We all had a wonderful day and we pray to God that we will keep Christmas in our hearts for the rest of the year and that the Good Lord will guide us as we go along in the year to come.
Thank you all for your support and prayers
Monday, 26 December 2011
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Sorry for the lack of news
Dear All
Sorry for the lack of news over the last few weeks let us tell you what has been happening.
Edith has been continuing to help at the school in John-Luke's class each week and also doing her voluntary work at the Nuru centre. John-Luke finished the term on Friday as well as Gabriella home schooling.
John-Luke and Gabriella were in last Sundays Christmas service, the Sunday school acted out the Christmas story. John-Luke was a shepherd and Gabriella was an angel.
The office move happened on the 29 November and Paul was able to move to his new office around midday on the 30 November.
Paul then travelled to Dodoma last weekend but was unfortunately involved in an accident. We thank God that he was not hurt though the car was badly damaged but drivable. He had to then spend a number of hours on Monday with two of the national staff at the Dodoma police station to get a report from them to help with the insurance. Paul was due to stay up in Dodoma until this weekend but on Tuesday night he had a call from his parents to say that his friend Andy was not doing so well (he has been suffering from Cancer for he past four years). It was decided that he would travel to England as soon as possible to see him. Therefore on Wednesday morning after the car was patched up so rain would not come in as three of the windows were gone Paul traveled with Andrew one of our pilots back down to Dar es Salaam. Andrew was able to get one of our flights back the next day. Paul was very thankful to have Andrew's company on the trip back to Dar as well as the help driving the 450km. Paul was then able to get a flight out Thursday afternoon to the UK.
The original flight connection was due to arrive in England about midday Friday. We thank the Lord that though there was originally an over booking on an earlier connecting flight Paul was able to get his flight changed and arrived in the UK about 7am Friday morning. Paul's brother Mark was able to pick him up and took him to the hospice where Andy was. We can only thank the Lord for his timing in all of this as Andy went to be with his Lord in Glory at 5.35 Friday afternoon. Please pray for Andy's wife Jean and his family & friends as we all deal with this lose.
Please pray for Edith and the children who are on their own in Tanzania whist Paul is away and that all will go well. We hope to be all together again, God willing, on Christmas Eve.
Thank you for your prayers and support for us all over this very busy and hectic year, they have been much appreciated and much needed.
May we all remember that Jesus is the reason for the season and that Christmas is about the birth of our Lord and Saviour whatever anyone wants to say it will not change the facts.
God Bless and Happy Christmas to all with love from Paul, Edith, John-Luke & Gabriella.
Sorry for the lack of news over the last few weeks let us tell you what has been happening.
Edith has been continuing to help at the school in John-Luke's class each week and also doing her voluntary work at the Nuru centre. John-Luke finished the term on Friday as well as Gabriella home schooling.
John-Luke and Gabriella were in last Sundays Christmas service, the Sunday school acted out the Christmas story. John-Luke was a shepherd and Gabriella was an angel.
The office move happened on the 29 November and Paul was able to move to his new office around midday on the 30 November.
Paul then travelled to Dodoma last weekend but was unfortunately involved in an accident. We thank God that he was not hurt though the car was badly damaged but drivable. He had to then spend a number of hours on Monday with two of the national staff at the Dodoma police station to get a report from them to help with the insurance. Paul was due to stay up in Dodoma until this weekend but on Tuesday night he had a call from his parents to say that his friend Andy was not doing so well (he has been suffering from Cancer for he past four years). It was decided that he would travel to England as soon as possible to see him. Therefore on Wednesday morning after the car was patched up so rain would not come in as three of the windows were gone Paul traveled with Andrew one of our pilots back down to Dar es Salaam. Andrew was able to get one of our flights back the next day. Paul was very thankful to have Andrew's company on the trip back to Dar as well as the help driving the 450km. Paul was then able to get a flight out Thursday afternoon to the UK.
The original flight connection was due to arrive in England about midday Friday. We thank the Lord that though there was originally an over booking on an earlier connecting flight Paul was able to get his flight changed and arrived in the UK about 7am Friday morning. Paul's brother Mark was able to pick him up and took him to the hospice where Andy was. We can only thank the Lord for his timing in all of this as Andy went to be with his Lord in Glory at 5.35 Friday afternoon. Please pray for Andy's wife Jean and his family & friends as we all deal with this lose.
Please pray for Edith and the children who are on their own in Tanzania whist Paul is away and that all will go well. We hope to be all together again, God willing, on Christmas Eve.
Thank you for your prayers and support for us all over this very busy and hectic year, they have been much appreciated and much needed.
May we all remember that Jesus is the reason for the season and that Christmas is about the birth of our Lord and Saviour whatever anyone wants to say it will not change the facts.
God Bless and Happy Christmas to all with love from Paul, Edith, John-Luke & Gabriella.
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
New Office Move delayed
Thank you for all your prayers for us over the past weeks.
Please pray for Gabriella who has been having a temperature this week and John-Luke has a cough but they are managing well. Edith this week went to help at a handicap training centre where they train handicap people to make things to sell to help support themselves. They are currently busy making things for selling at Christmas.
A week a ago we went to the main shopping centre here in Dar and found that they already had there Christmas decorations up and the shops had decorations in for sale, so the Christmas season has already started here.
Last week Paul had a good week in Dodoma with Neville and the Brenda the Auditor from the UK. Paul was very grateful to Neville for the two weeks help he was able to give him and it is hoped that Neville will continue to help one day a week from the UK, up to Christmas. The Audit went well and some areas were spotted where things can be improved.
The office move in Dar was due to happen last week but due to some issues over the electrical power to the office this has been delayed until the end of this week or may be early next week. As Paul has his computer and all the office things with him he will work from home this week, which has worked out very well so far. Please pray that there are no further delays for the office move so we can settle in as soon as possible.
Thank you for the prayers and support.
God Bless you all
Please pray for Gabriella who has been having a temperature this week and John-Luke has a cough but they are managing well. Edith this week went to help at a handicap training centre where they train handicap people to make things to sell to help support themselves. They are currently busy making things for selling at Christmas.
A week a ago we went to the main shopping centre here in Dar and found that they already had there Christmas decorations up and the shops had decorations in for sale, so the Christmas season has already started here.
Last week Paul had a good week in Dodoma with Neville and the Brenda the Auditor from the UK. Paul was very grateful to Neville for the two weeks help he was able to give him and it is hoped that Neville will continue to help one day a week from the UK, up to Christmas. The Audit went well and some areas were spotted where things can be improved.
The office move in Dar was due to happen last week but due to some issues over the electrical power to the office this has been delayed until the end of this week or may be early next week. As Paul has his computer and all the office things with him he will work from home this week, which has worked out very well so far. Please pray that there are no further delays for the office move so we can settle in as soon as possible.
Thank you for the prayers and support.
God Bless you all
Monday, 14 November 2011
In Dar and Dodoma
Dear All
School continues well for John-Luke, Gabriella and Edith, this Friday John-Luke's class will be leading the assembly. We also have an addition to our family a small puppy named happy-jumpy and he suits his name. On Saturday we all went up the school for a family photo as well as some others. Edith's Sister Suzan has been settling in well into life in Dar.
Paul has been having some help from Neville, an ex MAF finance manager last week and he has travelled with Paul and a UK Auditor to Dodoma for this current week. Work has been moving very slow and it has been rather hard going with the early mornings, but God willing when Paul returns he will be able to start at the new office which is much near the houses so we will be able to work more normal hours. Paul is looking at getting a bicycle so is hoping to be able to cycle to work most days.
This week Paul will also be acting programme manager as Bengt will be in Uganda and Southern Sudan for meetings. so it looks like it will be a busy week.
Please pray for a successful week in all sides of the work and also for a good week for Edith and the family whilst Paul is away.
God Bless & Love form us all
School continues well for John-Luke, Gabriella and Edith, this Friday John-Luke's class will be leading the assembly. We also have an addition to our family a small puppy named happy-jumpy and he suits his name. On Saturday we all went up the school for a family photo as well as some others. Edith's Sister Suzan has been settling in well into life in Dar.
Paul has been having some help from Neville, an ex MAF finance manager last week and he has travelled with Paul and a UK Auditor to Dodoma for this current week. Work has been moving very slow and it has been rather hard going with the early mornings, but God willing when Paul returns he will be able to start at the new office which is much near the houses so we will be able to work more normal hours. Paul is looking at getting a bicycle so is hoping to be able to cycle to work most days.
This week Paul will also be acting programme manager as Bengt will be in Uganda and Southern Sudan for meetings. so it looks like it will be a busy week.
Please pray for a successful week in all sides of the work and also for a good week for Edith and the family whilst Paul is away.
God Bless & Love form us all
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Office Move
Dear All
School at home and at HOPAC continues on very much as normal.
For Paul the work continues to move along rather slowly. There has been rather a lot of meetings and other events happening that he has had to be involved, this has delayed him from completing his month work. It is progressing slowly.
The good news is that Paul's 4.30am early mornings rises will hopefully be coming to an end soon. We are in the process of moving the Dar office out of the city towards the area where we live, this is also an area where a lot of our customers are based. We are going to be renting a property alone with one of our main partners SIL who also rent the property adjacent to this one. It will give us more office space which we need as the staff have almost doubled here in the Dar office. The current office does not have enough space for us all so a move of some sort was needed. It will also keep us from having to fight with much of the city traffic to get and return from work each day. This means we will be able to work more normal office hours.
Next week Paul also has Neville Pereira coming from the UK to help him for a couple of weeks to try and help he catch up a bit. Neville was the MAF Finance manager in Kenya for a number of years and he also served for a year in Uganda. Paul is looking forward to having the extra help.
Well thanks for all your prayers and support we do so appreciate you all.
God Bless and love from us all.
School at home and at HOPAC continues on very much as normal.
For Paul the work continues to move along rather slowly. There has been rather a lot of meetings and other events happening that he has had to be involved, this has delayed him from completing his month work. It is progressing slowly.
The good news is that Paul's 4.30am early mornings rises will hopefully be coming to an end soon. We are in the process of moving the Dar office out of the city towards the area where we live, this is also an area where a lot of our customers are based. We are going to be renting a property alone with one of our main partners SIL who also rent the property adjacent to this one. It will give us more office space which we need as the staff have almost doubled here in the Dar office. The current office does not have enough space for us all so a move of some sort was needed. It will also keep us from having to fight with much of the city traffic to get and return from work each day. This means we will be able to work more normal office hours.
Next week Paul also has Neville Pereira coming from the UK to help him for a couple of weeks to try and help he catch up a bit. Neville was the MAF Finance manager in Kenya for a number of years and he also served for a year in Uganda. Paul is looking forward to having the extra help.
Well thanks for all your prayers and support we do so appreciate you all.
God Bless and love from us all.
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Back in Dar es Salaam
Last week we were all up in Dodoma as it was half term week at HOPAC. Paul had a number of meetings and did the annual reviews for his department. This took up a fair amount of the time so the work on the August and September figures did not move on as much as hoped.
We travelled back down to Dar on Saturday and now it's back to the normal working routine. Edith is home schooling Gabriella and John-Luke is back at HOPAC. Paul is back to the 5.30am leaves to get to the office in a reasonable time before traffic gets heavy and the 20 km trip takes one to two hours.
The good news is that we have located another office which is only about 3km from home and we hope to be in by the middle of November if all goes well. This will be in partnership with another mission (SIL). They are working with translation projects. This should make the office hours more to the normal times.
Please pray that all the plans will work out well and that the move will be a benefit for all.
Have a good week, God Bless and love form us all.
We travelled back down to Dar on Saturday and now it's back to the normal working routine. Edith is home schooling Gabriella and John-Luke is back at HOPAC. Paul is back to the 5.30am leaves to get to the office in a reasonable time before traffic gets heavy and the 20 km trip takes one to two hours.
The good news is that we have located another office which is only about 3km from home and we hope to be in by the middle of November if all goes well. This will be in partnership with another mission (SIL). They are working with translation projects. This should make the office hours more to the normal times.
Please pray that all the plans will work out well and that the move will be a benefit for all.
Have a good week, God Bless and love form us all.
Monday, 10 October 2011
One week before half term
This week is the last week before half term week for the children. So John-Luke and Gabriella have just four days of school this week as Friday is a national holiday.
We are hoping to travel up to Dodoma as a family on Saturday for the half term week. Paul was due to be in Dodoma this week but postponed it as that worked out better as the family could come and also more of the MAF TZ staff will be there next week so we can hold a management meeting whilst we are all there. This week Paul will be working on the August and September work and trying to make headway into more of his email backlog now that the most of the budget work is behind us, he is hoping to have most if not all completed by the end of next week.
Please pray for Paul's best friend Andy who has been battling Cancer now for several years and is currently under further treatment. Please pray for strength and comfort from the Lord.
Well we hope you have a great week.
God Bless and love from us all.
We are hoping to travel up to Dodoma as a family on Saturday for the half term week. Paul was due to be in Dodoma this week but postponed it as that worked out better as the family could come and also more of the MAF TZ staff will be there next week so we can hold a management meeting whilst we are all there. This week Paul will be working on the August and September work and trying to make headway into more of his email backlog now that the most of the budget work is behind us, he is hoping to have most if not all completed by the end of next week.
Please pray for Paul's best friend Andy who has been battling Cancer now for several years and is currently under further treatment. Please pray for strength and comfort from the Lord.
Well we hope you have a great week.
God Bless and love from us all.
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
This week in Dar
Things are getting back to a little more normal here and hopefully should start to settle down.
Edith continues to teach Gabriella at home as well as now going at times to the school to help John-Luke's teacher with some projects. John-Luke continues to enjoy the school. Edith sister Suzan who had to medevaced last year back to Uganda has decided to join us again, please pray that she will be protected from all illnesses this time. It is brave of her to return, but we are all happy to have her around again.
Paul will try this week to start and sort out the back log of emails. He will also be working on the August and September figures, please pray that this will all work out well and most of August and September work will be completed by the end of next week.
We managed for the first time this weekend to make it to the beech for about an hour which was wonderful. We look forward to having more visits in the future.
We pray that you will all have a wonderful week.
God Bless and love form us all
Edith continues to teach Gabriella at home as well as now going at times to the school to help John-Luke's teacher with some projects. John-Luke continues to enjoy the school. Edith sister Suzan who had to medevaced last year back to Uganda has decided to join us again, please pray that she will be protected from all illnesses this time. It is brave of her to return, but we are all happy to have her around again.
Paul will try this week to start and sort out the back log of emails. He will also be working on the August and September figures, please pray that this will all work out well and most of August and September work will be completed by the end of next week.
