The Family at Christmas

Happy Christmas and New Year

First we would like to say we hope you had/are having a wonderful Christmas. We pray that you will know the Lord's blessing in the New Year.

Last week was a busy week. Paul had to get his November VAT return out by Friday so it could be paid before the month end and as we are not working this coming week Friday was the last day. We thank the Lord that it was completed and filed by around lunch time on Friday. Paul has a few things to complete for the end of November accounts so will probably try and get those done this week though the office is closed, then he can start afresh in the New Year with December.

Other than the above we will be able to have some good time together as a family though there is not a lot to do around Dodoma and no places you can go to much. It should be a good break from the business of before.

With much love from us all here in Tanzania.

Last Week of School

This is the last week of school for Edith and the Children not only for this year but also for the coming year. We have decided due to a number of reasons to Home school the children for now starting in January, this will be a challenge but also a good opportunity for Edith but an idea age for her to start, more about that next year.

Paul has two more weeks work before the Christmas break so hopes to be able to complete all the November work and may be start on December before the 24th, this will be challenging but we hope this will be possible so we can have a good break over Christmas.

This evening/last night we were down at the cathedral for the Christmas Carol service which was very enjoyable. We were able to enjoy some very familiar carols and readings and not so unusual here we had some by candle light, this time voluntary not because the power was off.

Well we trust and hope you all have a wonderful week and you will know the Lord's blessing on you all.

Love form us all

Contrasts

There are so many contrasts around. Currently those of you who are in England are having some snow, if we had been in Mongolia they have also been having snow and their mornings are now below -15c but us here in Tanzania we are at the other end with day time temperature up to around 34c, so we are finding it rather hot, though a dry heat, but the nice thing about Dodoma is that there is a nice breeze around most of the time. Now for those of our team down in Dar es Salaam the story is different there they have it very hot and it is very humid being on the coast so can be very sticky for you even when not doing too much.

We have put a few pictures on the Blog of the Flame trees here in Dodoma, they are a most beautiful tree this time of year with bright red flowers, they are turning orange now but do look so wonderful and colourful.

Sorry for little reports the last couple of weeks, Paul has been covering as acting programme manager again so has had a fair amount of things to do. Ian is now back so we are very thankful.

Edith's Suzan arrived safely back in Uganda by plane the other Sunday and was taken to the hospital that week, at first they could not find anything wrong in the blood tests but then they did I think it was a bone marrow test and they found she had Meningitis. She has now been having the treatment for this and Edith has spoken to her a number of time and she seems to be improving. The treatment is for fourteen days so should finish this week God willing. Please continue to pray for a full recovery for her.

This week is the second to last week of school for this year so Edith and the children will be looking forward to the Christmas break. Paul will as usual be in the office and hopes to see the completion of the October figures tomorrow and then to be able to get straight on with November figure so they are done as quickly as possible.

Thank you all again for your continued support through prayers and giving we do so appreciate you all and sorry we are not up to date with letters and emails so please be patient one will come soonish!!

God Bless and love form us all

Paul, Edith, John-Luke & Gabriella

All things bright and beautiful.

This is how Dodoma look like in November.

Sorry

Sorry for the delay in giving you an update we will try over the weekend, but things have been rather hectic for us the past couple of weeks.

Please continue to pray for Suzan to make a full recover they found that she has Meningitis.

God Bless and update you soon.

Love form us all

Medevac

Please pray for Edith's sister, we have a plane coming down from Uganda tomorrow to medevac her back to Uganda. She has been suffering with malaria it was found out during the week and after she seemed to be improving she turn a turn for the worst. So we decided it would be better to get her back to Uganda where there is better medical care and also more family to help with the situation.

Please pray for a safe flight and a quick recovery once she is there.

Thank you and God Bless

This coming Week

Dear Friends

Please pray for this coming week. Paul's plan was to complete the October figures by the end of the week but that is looking less likely after having a full week last week with a lot of extra work. Last week he had to chair a disciplinary hearing for one of the national staff so this included writing things up in a format that applies with the law here and some other additional work.

Edith and the children will have school though one day is due to be a national Holiday so they will have the day off but we do not know which day yet (It's a Muslim holiday called Iddi so is expect either Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday). Paul will still be working as it's a Muslim holiday but the national staff will have the day off unless they are needed for flights which have already been booked on that day. Paul finds it a good day to work as he does not get so many interruptions he hopes.

Please continue to pray for Suzan she has returned from the hospital who have said that it is not Malaria but she has had further tests, please pray that they find out what is wrong soon so they can treat it.

Thanks for all your prayers and support.

God Bless and love from us all.

P, E, JL & G

Prayers Please

Please pray for Edith's Sister Suzan who was admitted into Hospital today with Malaria, please pray for a fast recovery and a return to good health and strength.

Thanks and God Bless

Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella

Trip to Dar

Paul had a problem with the payroll program last week which meant he had to get payslips produced from a spreadsheet that is prepared each month by Ruben our ISD manager. As it was going to cost a fair amount to get someone from the payroll suppliers to come and sort the problem out, Paul decided that he better take the computer to Dar as he could catch a MAF flight on Thursday and another one returning on Saturday. This will mean about three hours trip instead of 12 - 14 hours driving. Please pray that the trip goes well and that we get the payroll sorted out.

God Bless and thanks for your prayers.

Dodoma is burning (Fire)

Its so dry that you dont need matches to start a fire.
Thats the Dodoma airport on fire and no one knew how it started but we thank God no one got hurt.





John-luke recieving a certificate for being good in class.

Gabriella God's little Princess!!

Gabriella God's little princess was invited to attend a royal birthday and as you can see she was ready to go.
Thank you god for making all the little girls like me your princesses

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I like my school because my Mummy is my Teacher that means whenever i need a hug i get it.

John-luke's Assembly

< John-luke's first Assembly at Cams he said that when he grows up he want to be a Pilot for Maf.
He is trying hard to learn some Kiswahili words and he says Asante to God for making him Him.

Final Week of October

Dear Friends and Supporters

It is hard to know what has happened to this year with almost 10 months gone of the year.

Edith and the Children have a standard week at School this week. The children are now going down to a local hotel to use there swimming pool once a week as the warmer weather sets in.

Paul has a week of trying to get work finished off for September Figures, he also has wages to prepare and a VAT return to complete as well. Otherwise it is a fairly general week. Paul also continues to see the Physiotherapist and it seems to be working well his arm is doing a lot better and the range of moment is coming back now.

Please pray for safe travels during the week particularly for Edith and the children and for Paul pray that he manages to complete the tasks on the days planned so things do not get behind.

God Bless and love form us all here in Dodoma.

Back to a normal week

This week Edith and children will be back at school. Please pray that they settle back in well and for safety in travel to and from school.

Paul starts to complete the work needed for the September figures as well as some time to catch up with Ian the programme manager who returned back to Dodoma last week, so Paul needs to report on his time as acting programme manager.

We are all keeping well at the moment for which we thank the Lord. Paul's arm is a lot better though he still does not have the full range of movement (though improved) in it and has a couple of physiotherapist appointments this week to try and correct that.

Have a good week and God bless you all.

Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella.

Short time away

On Friday we were able to travel down to Dar es salaam first for a weekend together with most of the other international staff for some time to get to know each other as we are spread around three bases in Tanzania. This was South of Dar es Salaam we then moved north of Dar for some time together as a family and a short break before travelling back to Dodoma on Thursday. In addition Paul went to the MAF Dar office to work on Monday so not all was holiday.

Next week will be back to normal with Edith and the children at school and Paul in the office.

Please pray for continued safety in all our travelling, it is around six to seven hours journey from Dar to Dodoma.

Thanks for your prayers and support.

