Merry Christmas Schapelle

During the festivities the past few days, I have found my mind constatnly drifting back to thoughts of Schapelle sitting in that hell hole. I prayed for her constantly over the last few days. I am so blown away by her ability to sustain herself in that place. I realize she has family that go to her everyday but I am not sure I could live through that. It would be extremely hard anyday of the year but especially on holidays when you know the traditions that are taking place without you. The food, the drink, the family gatherings, the things that make being alive worth it. I know Schapelle and her family make the best of the situation and I am so glad to hear that as her time in Hotel K must be just exruciationg.

To barely have your basic needs taken care of is unfathomable to me. One amazing project that is getting under way at the moment is looking at getting clean water into Hotel K for Schapelle and all the other inmates in Kerobokan's Womans Cell. This project is in the early stages but has many very dedicated people working on it. You can find more information about it at: http://spiritofschapelle.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13&sid=e3e76a6024d8d508cff01c8ac4e833c4

I think reading Schapelle's heartbreaking book "My Story" has really reinforced the fact that she is not living in average conditions inside Kerobokan. She is living in filthy, inhumane surroundings. A place where vermon, germs and disease flow freely. Some people have said that our efforts should be put toward getting her out of there....and I agree. However, I do strongly think that the campaign for Schapelle must be a double pronged campaign. We have to fight for her rights and set her free but we also must realize that we cannot go over to Indonesia and physically pluck her out of there. She is at the mercy of the judges at this point. We have to be realistic in recognizing that it may be a few years before she walks free. So, with that in mind. this project is aimed at improving the conditions while she is there. It is also going to help future prisoners as well.

I encourage everyone if you haven't already to buy her book "My Story." I will write some of my thoughts on the book when I finish reading it. I have been reading for about 2 weeks now. I find it tough to read quickly. It's emotional and heartbreaking. I find myself only able to read a few pages at a time.

I also encourage everyone to check out the Spirit of Schapelle forum. It is such a fantastic forum filled with amazing supporters who truly do have Schapelle's best interest at heart.

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to everyone. Enjoy the time with your families.

The tiny update

Well...it's been over 2 weeks now...is that a fortnight? hehe I am learning all this new language being on SOS. Anyway it's been over 2 weeks since I recieved a confirmation email that my copy of Schapelle's book had just been shipped. I waited really patiently for it to arrive but now I am afraid I am turning into a kid on Christmas Eve. My patience (if ever there was any) has run out...I'm now going nuts. I want it to arrive NOW. ok that was my rant. Realistically, it probably just got caught up in the Christmas mail. I guess technically since its coming from Oz, it would be Chrissie mail hehe....see I know whats what.
Either way...the moment it arrives I will be thrilled to have it in my hands but will no doubt be crushed by its heartbreaking words. I will keep you all posted.

Oh, one last thing...I guess my tiny update is turning into a true Michelle style post...long winded. The Spirit of Schapelle website was down all day yesterday. There have been a few theories put forth as to why it was down...I, ever the optimist, really hope it was not some sort of malicious attack on the site and hope that people out there are really not so hateful as to do something like that...but let's be honest.

The fact that the site was down and supporters had no way to contact one another was really hard. Thankfully, it was up and running again today and didn't take weeks to fix as we have seen in the past. It is really important that when the site is down, we as supporters put forth a strong effort to stick together be it through blogging, or other supporter sites like www.schapellecorby.com. There seems to be a lot of familiar folks on there as well. Anyway thats just a step in creating a plan for times when our supporters base takes a bit of a hit. Well, now it's Saturday afternoon and my To Do List is not getting crossed off so I better get at it.