Easter weekend

This long weekend has been like a social whirlwind (well, for Dodoma anyway!)

Friday was a fairly quiet day (except for a trip to the pool).

Saturday we had a 'party' on our Compound. We had an Easter egg hunt, and then had food - quite a lot of people came, which was nice and the kids enjoyed finding and matching the cardboard egg-halves (and the resulting chocolate footballs - the nearest we got to eggs!)

Sunday we had two families over for Sunday lunch - a proper roast job, with chicken, roast spuds (perfectly done) multiple veggies and stuffing. Followed by banoffee pie and chocolate pie. (Just so you don't think we're too hard done by!)

Today we climbed up 'Lion Rock' for the same two families (we're trying not to form an English clique, but it's quite nice to just be with English people sometimes - who think the same as you do).

Lion Rock is one of the local hills - some volcanic/tectonic remain which sticks up on the horizon (not much else does). It was probably the most exercise we've had in a long time, but the kids fared pretty well. Caleb walked half of it, and went up half the way on Libby's back in a carry thing (see above). He then walked half the way down and was carried half the way down by me. It was fairly hard going some of it, basically scrambling up rocks (on hands and knees for the kids) and ducking under low hanging branches.

Fun though - the kind of thing we feel like we should be doing while we're in Africa. Unfortunately it took a bit longer than we were expecting, so we all got a bit sunburned, which wasn't very clever. Never mind, it was bound to happen sooner or later - and the views were well worth it (except for Libby, who couldn't really look, because of the height!)

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I recently got given Adrian Plass' dictionary of Christian Life - so some of the funnier entries (lots too choose from) will appear on the blog in some of our less inspired moments. Sorry if they seem like heresy to you - I think that's the idea

e.g. (in honour of the season): "Easter Eggs: edible reminders of the resurrection, made of chocolate, filled with sweets and wrapped in shiny coloured paper, just as Our Lord was" :)

And my own entry:

"Adrian Plass: author of Christian books you actually want to read"!