God Bless

With love from us all

Last week before a break

Sorry that we did not blog last week but it was a rather hectic week and though we thought of doing the blog several times it was never at the right time.

Paul has been acting Programme manager for the last week or so whilst Ian is away in England for meetings. Things started well at the beginning of the week and he had some deadlines to meet. First there was the wages to prepare for 56 staff, they can be quiet confusing here due to many different allowance, loans, and other deductions. Then there was a VAT return to complete by Thursday, this was looking possible all the time even up to Wednesday evening but then some issues came up in the operations department that Paul had to get involved in and much of one day was taken up with these issues and some other work that he had to do as acting PM. He in the end requested permission from the tax office to file the VAT late and if all goes well hopes to have it finished on Monday. This coming week Paul needs to finish of the August figures and then make some budget adjustments and get as far as possible into September figures before Friday.

Edith had a busy week at school but on Friday there was sports day and this was a the final day of the current term so the children are off for the next two weeks. Unfortunately Paul was not able to attend the sports day as all the other parents did due to the work load. Edith is looking forward to the two weeks break. The children have settled much better into school now. Susan Edith's sister who has been with us here, was able to take a trip up to Uganda for a couple of weeks. We were so glad when she arrived back Saturday night.

At the end of the week all the international staff will be heading for Dar es Salaam for a weekend of fellowship together. This is mainly due to the fact that we are spread over three bases and a number of us are new to the team, so it was felt that it would be good to have some time together. We will also be having a visit from Butch and Lynnie Judge from South Africa who are our pastoral carers, Butch will also lead the study times at the weekend. The weekend is being funded by the international staff and not MAF. As we are travelling to Dar es Salaam for the weekend and the following week is still school holiday we as a family have decided to stay down in the Dar area for a few extra days for a break and rest.

Paul's arm has not been causing too much problem only on the odd occasion when he stretches it too far. On Wednesday he went to see a physiotherapist about it as he can not yet straighten the arm out. The therapist said she was surprised how much moment Paul had lost in the arm after an assessment. So now he will have to take some medication for the next couple of weeks and some gentle exercises and then she is hoping the inflammation has gone down and she can start to work on the arm to try and recover the moment he has has been lost. Please pray that all goes well.

Well thank you for all your prayers and support we do so appreciate you all.

God Bless and lots of love from Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella.

Another Week

Greeting from Tanzania

This week will be a little hard for us as Suzan Edith Sister has travelled to Uganda, so we are at home on our own which means Gabriella has to go to school early with John-Luke and stay with Edith when she gets there until her class starts and I need to be at the house from around 12:15 to 15:00 when Gabriella comes home and John-Luke followed by Edith later. Fortunately I can connect to things from home so I am hopping it will work out well. The budgets are done though there will be budget meetings in England this week which I will attend via Skype most likely. So most of the work this week is the general day to day things and also finishing off August figures. Paul's arm is doing better but not yet 100% OK.

Edith is busy and working hard are the school we are looking forward to a small break coming up in a couple of weeks. The children are staying healthy and enjoying the outdoor life.

Thanks for the prayers and support.

God Bless and love from us all

Final Budget not Yet in.

Paul was not able to complete the budget last week, it might have happen as he could of had a quiet day in the office on Friday as it was a national holiday here but unfortunately he came down with a bad Arm the Doctors think it is Tendinitis so was not able to work on Friday because the arm was too painful. After a couple of restless nights today it seems to be doing a lot better but it it not there. Thank to Edith acting as his assistant we move on more with the budget on Saturday as Edith came into the office to help. If all is well he will have it finished by Tuesday. There are two budgets to be done in each programme so it was good to have been able to send the two Mongolian budgets in on time and one for the Tanzanian ones so Praise the Lord.

Edith continues to be busy at School last week there was a parents evening. Also last week on Thursday John-Luke's class was leading the Assembly so Paul was able to come to that.

John-Luke and Gabriella are both well and we think beginning to settle in more, they love being able to play outside most of the time.