We managed for the first time this weekend to make it to the beech for about an hour which was wonderful. We look forward to having more visits in the future.
We pray that you will all have a wonderful week.
God Bless and love form us all
Monday, 26 September 2011
All in Dar
This week we are all here in Dar es salaam. Edith and Gabriella will continue on with the home schooling and John-Luke continues his term at HOPAC School.
Paul arrived back from Mongolia last Monday, he managed to complete the work for August and the budget along with some other tasks. Last week he continued with the Tanzania budget that has been sent in as draft version. Paul was due to take a course here in Dar starting today but this had to be cancelled as he need to have meetings regarding the budget with Ian and Bengt (current and future programme manager) tomorrow and Tuesday before they have to travel to the UK for meetings on the budget and also Regional Management meetings next week. Bengt will then return and take over as programme manager and Ian will stay in the UK for now. Paul will also try and use this week to try and clear a lot of his work emails which have built up over the past weeks whilst he has been working on the budget.
Thank you for your prayer and support.
God Bless and love form us all.
Paul arrived back from Mongolia last Monday, he managed to complete the work for August and the budget along with some other tasks. Last week he continued with the Tanzania budget that has been sent in as draft version. Paul was due to take a course here in Dar starting today but this had to be cancelled as he need to have meetings regarding the budget with Ian and Bengt (current and future programme manager) tomorrow and Tuesday before they have to travel to the UK for meetings on the budget and also Regional Management meetings next week. Bengt will then return and take over as programme manager and Ian will stay in the UK for now. Paul will also try and use this week to try and clear a lot of his work emails which have built up over the past weeks whilst he has been working on the budget.
Thank you for your prayer and support.
God Bless and love form us all.
Monday, 5 September 2011
All in Dar until Firday
Dear All
This week Edith is moving from house sorting to giving more time to Gabriella and getting on with the home schooling after our landlord fitted some mosquito netting onto the room which is now the classroom. Before every morning the room was full of Mosquitoes. John-Luke continues to enjoy school but did have two days off last week for national holidays, the school closed on Tuesday & Wednesday as that was when the holiday's were expected but they changed on Monday night and end up to be Wednesday and Thursday but the school carried on with the Tuesday and Wednesday off.
The weather is beginning to warm up here now with temperatures into the thirties and with the humidity it's becomes rather sticky, it will now continue to get hotter until into the new year.
Paul was in Dodoma last week and arrived back on Saturday afternoon, he managed to get most done for June and July and will complete them on Monday. Unfortunately he was not able to get much done on the budget but will do that this week as quick as he can. On Friday Paul will travel again but this time he is going to Mongolia to help with the budget there, as well as August accounts and a number of other jobs. He will arrive Sunday morning and stay a week arriving back in Dar on the following Monday. Please pray for the family as they remain in Dar whilst Paul is away.
Thank you all for your prayers and support they are very much appreciated.
God Bless you all
with love form us all.
This week Edith is moving from house sorting to giving more time to Gabriella and getting on with the home schooling after our landlord fitted some mosquito netting onto the room which is now the classroom. Before every morning the room was full of Mosquitoes. John-Luke continues to enjoy school but did have two days off last week for national holidays, the school closed on Tuesday & Wednesday as that was when the holiday's were expected but they changed on Monday night and end up to be Wednesday and Thursday but the school carried on with the Tuesday and Wednesday off.
The weather is beginning to warm up here now with temperatures into the thirties and with the humidity it's becomes rather sticky, it will now continue to get hotter until into the new year.
Paul was in Dodoma last week and arrived back on Saturday afternoon, he managed to get most done for June and July and will complete them on Monday. Unfortunately he was not able to get much done on the budget but will do that this week as quick as he can. On Friday Paul will travel again but this time he is going to Mongolia to help with the budget there, as well as August accounts and a number of other jobs. He will arrive Sunday morning and stay a week arriving back in Dar on the following Monday. Please pray for the family as they remain in Dar whilst Paul is away.
Thank you all for your prayers and support they are very much appreciated.
God Bless you all
with love form us all.
Sunday, 28 August 2011
In Dar and Dodoma
This was John-Luke's first week at School and he enjoyed it. Edith and Gabriella continued to do the unpacking but had to fight with many power cuts.It started Monday evening with the power going off at around 6.30pm and returning at 11pm but only for a short period and somewhere between 1 & 2am it went off and we did not have any further power until about midnight Tuesday. We then were off again Tuesday evening from 6.30pm to 10.30pm. The next cut was at 8am Wednesday morning and we then did not have any power until 3.30am on Friday.
Paul continued to go into the Dar office each day, this week he started to leave the house at 5.30am this meant that he managed to get into the office just after 6am, whereas the week before we would leave at 6am and arrive between 7am & 7.30am. Paul has today travelled back up to Dodoma and will be there for the next week to try and work with the other managers to get the budget for 2012 prepared. He also hopes to finish the June and July work as well as do the Wages and two VAT returns.
Please pray for Edith and the children on there own in Dar es Salaam and Paul that he will be able to complete all he needs to over the coming week. Paul will travel back if all is well next Saturday.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love form us all
Paul continued to go into the Dar office each day, this week he started to leave the house at 5.30am this meant that he managed to get into the office just after 6am, whereas the week before we would leave at 6am and arrive between 7am & 7.30am. Paul has today travelled back up to Dodoma and will be there for the next week to try and work with the other managers to get the budget for 2012 prepared. He also hopes to finish the June and July work as well as do the Wages and two VAT returns.
Please pray for Edith and the children on there own in Dar es Salaam and Paul that he will be able to complete all he needs to over the coming week. Paul will travel back if all is well next Saturday.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love form us all
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
School Starts
Dear Friends
This week is the start of school here in Dar es Salaam and yesterday John-Luke started at his new school HOPAC (Haven of Peace Academy). He had a good day and enjoyed it.
Edith and Gabriella were at home where they will be doing home school.
Paul is in the Dar office this week so will be enjoying fighting the traffic again, but on Sunday he will travel to Dodoma for week and try and complete the budget for 2012.
Thanks for your prayers and support.
This week is the start of school here in Dar es Salaam and yesterday John-Luke started at his new school HOPAC (Haven of Peace Academy). He had a good day and enjoyed it.
Edith and Gabriella were at home where they will be doing home school.
Paul is in the Dar office this week so will be enjoying fighting the traffic again, but on Sunday he will travel to Dodoma for week and try and complete the budget for 2012.
Thanks for your prayers and support.
Saturday, 20 August 2011
Now in Dar
We have now been in Dar for just over a week now. We travelled down on Friday along with a pickup truck with our beds, dinning room table, chairs and lounge seats. The rest of our things arrived on Saturday after the truck had a hard journey taking some 27 hours to come. The truck had a puncture and then after replacing the wheel they had a second puncture so not having another spare they had to get repairs which were not possible where the truck was. So the wheels had to go back to Dodoma for repair, after twelve hours they were able to start again. They hoped to reach Morogoro for the night but had another puncture so arrived in Morogoro at 3am had an hours sleep and then continued arriving at our place at about 8.30am.
We are now in the house but there is plenty of unpacking still to do.
We have been to the school and managed to get John-Luke's uniform for next week and Paul has been in the Dar office since Tuesday and having 'fun' in the traffic. The trip into the office this week (20km) but it took between 40 minutes to 1.5 hours to do the trip. Edith has been busy sorting the house out.
Thanks for your prayers and support through this busy period.
God Bless and love form us all.
