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08/29/2026

MWANDI NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2026

It’s already the end of August; I can’t believe this year has gone by so fast.

On Sunday the 2nd Mandy, Ann and I went to the Church next door so they could experience an African service. The choirs are amazing and the service is only a little over an hour, extremely short for African Churches. The last week of school the students are busy writing their exams so we had to leave them to it, school closed on the 6th for the month-long holiday. The girls then joined the family and my guys to start on hut number 217. It went up in record time, but we needed to let it dry between the stages. The girls worked like machines and had a really good time doing it. While the hut was drying, they spent a couple of days at the trade center helping to paint. My guys have now gone back over and completed the inside of the hut so it can dry, and the family can move in. The final smoothing of the outside will be done when our last volunteers of the year come in on the 4th of September.

The girls helped out everywhere, teaching at the school, painting at the Trade School and building the hut. We spent hours talking about everything. They were such good company and they made a difference in the lives of so many. They got their outfits from the tailor who did an amazing job, and modeled them for us, everything fit and looked great. But all too soon it was time for them to leave, Felix and I drove them back to Livingstone on the 11th. I met them for a quick drink that afternoon after Felix and I were done working. It was really hard not to cry, Ann has always stayed in touch since she was here last year and we have become good friends, Mandy is one of those people who you become friends with immediately and I am sure we will see her back again. I miss them!

Early on the 12th Felix and I met Bony and his guys with the big truck, at the hardware store in Livingstone, where all the heavy equipment needed for the Trade School, was waiting for us to pick up. It was quite a load, we had the big drill press, air compressor, bench grinders, bench presses and too many other machines to mention to get back to Mwandi. With the truck loaded they took off and got to Mwandi later that afternoon, unloaded only the big heavy machines at the trade school and brought everything else to our store room at camp for security reasons. Felix and I spent the rest of that day getting the glass cut and picking up most everything else we needed for the trade school.

We had to work very hard to get everything completed before our very important guests arrived on August 18th. The Mongu Trades Training Trades Institute is one of the most respected, trade schools in Zambia established in 1996, located in our capital of Western Province. They know the problems and challenge we face in Western Province and most importantly they are the same Tribe we live and work with, the Lozi tribe, they understand the people and the customs.

In May I visited the school and met with the Principal Mr. Inyambo Mwanangombe and the other officials at the Institution. I proposed the idea of us becoming their campus in Mwandi. They were open to the idea. Peter Makina, the head of the plumbing department and the person who led the committee to write the plumbing handbook for all TEVETA (the trade schools) institutions in Zambia, has been teaching our soon to be plumbing professor, Divine, online for the last two years, and will continue to do so for the next two. He is a kind, patient, extremely qualified man who took the time to hold my hand and guide me through the process. He sent me the list of equipment and materials needed for the plumbing class; I was completely outside my comfort zone. Between Divine, Felix and I we were able to meet all the requirements. It was understood when we were near completion and had acquired all the materials and equipment they would come out and do their inspection.

August 18th, Peter, Chambwa, head of the IT department, and Andrew the Department head boarded a bus for the long 7+hour ride to Mwandi. The following day was D Day and my stress levels were off the charts. We went to the trade school first and they loved it, then back to camp for the all-important equipment and materials check list. Everything was in order. Next Chambwa checked all the laptops that have been donated over the last few years by Kimbolton Castle Rotary club and Heiloo Rotary club. We passed!!! The Trade school is now Home For Aids Orphans- Mongu Trades Training Institute – Mwandi Campus.

All three gentlemen were a joy to have with us and I relaxed, finally breathing again. I could not have wished for a better trades institute to be associated with. This is a massive turning point for this village. Our youths can take all the courses here where they live and only travel to Mongu for one week to take the TEVETA test that will give them their certificate. We can also train those who never had the chance to finish 9th grade.

We will have to start an English class as many of the population must learn to read, write and understand English before starting a trade class. However, there are many who are ready and very excited to start classes next year. We have not even started to advertise for the school, but the news has spread. This is the first Trade School in the entire district of Mwandi, people are grateful and eager for us to begin. I know problems with alcohol and abuse are not unique to Mwandi, however in the Western World there are programs, government assistance and help can be found, generally there is hope. Here there is nothing, no jobs no schools no hope. Our youths who never made it to 9th grade do piece work, herd cattle or other manual labor, too many of our girls are forced into Prostitution to survive, they spend what they make at the illegal bars drinking dangerous home brewed alcohol. This trade school is one of the most important projects we have ever done, the number of lives that will be changed are countless.