Juuso a Pilot who was in Mongolia came to help here in Tanzania last month and was able to visit us when a plane came for maintenance it was great to catch up with him.

Thank you all for your prayers and support, please pray that Paul's arm will be back to 100% soon as once the budget is complete he needs to get the August figures sorted.

God Bless and love from us all.

Warming up

Well the weather is warming up now and it's into the 30;s during the day.

This week Paul needs to complete the budgets for Mongolia and Tanzania so he will be busy doing that this week. Edith has parents evening this week at school so Paul have to go as the parents for both the children. The children are both well this week which is great news and they love being able to play outside.

Thanks for your love and support.

God Bless from us all.

Another busy week.

Hi All

Sorry it's almost Thursday and still I have not written anything. Please pray for strength to get everything done. Along with the work load I need to get some form of a budget done by early next week so please pray that I find enough hours to do this each day. Sorry for those who are due letters or emails but these are rather behind I have some 230 email to sort out but with the work load at present I am not getting time to do much. Anyway in a months time it will be all over and things will then ease up I hope.

Edith was off school today as Gabriella has not been well, she has been having some fever and coughing, a malaria test today came up negative so please pray that whatever it is will it will heal up very soon. John-Luke is doing well though he is not totally settled at school yet. His home work now includes reading and some maths, surprising or not so he seems to do better at the maths than the reading.

Thanks again for all your prayers and support.

God Bless love form us all

Greeting from Tanzania

Hello everyone.

This week looks like another busy week as we continue to settle in here in Dodoma. As the container arrived last week we are still unpacking everything out of the boxes. Edith is busy with the school, but we are grateful to have our own car now as she had been borrowing the programme manager's car each day to get to school except last week when we were with the car in Dar so had to get a taxi each day from Monday to Wednesday. Paul is busy in finance and this weeks needs to finish the file for June and try and complete July accounts as well and if all goes well start on the 2011 budget as well.

The children are doing well at school and enjoying life here though they miss friends from Mongolia at times.

Thanks for your prayers and support for us all.

God Bless and love form Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella

Last Week

Sorry for not having sent you any news this week.

Paul travelled down to Dar es Salaam on Monday with Ian the programme manager to visit the MAF office in Dar, it is around 450km and about six hours driving. As well as visiting the office Paul went to look for a car for us here. Ian travelled back on Wednesday but Paul stayed on as he had found a car and waiting for it to be registered. The guy registering it thought it might take until Friday but actually finished it on Wednesday which was very fast. So on Thursday Paul drove back with the car and Ruben the MAF IT manager who had come down to also work in the office to sort out some issues there. Ruben had managed to get a seat on a MAF flight and would have gone back on Friday with the plane but as he had finished decided to come back with Paul. They arrived back around 9pm Thursday night.

Then on Friday after many false starts our container arrived, though having asked several times of how they intended getting the container off the lorry here they turned up with nothing so our staff went to find a crane but in the process Paul decided to empty the container whilst it was still on the lorry so it would be lighter for the crane. They had just finished unloading and moving the boxes etc to the house when the crane arrived so they could move the container to the place we needed it put. They had been worried as the crane was only meant to lift 3 tones and the container with things in came to 3.7 Tonnes so it worked out well unloading it.

Please pray for our family in particular Paul's Auntie Mary and his Cousins, his Uncle Richard died very suddenly this week. Please pray for strength and the Lord's comfort at this time of lose.

Thanks for your prayers and support.

School Starts

This week School starts so today John-Luke and Gabriella both started a new year at School. John-Luke has started in year 1 and Gabriella Preschool. Gabriella has as one of her Teachers Miss Edith also known as Mummy. So today was Edith's first day back at teaching after preparing last week.

As for Paul this week he needs to try and catch up a bit. He has June accounts to finish off and complete and July to start as well as start to prepare for the 2011 budget. In addition he has management meetings with the management team and possibly next week he will travel with Ian the New Programme Manager to Dar Es Salaam to visit our office there as also try and find a car to purchase.