Paul, Edith, John-Luke & Gabriella
We are now in the house but there is plenty of unpacking still to do.
We have been to the school and managed to get John-Luke's uniform for next week and Paul has been in the Dar office since Tuesday and having 'fun' in the traffic. The trip into the office this week (20km) but it took between 40 minutes to 1.5 hours to do the trip. Edith has been busy sorting the house out.
Thanks for your prayers and support through this busy period.
God Bless and love form us all.
Paul, Edith, John-Luke & Gabriella
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Moving Week
Dear All
This week we are due to move house from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam. Today we have almost completely packed the lorry which will be taking our things to Dar and we now have the last things to sort out and decide how we get them there.
Paul will be working the next three days and then on Friday we will drive to Dar with the lorry which will be driven by Allan Conrad a retired MAF Tanzania international staff member, who has remained here in Tanzania.
Please pray that all will go well with the move and that we will all be kept safe as we travel and that we will settle into the new place quickly.
God Bless and thanks for your prayers and support.
This week we are due to move house from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam. Today we have almost completely packed the lorry which will be taking our things to Dar and we now have the last things to sort out and decide how we get them there.
Paul will be working the next three days and then on Friday we will drive to Dar with the lorry which will be driven by Allan Conrad a retired MAF Tanzania international staff member, who has remained here in Tanzania.
Please pray that all will go well with the move and that we will all be kept safe as we travel and that we will settle into the new place quickly.
God Bless and thanks for your prayers and support.
Monday, 1 August 2011
Back in Dodoma
Dear All
We arrived safely in Dar es Salaam from the UK on Tuesday morning. we then stayed in Dar for the Day to look at some properties two were possible houses that could be combined as an office as well. Then the last was the house we expect to move into later this month. The plan is to move from Dodoma on Saturday 13 August, this will then give a week to settle before school starts for John-Luke. Gabriella will have another year of home schooling with Edith.
We traveled back to Dodoma on Wednesday.
Edith is busy packing up the rest of the house we hope that most will be packed by Saturday when we hope to load it on a truck, we will then live in another house until the next Saturday when we hope to travel with the things to Dar.
Paul is trying to now catch up with all the work he missed and about 600 emails to sort through in one account and another 200 on the other. Paul will be working on June and July figures over the next couple of weeks, it would be good to have them finished before the move, but it will be good going if he does manage this.
Please pray for us over this busy period and for us to settle into life in Dar very quickly. We will try and keep you up to date with the news as it happens.
God Bless and love form us all.
We arrived safely in Dar es Salaam from the UK on Tuesday morning. we then stayed in Dar for the Day to look at some properties two were possible houses that could be combined as an office as well. Then the last was the house we expect to move into later this month. The plan is to move from Dodoma on Saturday 13 August, this will then give a week to settle before school starts for John-Luke. Gabriella will have another year of home schooling with Edith.
We traveled back to Dodoma on Wednesday.
Edith is busy packing up the rest of the house we hope that most will be packed by Saturday when we hope to load it on a truck, we will then live in another house until the next Saturday when we hope to travel with the things to Dar.
Paul is trying to now catch up with all the work he missed and about 600 emails to sort through in one account and another 200 on the other. Paul will be working on June and July figures over the next couple of weeks, it would be good to have them finished before the move, but it will be good going if he does manage this.
Please pray for us over this busy period and for us to settle into life in Dar very quickly. We will try and keep you up to date with the news as it happens.
God Bless and love form us all.
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Last week in the UK
Dear All
Sorry for the delay in writing but we have been travelling around a lot on home assignment.
In addition to the travelling around, our garden shed burnt down one night. This has caused a lot of damage in the garden and has taken a fair amount of time to get the process to sort it out started. Unfortunately we had stored a lot of things in the shed whilst we were overseas.
This week we are trying to have some family time and some rest before returning to Tanzania on Monday next week.
We will get back to updating the blog more regularly once we are back in Tanzania God willing.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Love from Paul, Edith, John-Luke & Gabriella.
Sorry for the delay in writing but we have been travelling around a lot on home assignment.
In addition to the travelling around, our garden shed burnt down one night. This has caused a lot of damage in the garden and has taken a fair amount of time to get the process to sort it out started. Unfortunately we had stored a lot of things in the shed whilst we were overseas.
This week we are trying to have some family time and some rest before returning to Tanzania on Monday next week.
We will get back to updating the blog more regularly once we are back in Tanzania God willing.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Love from Paul, Edith, John-Luke & Gabriella.
Friday, 1 July 2011
Please pray
Please pray for Ian Sinkinson our programme manager who slipped and broke his Hip ball joint, he was flown by MAF to Kenya where he has had to have the hip ball joint replaced. Please pray that all will go well and he will be able to get back to full health as soon as he can.
Thanks and God Bless you all.
Thanks and God Bless you all.
In the UK
We have now been in the UK for just over a week. Since arriving in the first week we have been to the opticians, had our medicals in London, met and had a day with Paul's brother & his family who live in Germany and a number of other things. This week Paul had a MAF finance conference at the MAFI offices in Ashford this started on Monday and went on to Wednesday and today we managed to have a family day out with another of Paul's brothers.
We will be spending the next couple of weeks visiting some of our supports so will be doing some travelling around.
Thanks for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love form us all.
We will be spending the next couple of weeks visiting some of our supports so will be doing some travelling around.
Thanks for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love form us all.
Sunday, 19 June 2011
One Day to go
Dear All
We are almost packed for the trip, not the house move as yet, though that is underway. Tomorrow we will drive the 450km to Dar es Salaam which will take, God willing, about 6 - 7 hours. We will stay in a guest house over night and then have a taxi pick us up around 4.30 to 5 on Tuesday morning to take us to the airport for a 7.30 flight out of Dar to London. We hope to arrive about 4.30 in the afternoon in London and then we have to drive to Ashford only about 1.5 to 2 hours.
Edith has a lot of things packed in the house and John-Luke and Gabriella are getting excited about the flight and seeing our family and friends in England. Paul managed to complete the May accounts for Tanzania though with some late nights/ early mornings but they are completed and sent out.
Please pray for safe travelling for us all, road and air.
Wednesday we have some appointments and some time to get over the trip. Then Thursday we head to London for our medical check ups and then on Friday we will have the day with Tim, Deb & family, Paul's brother who lives in Germany who are currently in England but will leave on Saturday. The next week Paul has meetings in the MAF International offices in Ashford with the other Finance managers from the Africa region and UK finance staff.
We hope to have a little rest but will also be doing some visiting.
God Bless and love from us all.
Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella.
We are almost packed for the trip, not the house move as yet, though that is underway. Tomorrow we will drive the 450km to Dar es Salaam which will take, God willing, about 6 - 7 hours. We will stay in a guest house over night and then have a taxi pick us up around 4.30 to 5 on Tuesday morning to take us to the airport for a 7.30 flight out of Dar to London. We hope to arrive about 4.30 in the afternoon in London and then we have to drive to Ashford only about 1.5 to 2 hours.
Edith has a lot of things packed in the house and John-Luke and Gabriella are getting excited about the flight and seeing our family and friends in England. Paul managed to complete the May accounts for Tanzania though with some late nights/ early mornings but they are completed and sent out.
Please pray for safe travelling for us all, road and air.
Wednesday we have some appointments and some time to get over the trip. Then Thursday we head to London for our medical check ups and then on Friday we will have the day with Tim, Deb & family, Paul's brother who lives in Germany who are currently in England but will leave on Saturday. The next week Paul has meetings in the MAF International offices in Ashford with the other Finance managers from the Africa region and UK finance staff.
We hope to have a little rest but will also be doing some visiting.
God Bless and love from us all.
Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella.
Monday, 13 June 2011
Final Week
This week the children have off from Home schooling as Edith is concentrating on packing up the house for the move in August.
In addition to Paul being acting programme manager this week he is trying to finish the May figures before the end of the week. He also has the June wages to get sorted out and complete a VAT return for May as well.
On Monday morning next week we will head off to Dar es Salaam and stay there over night and then get a flight out on Tuesday morning to the UK for our home assignment.
Thank you all for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love form us all.
In addition to Paul being acting programme manager this week he is trying to finish the May figures before the end of the week. He also has the June wages to get sorted out and complete a VAT return for May as well.
On Monday morning next week we will head off to Dar es Salaam and stay there over night and then get a flight out on Tuesday morning to the UK for our home assignment.
Thank you all for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love form us all.
Monday, 6 June 2011
Two weeks to go.
Please pray for Paul's Deputy Frank and his wife Honartha who's 3 month baby suddenly died on Saturday. Edith was able to attend the service and burial today, whilst Paul stayed with the children. Please pray for strength and comfort for the family.
This is the last week for home school for John-Luke and Gabriella as next week Edith will be concentrating on packing. We managed to get some boxes pack on Saturday as well.
Paul has almost completed the April work and will start tomorrow on May and hopes that it will all completed by the end of the next two weeks before we leave for the UK.
Please pray that the next two weeks everything will run well and we will be able to complete all the jobs we need to do before we start to travel.
Thanks for all you prayers and support.
God Bless and love from us all.
This is the last week for home school for John-Luke and Gabriella as next week Edith will be concentrating on packing. We managed to get some boxes pack on Saturday as well.
Paul has almost completed the April work and will start tomorrow on May and hopes that it will all completed by the end of the next two weeks before we leave for the UK.
Please pray that the next two weeks everything will run well and we will be able to complete all the jobs we need to do before we start to travel.
Thanks for all you prayers and support.
God Bless and love from us all.
Monday, 30 May 2011
Almost June & three weeks to go.
We have only three weeks left before we head towards the UK for meetings and home assignment.
Edith has been busy packing some of the things around the house ready for the move in August as well as continuing with the home schooling. The children are looking forward to our trip and flying on the plane as well as going to see the family.
Paul hopes to have the April figures finished this week and then he has two weeks to try and complete the May figures before we head off.
Please pray that we get all done that we need to and that we will be able to leave things in good order here whilst we are away.
Thank you all for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love from us all.
Monday, 23 May 2011
Four Weeks before home assignment
We have a busy four weeks coming up. Edith is busy packing things in the house when she has some spare time as well as doing the home schooling. Paul has to try and complete both April's and May's figures for the programme as well as further training for the new member of staff and other management issues.
Paul's trip to Dar was good though a bit to short so still has some things to finish off from it, it was a busy few days and many hours on the road.
At the beginning of the month Edith went on a flight she joined the Kilimatindi safari with some evangelists for one day. She helped with Sunday School which started with 30 children but ended up with 70. She will write more in our next Prayer & Newsletter.
Hope you all have a good week.
God Bless and love from us all.
Paul's trip to Dar was good though a bit to short so still has some things to finish off from it, it was a busy few days and many hours on the road.
At the beginning of the month Edith went on a flight she joined the Kilimatindi safari with some evangelists for one day. She helped with Sunday School which started with 30 children but ended up with 70. She will write more in our next Prayer & Newsletter.
Hope you all have a good week.
God Bless and love from us all.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Another Week
Dear All
This week we will have school as usual for Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella. Edith is also very busy getting a house ready for some new staff who will be with us for six months helping in the operations department. Andy was a MAF pilot a number of years back and flew in both Tanzania and Uganda, his wife Margaret will be with him as well and she will be working with the Anglican church.
Paul and the other managers had a review meeting seeing how we did last year compared to the plans for the year. Paul has also travelled to Dar today to work in the office there for a few days and hopes to return with Ian the programme manager and Andy and Margaret on Saturday.
We hope you are all having a good week.
God Bless and love from us all
This week we will have school as usual for Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella. Edith is also very busy getting a house ready for some new staff who will be with us for six months helping in the operations department. Andy was a MAF pilot a number of years back and flew in both Tanzania and Uganda, his wife Margaret will be with him as well and she will be working with the Anglican church.
Paul and the other managers had a review meeting seeing how we did last year compared to the plans for the year. Paul has also travelled to Dar today to work in the office there for a few days and hopes to return with Ian the programme manager and Andy and Margaret on Saturday.
We hope you are all having a good week.
God Bless and love from us all
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Praise
We have just had some very good news for which we give God praise. Though it was looking that John-Luke may not be able to get a place at the school in Dar es Salaam we heard this week that he has been given a place at the Heaven of Peace Academy (HOPAC).
School continues to go well with Edith and the children here in Dodoma and all are enjoying it and are making progress.
Paul has a new member of staff starting this week his name is also Paul and will be particularly working with the invoicing side of the work. This should free Paul up a fair amount as well as get things more up to date and make us more efficient we hope. Paul will also be working on trying to finish the March figures before the end of the week.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God Bless with love from
School continues to go well with Edith and the children here in Dodoma and all are enjoying it and are making progress.
Paul has a new member of staff starting this week his name is also Paul and will be particularly working with the invoicing side of the work. This should free Paul up a fair amount as well as get things more up to date and make us more efficient we hope. Paul will also be working on trying to finish the March figures before the end of the week.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God Bless with love from
Sunday, 1 May 2011
May Already
Dear All
we are all doing fairly well. Edith John-Luke and Gabriella are back into the swing of school. Please pray that John-Luke will next a place at the Haven of Peace Academy (HOPAC)for next school year when we have moved to Dar Es Salaam we have not as yet heard.
It was a busy week for Paul and we saw the end of January and February work and things start to move on the March work, hopefully most of March will be completed by the end of this week so April can be started. It was only a three day week last week as Tuesday was a national holiday along with Easter Monday, but Paul went in to work. Friday was taken up with interviews for a new finance member of staff to particularly concentrate on preparing invoices and ensuring things are paid on time. We did seven interviews and have decided on one who will be informed tomorrow that they have the job, it is hoped he will start this week or next week at the latest so we can make up some ground on that side.
Also this coming week Frank the Deputy Finance Manager will be sitting exams please pray that he will do well and also for Paul who will be holding the fort whilst he is away. This month we should also see Cecilia come back from her maternity leave which will also be a great help.
Thanks for your prayers and interest in the work here in Tanzania.
God Bless and love from us all.
we are all doing fairly well. Edith John-Luke and Gabriella are back into the swing of school. Please pray that John-Luke will next a place at the Haven of Peace Academy (HOPAC)for next school year when we have moved to Dar Es Salaam we have not as yet heard.
It was a busy week for Paul and we saw the end of January and February work and things start to move on the March work, hopefully most of March will be completed by the end of this week so April can be started. It was only a three day week last week as Tuesday was a national holiday along with Easter Monday, but Paul went in to work. Friday was taken up with interviews for a new finance member of staff to particularly concentrate on preparing invoices and ensuring things are paid on time. We did seven interviews and have decided on one who will be informed tomorrow that they have the job, it is hoped he will start this week or next week at the latest so we can make up some ground on that side.
