Currently (Libby)

Currently enjoying:

The rain. Yes the rainy season started on Monday. Suddenly after over 6 months of not even a drop, it started to rain. It’s quite an exciting event. The children went outside whooping with joy and scrambling for umbrellas. The temperature, which was getting quite high, has fallen and I even wore socks yesterday evening, something that I rarely do here. In spite of the rain we still went swimming. I thought maybe it was only the English who were mad enough to do this until our Dutch neighbours turned up too.

In spite of the dust and dryness of the last few weeks, Dodoma is blooming. The bougainvillea provide beautiful splashes of pinks, purples and reds and the trees are blazing red against the dusty landscape. It's a Tanzanian version of spring.

A new ladies meeting we have started on our compound. The four ladies on this compound are now meeting every Wednesday morning to pray and share.

Currently not enjoying:

The fact that Daniel has gone to Dar and I am by myself. It does have it pluses though, we get invited out to dinner a lot more and I get to use the computer.

Currently praying for:

The MAF team in Chad. There is unrest in Chad at the moment as a result of the alleged kidnapping of Chadian children by a French NGO. There were riots in the street this afternoon.

The safety of our pilots flying in the rain.

Currently working on projects:

A this is your life book for a family that is leaving
Writing Christmas cards-very African ones, some of which have been made backwards and definitely have never seen a ruler! You’ll see what I mean when you receive your card. Some lucky people will get both these authentic features on their cards.

Currently watching:

Friends season 10. We don’t get any TV here so sometimes it’s nice just to laugh for half an hour and not watch a whole DVD

Currently Reading:

The Innocent Man, by John Grisham (Libby)
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden (Daniel)
Reading books from school (Joshua and Bethany)-Bethany is very excited about the fact that she has started bringing home reading books like Joshua.

Currently preferred food:

Watermelon and mangoes. It’s mango season again. I wish I could say that the trees in our back garden are loaded down with mangoes, but they aren’t, however if you look closely there are definitely a few. Anyway they are selling them everywhere.

Currently wishing for:

A hair cut; nicely packaged chicken breast; pickle, more books to read.