Please pray for us all as we start all these New jobs that we will be given wisdom as to what to do first, as we learn new systems. Please also pray that we might see our container this week, it was due to leave the docks on Friday but we still have not heard anything anything definite and finally please pray that we are able to find a suitable car that will service us well whilst here in Tanzania.

Thank you so much for your love, prayers and support.

God Bless you all.

Busy week ahead.

Dear all thank you for all your prayers and support and we pray that the Good Lord bless you all dearly.

We are all fine and trying to settle in here and our stuff will be in Dar God willing this week so that will make life easier as we don't have much now to use.

Edith started working today at the school but the children will start next week she will be teaching Nursery and English in the primary section.

Paul is busy trying to finish his June accounts for Tanzania,he is now the Finance manager as we said bye to Daniel on Saturday.

The Children are having a lot of fun as now they can be outside the whole day and John-luke is learning to swim.

Thank you again for all your prayers and God bless you all.

Last week of Hand Over

Dear All

This is my last week of handover with Daniel as he travels to Kenya on Saturday, please pray that we manage to get all the needed things sorted so that I will be able to continue with the work when he has gone.

The Good news is that Edith has been able to get a work permit for her at the School so in a couple of weeks will be starting at the school.

We are all doing well and beginning to settle in, please pray that our things from Mongolia will arrive soon. The ship is due to arrive in Dar es Salaam on Monday but then the clearing of the container can take some time please pray that it will be quick and that it all arrives safely here in Dodoma.

God Bless and love form us all

In Dodoma Tanzania

Hi there sorry for the delay in the update. We flew to Tanzania on the 3rd arriving on the 4th July in Dar es Salaam where we meet up with Edith's Sister who had travelled down from Uganda by Bus. We then stayed at a guest house until Monday morning when we flew in a MAF plane up to Dodoma arriving about 1.30pm. They taxied the plane to the hanger where most of the staff were there to greet us which was very nice. Most of the things we brought with us from England should come up on another flight tomorrow if all goes well.

We had been put into a temporary house until another one was available but we are enjoying it so much in this house that we are thinking of staying here so that will mean we can settle more quickly.

Please pray for our things coming from Mongolia if all is well they should arrive in Dar es Salaam on the 25th July but they will then need to be cleared and brought to Dodoma this can be anything from a few days to several weeks/months so please pray all will go through without problems.

Paul started in the office on Wednesday.

Thanks for your prayers and support.

God Bless and love form us all

Nearing our Move to Tanzania

Sorry not to have sent news for a while we made it back from Guernsey last week and have been running around for medical things and some visits and family time.

Next week is our final week in the UK and we leave for Tanzania on the 3rd July. Please pray for us to get the final things packed so we will have all we need to take with us to TZ.

Thank you for your prayers and support.

God Bless and love from Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella.

Back from Guernsey

We had a lovely break with friends/family in Guernsey last week and arrived back Tuesday a little late. Wednesday was down the MAF office in Folkestone and Thursday is to London to see a doctor. Friday office to see some relatives.

Thanks for your prayers we need them with all this running around.

Love from us all

First Week in UK

Dear all

This week we are settling into the UK and have to go to London for medical check ups and also hope to meet up with Paul's brother who lives in Germany but is also currently in the UK with his family, so we hope to have a couple of days together before they head back to Germany at the weekend.

Please pray for safe travelling around and good times together.

Thanks for your prayers and support.

Love from us all

In the UK

Just to say we are now in the UK after a 34 hour joruney from Mongolia. Please pray for us as we prepare for our move to Tanzania on the 3rd July.

With and love and thanks for your prayers.

Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella

Last week of Work

Sorry this is coming at the end of the week, but I have been busy in the office finishing off the final things before we leave.

