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.
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