Also this coming week Frank the Deputy Finance Manager will be sitting exams please pray that he will do well and also for Paul who will be holding the fort whilst he is away. This month we should also see Cecilia come back from her maternity leave which will also be a great help.
Thanks for your prayers and interest in the work here in Tanzania.
God Bless and love from us all.
Sunday, 24 April 2011
Easter Week
Dear All
We trust and pray that you are having a wonderful Easter. We have been to church this morning to Dodoma Cathedral and had an Easter communion service which was very good, though we arrived a bit late we were still in time for the start.
We have an extra long weekend here as there is an additional national holiday on Tuesday so only a three day working week. School starts back on Wednesday so Edith and the children will be getting back to their studies. Paul will be working on the March figures but it will have to be a miracle to get it all completed by Friday but we will try.
Edith's sister Lillian arrived on Friday coming by bus from Uganda the bus should have been here at 4am but did not arrive until after 5.30 as the bus came across a road block by thieves on the way and had to reverse back to a village until the police arrived but they were all kept safe. Lillian will return to Uganda tomorrow afternoon arriving Tuesday sometime.
Please continue to pray for our friends Verna and Harry as they have Martyn's funeral on Thursday at 11.30am, that they will be given strength and comfort as they say their final goodbyes. These are the times when it is hard to be so far away.
Well we hope and pray that you had a good Easter and that you will know the Lord's blessing during the week.
God Bless you all with all our love.
Paul, Edith, John-Luke & Gabriella.
We trust and pray that you are having a wonderful Easter. We have been to church this morning to Dodoma Cathedral and had an Easter communion service which was very good, though we arrived a bit late we were still in time for the start.
We have an extra long weekend here as there is an additional national holiday on Tuesday so only a three day working week. School starts back on Wednesday so Edith and the children will be getting back to their studies. Paul will be working on the March figures but it will have to be a miracle to get it all completed by Friday but we will try.
Edith's sister Lillian arrived on Friday coming by bus from Uganda the bus should have been here at 4am but did not arrive until after 5.30 as the bus came across a road block by thieves on the way and had to reverse back to a village until the police arrived but they were all kept safe. Lillian will return to Uganda tomorrow afternoon arriving Tuesday sometime.
Please continue to pray for our friends Verna and Harry as they have Martyn's funeral on Thursday at 11.30am, that they will be given strength and comfort as they say their final goodbyes. These are the times when it is hard to be so far away.
Well we hope and pray that you had a good Easter and that you will know the Lord's blessing during the week.
God Bless you all with all our love.
Paul, Edith, John-Luke & Gabriella.
Friday, 22 April 2011
Happy Easter
Dear All
We just would like to wish you all a most wonderful Easter as we remember the death and resurection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
We are all doing well and looking forward to the break over Easter and some good family time. Work remains busy for Paul as he is still acting programme manager until next week.
We will be having a visit from one of Edith's sister this week she should arrive on the bus from Uganda on Friday morning about 4am and will be spending Easter with us.
The children are looking forward to a few days off school as they have been working most of this week.
Please pray for our friends Verna and Harry as they deal with the death of Martyn (husband and father), pray they will know the Lord's strength and comfort at this difficult time. Martyn's funeral will be on Thursday at 11.30am.
Our home assignment is now arranged as far as the dates are concerned we will arrive in England on 21st June and return on 25th July. In this time Paul also has a Finance Manager's conference at the MAF International office in Ashford.
On our return to Tanzania we will travel to Dar and finish packing as it has been decided that we will move to Dar es Salaam and be based there from early August. Please pray for us as we begin to pack the house. The good news is that we have already found a house in Dar and have signed a contract to take it over in August, it is next door to where another MAF family are living and in walking distance to the school. Please pray that John-Luke will get a place at the school so he can start in August. The school is very popular so has a long waiting list but as it was set up for missionary children John-Luke will get some priority.
Thank you for the all your prayers and support.
With love from Paul Edith John-Luke and Gabreilla
We just would like to wish you all a most wonderful Easter as we remember the death and resurection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
We are all doing well and looking forward to the break over Easter and some good family time. Work remains busy for Paul as he is still acting programme manager until next week.
We will be having a visit from one of Edith's sister this week she should arrive on the bus from Uganda on Friday morning about 4am and will be spending Easter with us.
The children are looking forward to a few days off school as they have been working most of this week.
Please pray for our friends Verna and Harry as they deal with the death of Martyn (husband and father), pray they will know the Lord's strength and comfort at this difficult time. Martyn's funeral will be on Thursday at 11.30am.
Our home assignment is now arranged as far as the dates are concerned we will arrive in England on 21st June and return on 25th July. In this time Paul also has a Finance Manager's conference at the MAF International office in Ashford.
On our return to Tanzania we will travel to Dar and finish packing as it has been decided that we will move to Dar es Salaam and be based there from early August. Please pray for us as we begin to pack the house. The good news is that we have already found a house in Dar and have signed a contract to take it over in August, it is next door to where another MAF family are living and in walking distance to the school. Please pray that John-Luke will get a place at the school so he can start in August. The school is very popular so has a long waiting list but as it was set up for missionary children John-Luke will get some priority.
Thank you for the all your prayers and support.
With love from Paul Edith John-Luke and Gabreilla
Friday, 15 April 2011
Another Sad Week
We heard this week the sad news that our good friend Martyn passed away peacefully on Tuesday afternoon. Please pray for his wife Verna and their son Harry, that they will know the Lord's strength and comfort over the coming days.
Work wise Paul continues to be very busy, in addition he is the acting programme manager for these next two weeks while Ian is away for meetings and some holiday. Edith and the children have been continuing on with the school work but will be having a break soon for Easter.
Thank you all for your continued prayers.
God Bless and love from us all
Work wise Paul continues to be very busy, in addition he is the acting programme manager for these next two weeks while Ian is away for meetings and some holiday. Edith and the children have been continuing on with the school work but will be having a break soon for Easter.
Thank you all for your continued prayers.
God Bless and love from us all
Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Another New Week
The weeks seem to be going by very quickly. This week Paul is continuing with January and February work with a hope of completing it before long. At the end of the week Paul will take on the resposibility of acting programme manager for a couple of weeks whilst Ian is at some meetings and has some holiday.
Edith and the Children continue on with their home schooling.
We will be travelling to England on the 21st June for home asisgnment and so Paul can attend a MAF finance managers conference in Ashford. We will return to Tanzania on the 25th July. We hope to have two weeks with tha family and resting and two otehr weeks travelling around to see some of our supporters. Let us know if you would like us to visit and we will see if it will be possible to fit it in.
Thanks for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love form us all,
Edith and the Children continue on with their home schooling.
We will be travelling to England on the 21st June for home asisgnment and so Paul can attend a MAF finance managers conference in Ashford. We will return to Tanzania on the 25th July. We hope to have two weeks with tha family and resting and two otehr weeks travelling around to see some of our supporters. Let us know if you would like us to visit and we will see if it will be possible to fit it in.
Thanks for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love form us all,
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Busy Week
Sorry we have not written before now but we have had a busy week. Edith and the children continue on with the home schooling and Paul has been trying to complete the January and February figures with may interruptions so has not progressed as far as he hoped. It was also wages week and we had to go and visit the Revenue Authority for a meeting as well.