Please pray that we will either be able to purchase a container to send our household goods to Tanzania or that everything will be transfered safely from one container to another in China and then in Tanzania to a lorry or third container. If we manage to purchase a container then no changes should be neccessary and we get the whole thing in Dodoma.

We hope you all have a great weekend.

God Bless and love form us all.

Last two weeks of work in Mongolia

Greeting from Mongolia

I have two further weeks of work in Mongolia. This week is my last week as teh programme manager/Director of Blue Sky Aviation. I will be handing over to Tom at the end of the week. Next week I will work in the office to clear up a few items before leaving the following week, BA permitting!!

This week Tom and myself will be undertaking four annual reviews on the national and international staff and then two more next week. In addition we hope to finish most of the hand over this week as well.

John-Luke will have two more weeks at school after this week and will actually finish on the last day we are in Mongolia. GAbriella and John-Luke are counting the days down to see Granddad and Grandma.

Edith continues to pack the last items ready to hopefully ship to Tanzania on the 25th May by a container, it will take around 40 days or so.

Well thank you for yours prayers and support we do so apprciate you all.

God Bless and love from us all here in Ulaanbaatar.

End of Travels

Hi All

I eventually end up back in Ulaanbaatar but twelve hours late, our plane was almost here and then had to return due to strong winds in Ulaanbaatar so after three hours or so of flying we were back in China. We eventually left at aroun 9.50 pm and arrived a little before mid night we landed through the snow. The temperature was -4c, tomorrow though the temperature is due to be up to 18c during the day and we now have some nights getting above zero.

Next week we have a Quality and Safty Audit so tomorrow we have Geoff and Stu arriving to do the Audit, in addition Tom and Diane will be arriving as well, Tom will be taking over form me in a few weeks time. So this week we have to get everything up to date and sorted as well as we have to take all teh vehicles for there annual inspection.

Thanks for your prayer and support.

God Bless and love form us all.

He is Risen we hope you all had a wonderful Easter we sure did though we almost forgot about it as its not listed on the calenders here(funny).
Well Paul will be going to Kenya tomorrow for one week to attend the manager's meetings.
We are almost done with packing but still looking at the shipping companies as not many people move from here to Africa please keep us in your prayers.
The kids are looking forward to seeing Grand ma and Grand dad so that means they are ready to go.
Well have a wonderful week and God bless you all and thanks for your Prayers and support.

Easter Week

We hope you all had a wonderful Easter.

On Friday we eventually managed to get Ryan's license and also permision to fly again with our current radio opertor.

This week we were due to have a holiday in Korea but we decided not to go for various reasons, so we will be home packing for our move. Please give us wisdom as we pack and decide what to take and how to get the things from here to Tanzania.

Have a great week and thank you for your prayers and support.

God Bless and love form us all

This week we have been having problems getting Ryan his license. It was promised on Monday after he past a test on Friday and then everyday since they have come up with a different reason not to give him the validation until on Thursday they run out of ideas so then decided that were not happy with our Radio operator who before they had been happy with. Please pray we have been asked to do a Medical Evacuation today please pray we will be able to get everything sorted so we will be able to do this flight.

We would all like to wish you all a very Happy Easter as we remember the death and Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

God Bless and love form us all

Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriellla

Week starting 21st March

Hi all

We have recived good news today that we should be able to get Ryan a three year validation for his Pilot's license, this means he will be able to fly with a Radio Operator. During this time when a test has been prepared he should be able to take a Mongolian test and if he passes then he can get a full ongolian license and fly on his own. This means we should be able to start flying again soon, Praise The Lord.

Please pray that we get all our visa renewals through this week so we can take our planned trip to Korea at the end of next week.

Edith is very busy packing up teh apartment, we are having probelms getting quotes for a shipment to go to Tanzania so please pray that we make progress on that also this week.

The weather did warm a litlle but a drop back this week so only one day with +pos temperatures last week back to -neg this week.

Well we thank you for all your love and support.

God Bless and love from us all here.

