News and events

12/05/2013

It's mothers day in North America - and I want to remember and honor both our mothers - both of which have been gone for some time. I am sure I am not alone in not recognizing how much I loved and how much I missed her when she was gone. It's one of those things I guess that everyone tells you but it never sinks in until it's too late - that spending time with your family and your parents is important. We love you - both moms.

It seems odd to live in a tropical rain forest country and to hear everyone complaining about the lack of rain. We've had some rain in the past month but apparently nothing like what's anticipated or needed to keep the dams and hydo electricity levels. So as a result of the lack of rain, the government has closed schools for several days, cut the hours of government offices to 7:30 am to 1:00 pm and insisted commercial buildings shut off their A/C units at 3pm unless they use their own power plants - all in an effort to save electricity.

Today we got some rain. Not a days worth of rain but a good rain none the less. I doubt it will be enough unless we see the same amount of rain every day.

Donna is off traveling again tomorrow so it will Cricket and I looking after each other for a couple of weeks. We always miss her but I am really proud of the business and following she has developed. Donna could teach a lot of businesses how to develop a business on very little budget. Way to go sweetie:}

We start renovations on our new office in Costa del Este in the coming weeks. I am sure it will be a challenge as it normally is but I am looking forward to getting it done.

I also finally got the details on how to get a "cedula" (an ID card) just like a regular Panamanian. When Donna gets back we will both go and get our cards. It will mean we won't need to carry our passports everywhere.

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We visited our foster dogs Pastor and Pastorcita today as we normally do on Sundays to bring them some special food and to see how they are doing. When we arrived it was obvious there was a problem. Pastor was limping pretty bad. Chito explained that last night he tore a chunk from one of his toes. So we piled him in the truck and took him to the vet. A few dollars (:{) later and some 2 hours he is back home and with stitches he will need tended over the next 3 days but no worse for wear. I just felt sorry for him as he really didn't like getting the area prepped or the stitches put in. Just like children I am sure - it is harder to have them go through it than go through it yourself - at least he ate a good meal when he got home. Pastrocita was really happy to see him return. It so good to see the both of them doing so well. We will keep checking over the week to make sure everything heals as it should.

Every week we hear from someone on the www.theyneedyourlove.org site asking about the Hogar San Roque shelter - either how they can help with volunteer labour, adoption or how to rescue a dog they've seen wandering the streets. All of the work Mari does is a labour of love not money - she has given up so much to help the hundreds of dogs and cats in her shelter - the shelter is a true no kill shelter - every dog no matter how dire its circumstances is turned away or put down. This means not only food put vet bills every month. 

Do you have $10 you can spare - $10 once a month would go a long way to help feed and keep an unwanted dog safe in a shelter. You can either contact Mari directly using her facebook page Hogar San Roque or you can go to the page we built to help www.theyneedyourlove.org

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