We found out last week a very dear friend of our for many years passed away. Uncle Tom was a farmer who had put some land aside to use for camps, Paul used to go when he was young, so that shows how long ago it was. He was a wonderful person with a heart of gold and he will be missed by many. Please pray for Auntie Helen and the family at this time of lose.
Please also pray for another friend Martyn who Paul used to work with, he has been suffering from cancer and was when we last heard in Pilgrims Hospice in Ashford as he was not doing so well, his family are hoping to take him home and it seems certain that he will die sooner rather than later, unless the Lord intervenes. Please pray for his wife Verna and their young son Harry as they cope with the situation, they are a lovely family.
These are the times when it is so hard to be so far away and not be able to be with people in difficult times.
Thanks for your prayers and support, we do appreciate it though at times we forget to show it.
God Bless love from us all.
We found out last week a very dear friend of our for many years passed away. Uncle Tom was a farmer who had put some land aside to use for camps, Paul used to go when he was young, so that shows how long ago it was. He was a wonderful person with a heart of gold and he will be missed by many. Please pray for Auntie Helen and the family at this time of lose.
Please also pray for another friend Martyn who Paul used to work with, he has been suffering from cancer and was when we last heard in Pilgrims Hospice in Ashford as he was not doing so well, his family are hoping to take him home and it seems certain that he will die sooner rather than later, unless the Lord intervenes. Please pray for his wife Verna and their young son Harry as they cope with the situation, they are a lovely family.
These are the times when it is so hard to be so far away and not be able to be with people in difficult times.
Thanks for your prayers and support, we do appreciate it though at times we forget to show it.
God Bless love from us all.
Monday, 21 March 2011
A wet weekend
Hi greetings from a wet Dodoma, this weekend we have had a fair amount of rain which is good news for the people with crops. It will not be much longer before the rains will stop until around November time.
John-Luke had a wonderful birthday and party last Monday which he enjoyed a lot.
We had some computer problems as well last week when the home computer went wrong and it was found to be that the hard disk had crashed so that had to be replaced.
This coming week Edith and the children will be carrying on with School. John-Luke is really picking up with his reading now so this is encouraging. He is also fairly good with Maths as well.
This week Paul is continuing on with the January and February work for Tanzania and hope to complete the February work for Mongolia. Last week he had a fair amount of time in the office on his own as Cecilia is off on Maternity leave and Frank had some exams, this week it should only be Tuesday on his own whist Frank does his last exam. Please pray that he will be able to keep to his plan for the next two weeks which could then bring him fairly well up to date. We are also looking at recruiting another member of finance staff who will be working particularly in invoicing working with a number of other departments to try an give a more efficient service from all sides.
That you again for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love from us all
John-Luke had a wonderful birthday and party last Monday which he enjoyed a lot.
We had some computer problems as well last week when the home computer went wrong and it was found to be that the hard disk had crashed so that had to be replaced.
This coming week Edith and the children will be carrying on with School. John-Luke is really picking up with his reading now so this is encouraging. He is also fairly good with Maths as well.
This week Paul is continuing on with the January and February work for Tanzania and hope to complete the February work for Mongolia. Last week he had a fair amount of time in the office on his own as Cecilia is off on Maternity leave and Frank had some exams, this week it should only be Tuesday on his own whist Frank does his last exam. Please pray that he will be able to keep to his plan for the next two weeks which could then bring him fairly well up to date. We are also looking at recruiting another member of finance staff who will be working particularly in invoicing working with a number of other departments to try an give a more efficient service from all sides.
That you again for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love from us all
Monday, 14 March 2011
Back in Dodoma
Dear All
We are back in Dodoma after a week of holiday in Dar es Salaam. The visit to the Dar office the week before went well and we managed to make some good progress on a new system/spreadsheet for one part of the Dar office work to make things easier.
The Holiday was a great break for us us all and we managed to have some great family time together, including a day on the beach and a dip in the Indian ocean, it was as warm as a bath. We also managed to look around the area including a couple of houses and the school where John-Luke might go if we move to Dar es Salaam as we were staying in the area where we may live. We managed to make an early start on Saturday and were back in Dodoma around 2pm.
Tomorrow is John-Luke's 6th Birthday so he will have a party in the afternoon with some friends here at the house.
Please pray for us this week as Paul gets back into the work he is now far behind with both January and February work. Also as Edith restarts school though John-Luke did do some work whilst we were away.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love from us all
We are back in Dodoma after a week of holiday in Dar es Salaam. The visit to the Dar office the week before went well and we managed to make some good progress on a new system/spreadsheet for one part of the Dar office work to make things easier.
The Holiday was a great break for us us all and we managed to have some great family time together, including a day on the beach and a dip in the Indian ocean, it was as warm as a bath. We also managed to look around the area including a couple of houses and the school where John-Luke might go if we move to Dar es Salaam as we were staying in the area where we may live. We managed to make an early start on Saturday and were back in Dodoma around 2pm.
Tomorrow is John-Luke's 6th Birthday so he will have a party in the afternoon with some friends here at the house.
Please pray for us this week as Paul gets back into the work he is now far behind with both January and February work. Also as Edith restarts school though John-Luke did do some work whilst we were away.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love from us all
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Travel to Dar
This week we will all be driving to Dar on Wednesday. Paul will then work in the Dar office on Thursday and Friday whist Edith and the children will do some school work. Then next week will be holiday in Dar for us all which we are all looking forward to, so there will not be a blog next week as we may not have much Internet connect where we are staying.
Paul had some meetings today and more tomorrow so will be busy up until we leave.
Thank you for all your prayers and support.
God Bless and love from us all
Paul had some meetings today and more tomorrow so will be busy up until we leave.
Thank you for all your prayers and support.
God Bless and love from us all
Monday, 21 February 2011
Sorry no posting last week
Sorry we did not post anything last week but Paul was busy down in Dar es Salaam with the Auditor and then also with the Auditor here in Dodoma later in the week. Things remain very busy but we are hoping the final touches will be done tomorrow so that we can start on the January figures as last.
Edith continues with the home school which is keeping her very busy as well but it is going well and John-Luke is learning well and making some good progress.
Please pray for us, as we in the programme consider where we will be based later in the year, we may be asked to move to Dar es Salaam for a number of reasons which I will not go into now. Please pray we will be able to work out what will be best for the programme here.
We are all looking forward to a holiday in a couple of weeks down in Dar we could do with the break.
We trust you will have a good week and know the Lord's blessing.
God Bless and love from us all.
Edith continues with the home school which is keeping her very busy as well but it is going well and John-Luke is learning well and making some good progress.
Please pray for us, as we in the programme consider where we will be based later in the year, we may be asked to move to Dar es Salaam for a number of reasons which I will not go into now. Please pray we will be able to work out what will be best for the programme here.
We are all looking forward to a holiday in a couple of weeks down in Dar we could do with the break.
We trust you will have a good week and know the Lord's blessing.
God Bless and love from us all.
Monday, 7 February 2011
Still Not Complete
Paul is still trying to get the 2010 figures finished so please pray that this will be done very soon as he needs them ready for the Auditors next week. On Friday he needs to travel to Dar es Salaam again as the auditors will be visiting the office on Monday/Tuesday next week and he needs to be there and he is going Friday with Frank (Deputy Finance Manager) so they can get the office files sorted out on Friday afternoon and Saturday.
Edith and the children will be continuing with school and they are all enjoying it. Edith posted some pictures of their classroom on the blog last week.
The weather is very warm here at present, though it is the rainly season we have not had much rain for a few weeks so please pray for rain as the local people need it for their crops which were planted when the rains had started, but they have stopped early.
We trust you will have a good week.
God Bless and love from us all.
Edith and the children will be continuing with school and they are all enjoying it. Edith posted some pictures of their classroom on the blog last week.
The weather is very warm here at present, though it is the rainly season we have not had much rain for a few weeks so please pray for rain as the local people need it for their crops which were planted when the rains had started, but they have stopped early.
We trust you will have a good week.
God Bless and love from us all.
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Already February
The Trip to Dar es Salaam was good and we managed to get the things done that I need to. Paul also stayed down for Saturday and was able to have a day break from the work with Ian the programme manager.
School is going on well. John-Luke is really enjoying it and when asked if he would like to go back to the other school said no but wants his friends to come to his new school (home school). Edith is also having some days with some extra children from the compound on some days.
Paul is still trying to get everything together for the year end accounts, though he feels he is going full steam ahead the wheels are stuck on the track! So far this week in the two days that have past, he has not got on much further with the year end things, as the day to day work has been getting in the way. Please pray for progress and completion this week.
Thanks for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love from Paul, Edith, John-Luke & Gabriella
School is going on well. John-Luke is really enjoying it and when asked if he would like to go back to the other school said no but wants his friends to come to his new school (home school). Edith is also having some days with some extra children from the compound on some days.
Paul is still trying to get everything together for the year end accounts, though he feels he is going full steam ahead the wheels are stuck on the track! So far this week in the two days that have past, he has not got on much further with the year end things, as the day to day work has been getting in the way. Please pray for progress and completion this week.
Thanks for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love from Paul, Edith, John-Luke & Gabriella
Thursday, 27 January 2011
School Starts & trip to Dar
Greetings from Tanzania.
Edith has started to home school this week and all is going well, John-Luke is really enjoying it and Gabriella is also having fun.
Paul has to complete a salary review and complete the payroll before Thursday lunch time as he then has to travel to Dar to get some things sorted out for the year end work. So it will be a busy week.
That's about all for now have a good week and God Bless
Edith has started to home school this week and all is going well, John-Luke is really enjoying it and Gabriella is also having fun.
Paul has to complete a salary review and complete the payroll before Thursday lunch time as he then has to travel to Dar to get some things sorted out for the year end work. So it will be a busy week.
That's about all for now have a good week and God Bless
Monday, 17 January 2011
This Week
Greetings to you all from Tanzania.
This week Edith and the Children are preparing their class room for the start of home schooling. Ian our programme manager brought some of the materials out with him after Christmas and some others bits should be coming by post.
For Paul this week has a number of meetings but also he hopes to complete as much as possible of the December financial figures as he can so the last week can be spent sorting out the extra year end work that is needed.
Otherwise we are all doing well and surviving the wet weather we are having at the moment, we probably get the amount of rain in one hour that we would get in the UK over a couple of days. Most of the time here when it rains it RAINS!!
Have a wonderful week and God bless you all.
This week Edith and the Children are preparing their class room for the start of home schooling. Ian our programme manager brought some of the materials out with him after Christmas and some others bits should be coming by post.
For Paul this week has a number of meetings but also he hopes to complete as much as possible of the December financial figures as he can so the last week can be spent sorting out the extra year end work that is needed.
Otherwise we are all doing well and surviving the wet weather we are having at the moment, we probably get the amount of rain in one hour that we would get in the UK over a couple of days. Most of the time here when it rains it RAINS!!
Have a wonderful week and God bless you all.
Friday, 14 January 2011
The Week has almost gone
Sorry for the delay in an update this week, but things have been busy with Edith away and Paul home with the children.
Edith left Uganda on Tuesday and arrived in Dodoma 4am Wednesday morning this time the trip was only 22 hours rather than the 31.5 hours going as they drove right through the night this time. Edith was able to see her grandmother when in Uganda and she passed away the day Edith was travelling back. Please pray for the family as they deal with the loss but we praise the Lord that she is now with her Saviour.
For Paul the week continues with trying to get the December/year end figures together as well as all the day to day things as well.
Dodoma is very wet at the moment with some very heavy rain fulls over the last few days.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love form us all
Edith left Uganda on Tuesday and arrived in Dodoma 4am Wednesday morning this time the trip was only 22 hours rather than the 31.5 hours going as they drove right through the night this time. Edith was able to see her grandmother when in Uganda and she passed away the day Edith was travelling back. Please pray for the family as they deal with the loss but we praise the Lord that she is now with her Saviour.
For Paul the week continues with trying to get the December/year end figures together as well as all the day to day things as well.
Dodoma is very wet at the moment with some very heavy rain fulls over the last few days.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God Bless and love form us all
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Edith Returns Praise the Lord
Dear All
This week Paul continues to hold the fort in Dodoma but the good news is Edith should start her journey back tomorrow and arrive in Dodoma. The children and Paul can not wait to have her back. Please pray for safety in travel once again as Edith take the bus.
Edith has been very busy sorting issues out in Uganda as well as being able to see her Grandmother. Her grandmother is not doing so well so please pray for her and the family at this time.
Paul had an interesting week trying to work, watch the children, cook, wash up etc but it has all done well though with mad moments, thanks for your prayers.
That is about where we stand for now so we hope you have a great week.
God Bless and love from us all.
This week Paul continues to hold the fort in Dodoma but the good news is Edith should start her journey back tomorrow and arrive in Dodoma. The children and Paul can not wait to have her back. Please pray for safety in travel once again as Edith take the bus.
Edith has been very busy sorting issues out in Uganda as well as being able to see her Grandmother. Her grandmother is not doing so well so please pray for her and the family at this time.
Paul had an interesting week trying to work, watch the children, cook, wash up etc but it has all done well though with mad moments, thanks for your prayers.
That is about where we stand for now so we hope you have a great week.
God Bless and love from us all.
Monday, 3 January 2011
Happy New Year
We would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and pray that God will bless you though 2011.
Please pray for Edith who will be taking a 30 hour bus trip to Uganda tomorrow & Tuesday. Edith's only surviving grandparent (grandmother) is close to death's door so she is hoping to get to see her before she passes on. Please pray for safe travel for Edith and protection on the road. She will be visiting and sorting out some other issues whilst in Uganda so please pray also that she has time to do all this before returning by bus next Tuesday arriving here on Wednesday.
Please also pray for Paul as he stays in Dodoma with the children as work starts back tomorrow he will be mostly working from home whist looking after the children.
On the work side Paul will be starting to put things together for the December accounts this coming week and also preparing for the year end accounts as well, please pray that all will go to plan and he will have enough time to do all the things needed before the end of the Month.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God Bless you in this new year.
With love from
Paul. Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella
Please pray for Edith who will be taking a 30 hour bus trip to Uganda tomorrow & Tuesday. Edith's only surviving grandparent (grandmother) is close to death's door so she is hoping to get to see her before she passes on. Please pray for safe travel for Edith and protection on the road. She will be visiting and sorting out some other issues whilst in Uganda so please pray also that she has time to do all this before returning by bus next Tuesday arriving here on Wednesday.
Please also pray for Paul as he stays in Dodoma with the children as work starts back tomorrow he will be mostly working from home whist looking after the children.
On the work side Paul will be starting to put things together for the December accounts this coming week and also preparing for the year end accounts as well, please pray that all will go to plan and he will have enough time to do all the things needed before the end of the Month.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
God Bless you in this new year.
With love from
Paul. Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella
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