This coming Week

Today we have a meeting with the General Director of the Mongolian Civil Aviation Authority to discuss the pilot licencing situation. Please pray that this meeting will go well and that we will be able to find a solution that will allow us to continue to fly here in Mongolia. This meeting was due to happen last week but was postponed.

Currently we are not able to fly here so this week is mostly catching up with lots of admin jobs please pray for good progress in these.

John-Luke celebrated his 5th birthday on Sunday and he had a good day visiting others on the programme dropping off some cake for them.

We are due to have our first plus temperature this year on Thursday, well first since September/October time last year. Praise the Lord.

God Bless you all and thank you for your prayers and support.

Hi All

Paul is back from Turkey and back to work trying to sort out all the February finance details as his finance officer has been on holiday so he ends up with most of the finance work. Edith and the children are doing well Edith is busy trying to sort out packing for our move.

Please pray for the operation here as we currently cannot fly as our Pilot's licence validation has expired and the civil aviation authority here are not sure how to test him on his Mongolian to be able to issue him with a full licence! Please pray for us as we have a meeting with the Director General of the civil aviation regarding pilot licensing issues, pray that we are able to have a good discussion and be able to work out a reasonable solution for us all.

John-Luke will be 5 years old on Sunday so we have celebrations at the weekend.

God Bless and thanks for your prayers and support.

With God all things are possible

Dear all, we would like to thank all for your prayers and support words can not say it all but we pray the Good Lord bless you all dearly.
Well as i write this paul is away in Turkey for the meeting and he will be there for 10 days so please remember him in your prayers.
The kids are doing well and we thank God it warmed up for the past few days its only been between -5 and -10c at night so its really hot here.
But in all things we thank God who is ever present in all situation.
We wish you all the best and thanks again for your prayers and support, God bless you all.

The coming week

Today is the start of Tsagaan Sar here in Mongolia, that is the New Lunar Year this year is the year of the Tiger, so Monday and Tuesday are national holidays. Last week we were able to do one flight for a mining company but are next flights are currently booked in March with a flight for the Baptist Church and another for a grouped connected to a local church here who work with handicapped children bringing them in from the country and training the parents and children to do some therapy they also through this work have chance to bring them the Gospel.



At the end of this week on Friday evening I (Paul) leave the family here in Mongolia as I go to some meetings with other MAF managers in Turkey, this time it is a group from around the Eurasia area with who I have not met before so I am looking forward to a good time of fellowship and teaching together as well as learning more about MAF's work in other countries in this region. I will have chance to meet with Tim Strauss, the regional director, to talk more about a project we have given to MAF to set up a pilot training school here in Mongolia. I will also meet with Tom and Diane Mason, Tom will be replacing me here in Mongolia as we move to Tanzania.



Please pray for the family whist I am away and for me for safe travel and profitable meetings. I leave on the 19th February and arrive back on 2nd March.



Before I leave I also need to complete a couple of project proposals that need some funds, one is for training a Mongolian to become a pilot and another is to help support the group working with the Handicap children as they do not have the funds even at our discounted rate to fly to all the places we go to so we are looking for some additional funds for four extra flights this year.



Well thanks for all your prayers and support. God Bless you all

God is good all time

In all things we thank God for His love and kindness and as we prepare to move on to our next or new home we trust God to go ahead of us, and as we always say it doesnt matter where we go as long as we together we will always be home.
Thank you all for your prayers and support, take care and God bless you all

This Week In Mongolia

This week we have temperatures of around -25c though Tuesday is due to be warm up to -11c. This time of year we are fairly quiet on the flying side but on Friday we will be flying Ulaanbaatar Baptist Church to Gobi Altai for few days. Ryan our pilot will stay with the plane and fly the group back on Sunday. UB Baptist Church is involved in church planting and training of church leaders and members.

Other work this weeks is adding the hopefully final touches to the 2009 financial statements and completing a number of reports. Edith and myself will also be trying to complete the update of the welcome hand book for new staff coming to Mongolia.