Sorry - still behind - we'll finish off in batches after Easter! ...

Count your blessings - Lent 2008 - material from Christian Aid: (The way this works is that you you keep a running total each day, according to what it says. At the end I will give you the address to send a donation in to Christian Aid if you are willing and can still afford to!)

Tuesday 4th March
65p could buy a pair of shoes for a person in Cambodia.
Count 65p if you are wearing a pair of shoes, and 10p for every other pair you own.

Wednesday 5th March
Almost every other person in the developing countries lacks adequate sanitation.
Count 30p for every toilet in you home.

Thursday 6th March
In the UK on average each person emits around 9 tonnes of CO2 a year. In the US it is 24 tonnes. In sub-Saharan Africa it is less than one tonne of CO2 a year.
Visit www.christianaid.org.uk today to take action on the Climate Change Bill.

Friday 7th March
K Rajamuthu has spent 25 years breaking rocks in a quarry in south India, but never earns more than £2.30 a day.
Count £2.30 if you had a pay rise in the last year.

Saturday 8th March
In parts of Bangladesh, rising sea-levels are causing water salination, so the poorest people must travel up to 24 hours to buy drinking water.
Count 10p for every glass of water you drank today.

Sunday 9th March
"Every day when I wake up I ask God to save our field staff from being targets of terror attacks," aaid one of our Iraqi prayer partners recently.
Pray for all who work for peace.

Monday 10th March
Every hour more than 1,200 children die away from the glare of the media - the same effect as three tsunamis each month, every month.
Count the price of the last newspaper you bought.