All back in Dar es Salaam

Last week we had some sickness in the family, John-Luke was off school for a couple of days not feeling too well and Paul managed to catch a cold whilst in Dodoma.

We are now all back in Dar es Salaam together. Paul arrived back from Dodoma on Thursday afternoon off a MAF flight so the travelling was a little less tiring. We then had a National holiday here on Friday so the children were off school and we were all able to go out for a trip down to the larger shopping centre about 14km away. Coming back was a good experience of Dar traffic as it took us over 2.5 hours so not so enjoyable. With having done the shopping on Friday we then had Saturday free so went off to have a swim at one of the hotel pools which was a great family time. Today we were at church this morning and then home for the afternoon.

Next week we have another national holiday coming up on the 1st May so will hopefully do something as a family together then as well.

Paul will be in the Dar office and Edith will be going to help him out on Tuesday for a few hours. The March accounts are almost complete and hopefully will be sent out on Tuesday if all goes well. Paul also has the catching up for the Dar office transactions for the past week or so, as well.

Many thanks for your prayers and support we do so appreciate them.

God bless and love from us all.

Still in Dar and Dodoma until Thursday

Dear Family and Friends

This week we continue to be apart until Thursday, at least Paul will make it back in time for the national holiday on Friday so will get some time with the family then.

Edith and the Children continue with life in Dar and School up to Thursday. They have been having a lot of rain over the weekend and this has caused flooding in the garden, so Edith has had to move the young ducks as their area was getting to deep and not draining away. The chicken have been on a little higher ground and have been OK. Gabbie's classroom the other day was flooded due to the rains so not sure if it has happened again yesterday with all the rain. John-Luke classroom is higher up so protected from the water so far. The children continue to be happy in the school which is great and we have been making a number of friends with the parents as well. Edith and Suzan have continued helping out at the Nuru centre.

Paul is in Dodoma and has been making some good progress with the the March work please pray for the next two days that he will be able to complete the last items on the March work so he will then have a day and half before returning on some other issues that need to be looked at. He is grateful to the staff who have made some good progress in trying to complete work on time so that it does not hold things up.

A new engineer has just arrived in Dar and will be travelling by road up to Dodoma on Tuesday with Stewart the Dar base manager who will then return to Dar on Wednesday. Please pray for safe travels for them and that they settle into life in Dodoma quickly. Please also pray for Paul as he returns on a flight on Thursday.

Please pray for the programme as we look into the future of the work here in Tanzania to see what the Lord wants us to do. There are a number of changes with commercial operators and one of our main customers work is finishing in tanzania soon, so we need to review the work we are doing here. We are not here to compete against others but to help out where others are not working, so this makes our Medical and Evangelistic safaris our highest impacting work in the country as we reach areas that others do not go. Please pray for clear guidance for all invovled.

Thank you all for your prayers and support for us as a family, we could not be here without them. May God richly bless you all.

With love from us all.

Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella.

Dar & Dodoma this Week

Dear All

Last week we said goodbye to Neville and Janet after helping out in finance and other areas for the past six months. We are grateful to them for their willingness to have given us this help and for the many hours of work they have put in. With Neville doing the finance managers work with Paul working on some projects and assisting Neville, we have managed to make some good progress. Neville was also able to train the national staff in Dodoma on a number of new areas of work which we hope will help Paul out with his work in the future.

Though we all were in Dodoma the first week of April that was more of a handover time with Neville for Paul so he will be travelling again there this week on Thursday he will be able to fly this time and not have to drive the 7 hours or so. He will return next Thursday hopefully on a flight again.

As for Edith and the children as school is on they will be remaining in Dar so please pray for safety and protection for them.

Please also pray for good health for us as some of us have had some minor ailments recently.

That is about all the news we have at present so many thanks for all your prayer and support.

God Bless with love form us all.

Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella.
 

Back to School

Dear Family and Friends

We had a good week up in Dodoma last week arriving back in Dar on Saturday afternoon. Paul spent the week working with Neville preparing for the hand over that happens tomorrow when Paul take back over as finance manager. Edith and the children were able to visit with some of the children and parents of the Dodoma team who we lived with for a year back in 2010 & 2011.

This week the children will be back at school and Edith will continue to her work with the Nuru Centre and helping at the school. Paul will be back in the Dar office for the week but will have to travel to Dodoma again later in the month to try and finish the March figures off.

We are so grateful for Neville and Janet's help over the past six months, we thank the Lord for their help and support. Neville will be with Paul on Monday and then hopefully have a couple days off before they fly out on Thursday afternoon/evening. Please pray for safe travels for Neville and Janet and pray that the Lord will make their future steps clear.

Please continue to pray for us especially over these next few months as the work load will be rather heavy. God Bless and have a good week.

With love from Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella