Edith in Uganda Paul and children in Tanzania

Dear All

It has been a rather busy past couple of weeks, so sorry for no posting. After a week in Dodoma for Paul, Edith headed off for two weeks in Uganda so the children have had single parents for the last couple of weeks and one more to come.

Edith's passport is due to run out in June but as we are hoping we will be able to apply for a settlement visa for her in the UK we decided to renew the passport early otherwise the UK authorities will want further money to transfer the visa to the new passport. Having gone to the Uganda High Commission here in Dar es Salaam to apply for a renewal we were told that they do not do them here and Edith would have to return to Uganda to do this, so we had to arrange a trip very quickly. With Paul being in Dodoma and then Edith needing to be back in Dar for Saturday 8th March, it made things rather tight but God willing Edith will get her passport on Tuesday, in time to return on Friday. Whilst Edith is also in Uganda she will take the opportunity to visit family a sort of home assignment, we had been planning on doing this in April or May but had to change the plan very suddenly as in 9 years we have not had a home assignment in Uganda. With the move to the UK we have no idea when we will be able to visit Uganda again. So please pray that there is no problems with the passport being renewed and that Edith will get it on Tuesday without a problem. Please also pray for save travelling.

As for the children they continue on well at School and are still enjoying it. They seem to be surviving the single parent weeks and also Paul's cooking.

As for Paul, tomorrow the final version of the 2013 accounts needs to be sent in, Paul has one area still to look at and then it will be sent to Ashford. After this he will do the final work on the January figures and prepare the pages for that so hopefully that will be in by the end of the week, so that we can move on with February. Paul has also been involved in the preparing figures for some ideas for the future of the programme and this week we should hear what MAFI will back so hopefully there will be a known way forward by the end of the week. Please pray for all the changes that will be happening here in the Tanzania programme, there will be many changes and a loss of many jobs as well, international and national staff so please pray that we will see God's hand in all this change.

Well have a wonderful week and thank you for your interest in the work, thank you for your prayers and support.

God Bless and love from us all

Paul, Edith, John-Luke and Gabriella