to all, last night was excellent , though we knew there was a very popular event going on the same day on the NORTH COAST we decided to push ahead anyway. The auction was due to start at 7.00pm , we waited past that time , it became apparrent that we were not going to get as many people as hoped for, a decision had to be made, we decided to have a smaller auction , in party mood leaving the more expensive lots so that we could try again next Saturday . It was a wonderful party , Sue made a very moving speech, hardly a dry eye in the house.Part of her speech was that she was very moved (as was Ken ) about the amount of support shown to them during a very traumatic 2 weeks or so.Sue stated that she would like 50% of any money raised be used in any local charity. Ken &Sues neighbour is the son of a well known coconut seller in Puerta Plate,during the week this guy had a serious accident while painting a church , his rib cage was shattered and he sustained a serious head injury , his condition is very very critical, each day his family have to pay over 1000 peso for his head to be scanned .The gentleman was recently moved from the public hospital in PP to the one in Santiago , the bed is free , anything else has to be paid for with money that the family do not have . People at the party heard of this , we held a downscaled aution , people paid crazy prices for things they maybe did not even want, all great fun over 20,000 peso raised , a wonderful night.The son of the injured man left with 15,000 peso to get the treatment his father needs started.We have also been informed by a much respected member of Dr1 that a very sick child is in need of an operation similar to Ken , we have requested more information The main auction is now to be held on Saturday 12th July , anybody that is inclined to help in anyway is welcomed to participte in any way you can , we obviously have a lot of good items but we would welcome any more , thanks