A visit to Rufiji

It's hard to believe that we have almost come to the end of February.

The children went back to school on Wednesday after their mid term break, we had a good couple of days off together.

This week is the last week for Paul and Neville to complete any further adjustments to the the December year end figures. They both have a couple of areas to work on so please pray there are not too many interruptions.

Last week Paul was asked on Thursday to travel with Stewart (Dar base manager) to the Rufiji area on Friday. This was to attend some meetings with Youth with a Mission (YWAM) and staff from Mchukwi hospital visiting the Regional Medical Officer of the Rufiji District at a place called Utete. The reason for the meetings was to discuss some plans of extending our Medical flights in the district which currently have involved YWAM but now Mchukwi hospital have agreed to help as well. It was a long day and Paul set off with Stewart at 5am and eventually returned after 9pm, the drive was about 240km and took about 4.5 hours. The meetings went well and we have the backing of the District Medical officer. We were then asked to go and see the Regional Executive officer and the Regional Commissioner they were not at their offices but we were able to find them together fairly near and were able to explain about the work. So now we have their agreement we will hope to soon extend the medical work within the area within a couple of months when the final details have been sorted out.

We hope you all have a wonderful week.

God Bless and love from us all  

Mid term Hoilday

We have been experiencing some Internet problem this past week so today is our first day back on line so sorry we have not posted before.

Monday and Tuesday were the mid term holiday for the Children so Paul took the two days off work. Tomorrow we are back to normal with School and work and Edith will be back at the school helping with the swimming too.

The weather remains to be rather hot here and with the power keep going off this is not helping as the humidity really gets to you, without fans running. Please pray for strength to keep going or some cooler weather!

That is about all the news for this week. Thank you all for your prayers and support.

God Bless and love from us all.

Greetings from Dar and Dodoma

Edith and the children are still in Dar whilst Paul is up in Dodoma. Please continue to pray for the protection of the family whilst Paul is away and then for Paul safety in travel as he returns to Dar on Wednesday.

Please pray for a good week at school for John-Luke and Gabriella at school and for Edith at home and also at school and the Nuru centre as she continues to help out. Also pray for Suzan as she settles back into life in Tanzania.

Paul is finding that the work is continuing well with the help on Neville, we have the first draft of the 2012 accounts out and we are now working on sorting out a few areas that need some extra work. We are also working on January and February work as things move on.

That's about it for this week, may you all know God richest blessing on your lives through this coming week.

With love from us all

Time for another Trip

There has been a lot of travelling for members of our house hold this past and coming week. Lillian returned to Uganda last Friday and Suzan arrived back from Uganda on Thursday. Then today we had some good friends and supports of our pass through Dar, Richard and Andrea had been on an Island of the Tanzanian coast called Mafia Island, they had a local flight to the Dar airport but had a few hours spare before their international flight so we were able to meet up and have something to eat together before they had to return to the airport for the return to the UK.

Last week John-Luke and Gabriella enjoyed themselves at school and Edith was able to go and help in Gabriella's class for one day whilst the teacher was off with a sick son. Edith was also helping with the swimming for a few days. Paul was mostly in the Dar office all week though he had to go to the Doctors on Monday for some blood test and then back to town to another clinic for an ultrasound scan, as a follow up on the blood test results. He will now have to return for further ultrasound checks on Tuesday and then go to the doctors with the results and see what they have to say.

On Wednesday Paul will once again travel up to Dodoma and will stay until the following Wednesday, please pray for safe travelling and for safety for the family whilst he is away.

We hope and trust you all have a wonderful week and God bless you all.

With Love from Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella.