another email few things would like to borrow for my hols love ya n missin u loads xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

mum Hi Steph! Again really loved reading yr blog - one thing I'm pleased about what you're doing is that its lots of (dare I say?) little projects - as opposed to one big project that you don't see the end of, if you know what I mean. How awful for those folk to be tied to the hospital in sucvh a way I'm glad that what you are all doing is going to make the world of a difference to some individual people - well done everybody!!! And well done too to Nate and everyone else who helped you when you got injured - of dear! Poor You! It sounds like you were well looked after tho so thats good. Its last day of our hols - and the heavens have just opened big time! I'm not conplaining cos its beeen beautiful all week, but had to rush and close all the windows cos its aboslutely torrential!! Dad asleep in the car while I tidy and clean the carvan - will he sleep through this? Who knows?! Have a wonderful safari - can't wait to hear all about that soon. Love you lots Steph - take care xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx PS excuse my spellings mistakes too - but I have no excuse!! xxx

Ruth Well hello again, yet another exciting raed on your blog...did make me laugh somewhat!! :) haha Got your text saying you had recieed the postcards how many have yoiu got so far, I think I se 5 while I was actually on holiday and I still have 1 sitting in my drawer, so all in all there should be 6 coming your way!! I shaven't got a letter from you, dunno if it was sent around the same time as Lou's, your Mum's etc. but hopefully it will get here soon! Everythig sounds amazing, and can't believe you got lost on your way home, deary me! :) The work you're doing really does sound difficult, but i'm sure its all totally worth it, especialy when there are some monkeys around. :) Should be an email coming your way soon as well... love you lots Stephie... xxxxxx

mum Morning Steph! I'm using your laptop! Thank you everso much for saying I could bring it away with us - its jolly slow!! I simpathise with you now saying the internet is slow over there - you get fed up with waiting for it to do something don't you? I thought I'd look up the Kingsgate website this a.m. - felt I needed some input - anyway it wouldn't 'talk' to me so went onto the bit about Chris Moyles on YouTube- the little blue circle was going round and round for so long I got bored waiting so clicked it part loaded. It started off OK but then kept stopping for a second to add the next bit again and again! That'll teach me to have a bit more patience!!! Anyway its a bit overcast today - wonder what we'll do? Although we are close to the Butlins its really quiet where we are staying - much to our delight! Take care Steph! Can't believe you are almost half way through your time in Africa! Enjoy everything! Love you loads! Mum

Danielle Hey well just got in from work so thought id write u a message loved reading ur blog once again just so wierd to hear bout all these amazing things u doin just doesnt sound real especially as it sounds so hard work and u gettin up early lol JOKES No really so so proud of u n really cant wait to see the pics n all the storys. When i read it to Molly she pulled her face like she does when i read what nathan did to u and sed, "hey that not very nice to my steph" lol man she missin u like mad must ask nearly everday bout u, anyway gunna stop goin on now, will hopefully write u another letter in the next week we all love u n miss u lots xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Lizzy-bear Eh up Steph!!! Sounds like you're having a great time, and eating lots of stodge like Kenyan pizza - well done! Your mum has been keeping me up with the insider gossip ... ha ha ha! Hope things pan out a bit better with your house-mate. Will pray for a bit of peace-making there... you are so good at getting on with people I'm sure you'll do wonders! Stay safe, and God bless :) Liz x