Happy Easter

Dear Family and Friends

Happy Easter to you all, may you all have some good family time together whilst we remember the death and resurrection of our Lord and Saviour.

Sorry for not having written for a week or so. When Paul was in Moshi it was not limited Internet connection as thought but no Internet connection. When Paul returned he was not too well for a couple of days we think it was something he eat on the return trip. He then worked Monday, then on Tuesday to Thursday we were able to get away for two nights as a family to a small Island just off the Tanzanian coast about 40km north of Dar. The weather was not the best but that did not matter too much as the temperatures were still high and we had a lovely breeze most of the time. We had some great family time together on the beach and on the veranda of the place we were staying, as well as in the sea, something we would not be doing in the UK at this time of year.

The children had last week and this coming week as holiday so we will all travel up to Dodoma on Monday. Paul will work with Neville to catch up with the work there as Neville's time here in Tanzania comes to an end. We and especially Paul are very gratefully to Neville and Janet for all the help they have given over the past six months, we have made some very good progress and Paul has been able to have a few breaks which would not have happened without the help. Neville and Janet will be leaving Tanzania on the 10th April so Paul will take over the responsibilities of finance manager, for now.

We will return to Dar on Saturday 6th April along with Neville and Janet so they can get their flight out back to the UK. Ruben our IT manager and Dodoma base manager will also come back with us, as he needs to get a flight up to Uganda for some meetings with the other IT people from around the MAF programmes.

Please pray for safe travels for us all and also that Paul and Neville will get some good time together and manage to complete all they will need to complete during their time together.

At the end of April we have a flying contract, that we have been operating for the past two and half years, coming to an end. This works in well for MAF Tanzania as we look to see how this effects us, because for most of the coming months our available planes will be limited because of necessary major maintenance. Our two larger planes (Cessna Caravan's) will both have major avionics upgrades and then one will need to be repainted and the other will be due for an engine change, so this will mean we are running with only one of them available for most of the rest of 2013.

Thank you all for your prayers and support.

God Bless you all