In January, Hope Likando will come back to her home village of Mwandi from Lusaka to teach the English class. Jim Green sponsored her through the University of Zambia; she graduated with a full diploma in Finance and accounting earlier this year. She is now taking online courses with Peter for Education management and teaching English. We also have her enrolled for the online course from the USA, Teaching English as a second language, Jim Green is seeing her through it all. Our Plumbing Professor Divine has been sponsored by the Cambria Rotary club; they are also on board for the next two years for him to get his full credentials. Our IT Professor Andrew Phiri is and will continue to be sponsored by Heiloo Rotary club. All of them are qualified to start teaching classes in their respective professions at our new Trade School next year, but moving forward they will have to complete the rest of their education. The timing is perfect they will be ready to move forward when we are.

At this point I wish to thank the following who made all this possible: Dr. James Green, Barbara Fox, Paul and Merille Kupras, Ellen Brinks, Meera Saxena, Ravi Jain, Manhattan Beach Rotary Club, Jon Franell (Legacy Endowment), Kimbolton Castle Rotary Club, Mike and Nancy Dunlap, Cal and Rachel Litwiller, Orinda Rotary Club, Amelia and Brent McFarland and Bonsall Rotary Club. I can do nothing without our generous donors; I am just a little old white woman with a big mouth. Thank you all for your trust and believing in this project.

We still have to paint the toilet floors, finish the sign and general clean up. The night watchman is now on duty, but after almost 9 months we transformed a wall of bush into a beautiful well equipped Trade School. I have some amazing builders and all of my staff are hard -working. I am proud of them all and grateful for their dedication. Many of them will benefit from the English classes as well as the plumbing and IT courses. Mary, my cook will be our first female plumbing student, she will lead the way for the women, who still think only men can be plumbers. We are determined to change this mind set.

I need a little bit of help to purchase the teachers’ desks, pupils’ desks, file cabinets, projectors, printer, white boards, install word and anti- virus on the laptops and a few other necessary teaching materials. All of these are Rotary approved items, and qualify for District Grants. I have several speaking engagements already lined up in the USA and I am still trying to get more Rotary clubs and private donors to allow me to do presentations to raise the last bit of money we need. If anyone can help, please let me know. This project will change Mwandi forever, it offers hope and a real chance for a life.

Winter has ended in a flash, the days are now hitting 85 to 90F, but its dry and windy so it’s tolerable.

Everyone is fine, I am tired but happy. It is almost time for me to go back to the USA to recharge, visit our donors, hopefully get a few new ones on board and see family and friends. I leave here on September 29th.

As always God Bless
Much love to you all
Paula, Felix and the gang










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08/08/2026

MWANDI NEWSLETTER JULY 2026

July is always a busy month for us but this year it was exceptional.

We got back from Botswana with the Hawkins group on the 1st. Saying good bye to this amazing group was hard but staying busy helps me cope, and we were going to be very busy. Divine had taken the bus in early and met us in Livingstone. Before we arrived, he walked around the hardware sections in town sourcing materials and equipment for the plumbing school. There are so many of them, all small, and only carry certain items, it takes time to find everything.

The number of fittings alone is staggering, there are four different types and two sizes for each, elbows, tees, unions, ni***es, reducers, plugs, couplings, bushings, caps valves etc. and then you have all the pipes, again four types and all of them come in 6-meter lengths, appliances, waste fittings, hand tools, welders , the list if very long. Divine found the best deals for most everything, available in Livingstone. We met Bony and his truck early on the 2nd, we retraced Divine’s steps to pay for and load the bath tub, metal sinks, all the fittings and pipes. When the truck was loaded Bony and Divine started off at about noon. Felix and I stayed to purchase the ceramic sinks, urinals and assorted materials we don’t trust not to break in the truck. We left early the following morning.

I spent days trying to source the larger equipment, Arc Welding machine, air compressor, drill press etc. that are not available in Livingstone, they have to come from Lusaka. I thought I had finally found a competent plumbing supply company. I was wrong and the search continued. I got tired of researching and sending photos of equipment and tools to them. I thought a plumbing supply company would know more than I did. It was becoming a vicious circle the more detailed information I sent them the more questions they asked.

On the 14th Felix and I went to Livingstone to order and pay for all the paint we would need to finish the Trade School, and a few other large items. We had to have 30 x 20 liters of white PVA so 600 liters (added to the 400 liters we already had) just for the base coats, we are painting on cement and it just soaks in, we must put two coats on before we can finish with the expensive color washable paint. We have always purchased the good paint from a hardware store in Livingstone, while we were ordering all the paint, I realized they had a few items we had been looking for in stock. Suddenly the lights came on! I spoke to the owner and sure enough he not only knew what everything on my list was, he could get it all and deliver it from Lusaka to Livingstone. This is life saving for me, it’s a 12-hour drive to Lusaka with Bony in his truck, and at least a 3-to-4-day trip. Everything has now been ordered, paid for and we expect it in Livingstone next week.

The following morning Felix drove the green landy back after having a bearing fixed that had caused the drive belt to slip off one of the pulleys. I was in a jolly good mood, the drive north to Zimba is on a good tar road and only takes about an hour, the reason for going was to pick up a very special man, Dr. James Green. It was such an honor for us to have him come to Mwandi to finally see for himself what we have been doing with all the money he has donated to us through the years. There are many donors who have given so much over the years and in the next newsletter when we have completed the center each and every one will be named. There are no words to express our gratitude, the lives they have forever changed and will change are countless.

Jim who is in his 80’s traveled from Santa Rosa California to Lusaka, had dinner with two young women he has sponsored through university, one of them is our very own Hope Likando. He stopped in Zimba for the night, where the staff and community surprised him with a presentation in his honor for all the help, he has rendered the library and the eye clinic. He handled our horrible road with grace. We had so much to talk about the time flew by. The following morning, I took him to both schools where his name and all the donors are proudly displayed, the trade center, the village, hut building projects and a tour of the mission and “downtown” Mwandi. The land rover is a high vehicle but he was in and out of it several times with no complaints. The precious time he spent in my world was too short; I would have kept him here for a week and never tire of his stories and company. Jim did not know I had written a book, I gladly gave him a copy of “Wings on my heels”, he read it in a day, and we are still friends!

On the 17th I drove him back to Livingstone, later that evening, another young woman who he sponsored through university joined us at his lodge. He has changed so many lives over the years and continues to do so. I had to say good bye to him, but only for a few months I will be at his house in October!

Early the following morning Bony and his bus met me and we drove back up to Zimba Eye Clinic to pick up my dear friends, Yenjean, Ivan and their group of 10 for the Botswana bush safari. We always take the group for a mobile overnight safari in Chobe National Park, they saw everything and had a blast, I saw nothing but a comfortable bed at the lodge.

On the 19th we met Bony and his bus at the border and got everyone back to Livingstone where Felix was waiting for us. I joined them on the dinner cruise, along with a few of the eye professionals who run Zimba eye clinic, we ended up being a group of 17 so The Waterfront put us on the smaller boat with only 2 other very nice people. It was great we had our own boat. The number of hippos surprised even me, the group had a wonderful time. I never have to say good bye to Yenjean and Ivan, I see them when I am in the USA. Yenjean and her Orinda Rotary club along with Ivan have been faithful donors for years, every year I visit the club to update them on our progress, and show them what their donations have allowed us to do.

The following morning Felix and I again met Bony and his truck, the amount of paint we had to pick up was heavy and took a lot of space, we also needed a few more long pipes, there was no way we could have done that many trips in our vehicles to collect it all, and we are ready to finish printing. The floors have been laid in the plumbing rooms, the IT room painted and the toilets are on the last stage of plastering, we are nearing completion. The little unfinished structure that was illegally built on the property, will serve as the installation room so we only laid a basic slab.

On the 27th I drove back to Livingstone to pick up two very special volunteers. Ann and Mandy from Australia. Ann was here in February, 2025, and she brought a friend back with her. Ann is still her fabulous self and Mandy is amazing we became fast friends. We had a late lunch and an early night. The following morning, we drove back, Mandy is a wiz with reels and made one of the trip home, it actually shows how bad the road is, photos do not do it justice. I posted it on Facebook and Instagram.

They spent the first 3 days at the upper primary school, where Ann became a teacher last year. They were both so much help, the kids loved them and Ann reconnected with the teachers she was with in February. They did some shopping for material, took it to our excellent tailor, who remembered Ann fondly as he made her two outfits last year. She was wearing one of his creations and he was beaming. Both of them got measured and told him what they wanted. His shop is a tiny space but his sewing skills are as professional as any tailer I have ever seen.

On the 30th the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema arrived, the election is August 13th, this was his campaign stop; we had no intention of joining the massive political rally. We watched as the President’s three helicopters came down on the other side of the village and went to the school, just as we were at the gate two massive Air Force helicopters flew overhead and straight to our soccer pitch. I was stunned but Mandy had her camera in her hand and took some amazing video’s. They soon realized there was no way for them to get out of our property it is all walled in, my guys had gone for the day and the big iron gate was closed and locked. We walked through the small opening, the kids use to get to the soccer pitch, it’s well hidden and the property so large they would have never found it in time. These helicopters carried the media team and they were in a rush to get to the event. We ran over just as they were disembarking, looking quite confused and had no idea where they were or how they were going to get to where they needed to be. There was no time for them to phone the support ground crew, who had no idea where they were or me to go home and get the keys to let them in to pick everyone up. I ended up walking them out and driving them to the event just in time for them to set up. Lucky the President had to visit our Chief before he was able to address the people of Mwandi. Ann and Mandy stayed at the soccer pitch with the pilots and had a lovely visit. Of course, the kids who saw them land were trying to get a closer look and jump our wall but the Air Force pilots put a stop to that.

I got stuck on the other side of the rally while the President spoke, I got in touch with Felix and Muna who ran home and got the keys. We made it through to the main street, the media guys saw us waiting for them, they were now in their support vehicles but still had no idea where our main drive through gate was located, where their helicopters were waiting for them. They needed us to get them there and get them in.

To understand how shocking all this was you need to understand the only thing flying in our skies are birds, drones are illegal, this was a big deal. The pilots had absolutely no choice but to land in our property, there is only a small area near the hospital where the occasional helicopter comes in with government officials, the President and his staff took the entire space. From the sky they could only see a very large open area, the wall we built around it is now partially hidden by the trees. There is no open ground let alone any thing that resembles a landing strip. It was unexpected, exciting and an honor to lend a hand.

All of our college students have now gone back to their universities’; I have paid the tuitions and their livings expenses for the next 6 months. All of them are doing very well and we are proud of them. Thanks go to the donors who are giving them a chance for a life.

At Compass Private School Mwandi, our kids have taken their exams and school is out for the month-long break.

We have started hut # 217 for a family of 7 who are living in an old hut that only has 2 walls still standing. The property we are building on is on the same land they currently live on. They are doing their best to survive, they have a vegetable garden and chicken coop, the area is clean and they have put poles around their land. They are all helping our guys every day, Mandy and Ann worked on Saturday and will continue until they leave on August 11th. They are throwing themselves into building and will be here long enough to see it near completion.

There are so many families are on our list whose situations are the same. It’s heartbreaking knowing we can only build a few every year. This is the part where I ask for your help so we can help them. If any of you belong to any type of club, book, pickleball, chess, fishing whatever, or have a large family, and are willing to come together the amount each would have to donate is small and doable. We only need between $2200 and $2400 to change a family’s life and give them a home. It’s easy to do, our web site www.compasszambia.com has an easy secure donate button, all of the donations made by American’s are tax deductible, we are a 501-c3. Your get a notice as well as a tax letter every year. There is no administration cost or money wasted. I handle all the funds and I don’t get paid; every cent goes to that hut. Not only does the family get a home, jobs are created for the guys in the village, who really need one. Almost everything we build with (except the roof sheets and nails) is purchased from our locals, the big poles, small poles, rafters, planks and mud, it all goes back to the community. Every hut has a spread sheet and I send photos and updates to the donors as well as information on the families. Since covid volunteering never really came back, the large number of volunteers who used to come paid for the huts but now we only get a few big groups a year so we really need the help. This hut was partially paid for by the Hawkins group, who donated more then I needed for the hut they built and funds I had from Alison Curtis. This year because of the generous donations from Paul and Victoria in the UK who donated the funds for 3 huts, TASIS, Hawkins group and Alison Curtis we were able to build 6 homes. They last over 20 years and are the only house the kids will remember as “home”. They may not look like much to the Western eye but to them they are mansions.

