People, teddy bears and Toy Story

Libby has berated me for not including more 'people' pictures on my previous post, so I'll try and make up for it now!

Joshua and Bethany started at nursery school on Wednesday (and are there again now - ah, the peace!) [NB they were when I started this, but it's a day later now!] They go with 3 other MAF children, and seem to have a whale of a time. They are 'studying' teddy bears at the moment, and had a 'teddy bears picnic' on Wednesday


The school is called the 'Canon Andreas Mawaka Interna tional School' (or Cams for short). The class is just about equally split between white, black and asian children.

Joshua will probably start going every day next week, as he will start in the reception class after the summer holidays. When this happens, we will need to have him ready by 7.20 each morning to catch the school bus! I'm sure that will be a prayer point at some time in the future!

Caleb enjoys the outdoor life, but he still isn't old enough to be left outside by himself, so his time alone outside is limited (as well by the heat). His other favourite occupations are being held by mummy and being fed.

[This is a picture of Caleb in the shade of the banana tree.]


The plans for us have changed slightly since we arrived (another lesson in Africa: "Plans and agreements are never confirmed until they've happened"!) We now have two weeks of 'settling in' time, followed by two weeks of me working alongside the current finance manager. We will then have 6 weeks of language training (probably one in the morning, one in the afternoon - with the rotating joy of looking after the children); and then a two week handover period. After that, I'm on my own!


I'll leave you with a final photo of our sprogs and their friend Joshua (Cousley) at their usual pastime of 'Toy Story 2 watching' (some things never change!)