We were able to deliver the mattresses and blankets for the family in Hut 216, for the Hawkins group. We must wait to install the door till the floors dry and then they can secure their home before we can take the “house warming” gifts, that they don’t expect, over to them. It’s always a joy to see the look on their faces, imagine a new home, mattress to sleep on and a warm blanket, it does not take much to make them so very happy.

Our weather is still cold at night and early morning but the daytime temperatures are now hitting 80 F, it’s perfect!

I always love to hear from you guys so if you have time email me.

Love to you all and God Bless
Paula, Felix and the gang












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Compass Zambia is a NonProfit Organization designed to support its sister organization Home for Aids Orphans located in Mwandi, Zambia. Our goal is to help the community by improving the lives of those who live there. We do this thru various projects such as building homes for families who have been...

07/08/2026

MWANDI NEWSLETTER JUNE 2026

Wow, June just flew by and now it’s over a week into July, sorry (again!)

We stayed very busy with the construction and building of huts number 215 and 216. Unfortunately, TASIS was unable to come out this year due to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC, we missed them so very much. However, the hut they donated the funds for us to build were used for their hut. My guys did the majority of the work but left the final smoothing stage for the “Hawkins” group from Laguna beach to finish, and we started their hut #216. Hut #215 was built for an old woman, her daughter and grand child who were living in a very small, dilapidated old hut, who had been on our list for over 2 years, we were so happy to finally give them a home. Hut #216 was built for the women and children (5 of them) of a very large family. They were all living in an old hut with 5 other men, to say it was overcrowded is an understatement.

The Hawkins group arrived on June 21st. Felix and I went to pick them up at the airport with Bony and his 22-seat bus. The group totaled 24. Mindy and her husband Brian had the help of Avery and Bleu who were 20 years old and had been on a trip with them before. The group of kids ranged in ages from 15 to 17 years old, 9 boys and 11 girls. They all arrived on time but half their luggage stayed in Johannesburg. Mindy and Brian handled it like pros and since they were not stressed the kids were fine. They went on the sunset dinner cruise that night and had a blast. The following day Bony and Felix loaded them up on the bus in the morning, as planned, with Mindy and got back to Mwandi around 1 p.m., while Brian, Avery and Bleu stayed behind to wait for the luggage with me, that arrived on the 12:45 flight. As usual all the missing luggage did arrive and we took off, we arrived in Mwandi at about 6 pm. Everyone was relieved to see their bags!

Had we known this group were work machines we would have left more work to do on hut #215. These guys got on it and shocked all of us, I can’t remember ever having a group of such young kids that worked so hard. They finished hut #215 in a day and took hut #216 from the first stage of mud balling to the throwing stage in less then 6 days. It was incredible, they worked like a well-oiled machine with both Mindy and Brian alongside them. My guys were left with only the last stage of smoothing to complete. Because this group donated so much for the hut building, we have enough funds to combine with the funds Alison Curtis donated to build another hut, we are pleased that 7 families will have a home this year.

We delivered the beds, mattresses food and other necessities to the family in #215 as the inside had been completed for sometime and it was dry enough for them to move in. We were able to deliver the food to the family in #216 because the new hut is on the same property as the old one, so the group were able to see what they had donated to “their” family, the one little boy saw the 2 bottles of cooking oil and immediately picked them up, they were almost as big as he was, everyone tried to help him but he was having none of it, it was so adorable.

They spent time at both schools assisting the teachers and playing soccer with the students. Even our young students speak English well enough: communication was not a problem, and our kids benefit from having volunteers they adore speak to them in perfect English. On Friday afternoon my staff joined the group and played a game of soccer with them, the girls played (very well) alongside the boys, surprising my staff. They mixed up the teams so my guys played with the group. Everyone had a great day, I have no idea who won and I don’t think anyone cared. Saturday the 27th we attended the dedication of the New Apostolic church, next door to us, it was a big celebration and even our Chief was in attendance.

On the 28th we loaded everyone in the bus and the landy, Felix came as well in case of any emergency, at 6 a.m. we were off to Botswana. Mindy and Brian are so organized and had all the paperwork for each minor to cross the border into Botswana. Because of their experience the time we spent getting over the border was much quicker than I imagined. Botswana is very strict about traveling with minors. We got to Elephant Sands in good time. The first night we all stayed at the lodge, the following afternoon the group were taken on a mobile safari, camping in the wild African bush, it was very cold but they had a great time. Felix, Bony and I stayed at the lodge. The morning of 30th they returned from their adventure; we already had all the luggage loaded. We arrived at Thebe in time for them to get checked in, eat lunch and take showers then they were off on the Chobe River safari. The following morning, they went on the early morning game drive to Chobe National Park and saw everything including leopard and lion. After breakfast we returned to Livingstone.

It was so sad to know our time with this amazing group was coming to an end. They worked so hard and did so much they brought light and laughter into our lives. We will never forget them and we can never thank them enough for their generosity. When they came, they brought, 30 soccer balls, pumps, a lot of white board erasers and markers plus activity books for the students. These donations for the school help us so much to keep the running costs down.

The Trade Center (School) is nearing completion. The electrics are all in including the 3 phase for the plumbing practical room needed to run most of the equipment. The 2 rooms plus the teachers’ office and the store room for the small tools that make up the plumbing department have been plastered; the roofs are all on. The toilets are 70% completed. I have been working with a plumbing supply company in Lusaka (our capital about 10 hours north of us) to source all the heavy equipment and materials needed to operate a plumbing school, not available in Livingstone, and we are making progress. The list of equipment and materials is many pages long. Divine and I have spent hours going over the lists sent to us from the school in Mongu to determine what we can purchase in Livingstone; our suppliers are getting us quotes of what they can provide. There is nothing like a Home Depot here, we have to deal with a lot of people from different shops, no one shop has everything.

Divine, out plumber, is doing well with his lessons and the Mongu Trades training Institute are very impressed with him. They are so sure he will pass his final exam in order to move forward to his “Craft Certificate” courses they are allowing him to start the 1st of the 2-year course in August even though he will not sit that exam until December. Their commitment to our trade center has been overwhelming, we will be their branch in Mwandi, they are doing everything possible to help and guide us so we can start next year. As soon as we have completed the building, they will make a trip out to inspect our center. Since they gave us instructions on the size and how we needed to build and I shared photos of our progress in May when I met with them, we are sure they will be well pleased, we followed their instructions to the letter.

Our IT professor who will be relocating to Mwandi from Lusaka in January is still in university for the next 2 years but since he is already qualified to teach, he will not have to attend any other TEVETA institution, he will be ready. He will complete the rest of his schooling online from here, while he is teaching at the center.

I have no idea how this is coming together, I don’t really have time to dwell on it, I am just putting one foot in front of the other and following God’s lead. Felix has been amazing and getting better at his job every day, he has taken so much of the day-to-day building supervision off of me and given me time to take care of all the admin and planning.

Our students that are in colleges have been coming back to Mwandi for their term break and I have met with most of them. Colleges all work on their own time schedules, while some of them have already returned and started class some will not go until July. I have been busy paying the fees and figuring what they need for living expenses for the next 6 months. Three of them have completed but graduations are not until October. I thought I was going to discontinue this program as it’s a lot of work and very time consuming however I had three new students come to me who we could just not turn away and I had donors ready and willing to sponsor them. So, what do you do? I have given up trying to plan these things and left it in Gods hands, when He says I am done then I will be done. Our donors are the ones who deserve the praise, they sponsor these kids and trust my judgment in selecting the students who will succeed. There are no words to express our gratitude, they have changed so many lives. It has been a very successful program for many years and all 53 of our graduates have done well. I threaten them with their lives and make sure they do not waste money or time; I am sure I scare them, but it works. Heck, I scare the tellers at the bank, the manager laughs and tells me that’s the reason he always takes care of me personally. Ah Zambia it’s absolutely where I belong.

It's full-on winter here now and as soon as the sun goes down the temperatures do the same and it’s really cold, I know living here has made my blood thin but really 40 F is cold. The days warm up around noon and will hit 70 to 75 F for a couple of hours. I am not complaining I only wish it lasted a bit longer, it’s my favorite time of year!

As always, much love to you all and God Bless
Paula, Felix and the gang











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5256 S. Mission Road
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Bonsall, CA 92003
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