I tried really hard to post more pictures, but it won't work. This is a picture of Bethany on sports day last Thursday.

We seem to be always busy at the moment. The day starts early and proceeds at full pelt until the evening when one of us always seems to be out at pray meeting, ladies meetings, music rehearsals, visiting etc..

Having been in Uganda, Daniel is now away again on a stag weekend. One of the MAF engineers is getting married in April in New Zealand and then having a Tanzanian wedding in May. So all the guys have gone away together to go hiking in the hills behind Kongwa. (see previous blog)

Other things that have happened:

I have started Swahili lessons again with another MAF lady.

We had a lightning strike in the compound preceded by the biggest clap of thunder I have ever heard. I was sure that a tree had been struck, but nothing seemed to be damaged. This was followed later on in the week by two earthquakes. I heard a rumbling and a slight shaking and immediately thought it was an earthquake and then dismissed it as imaginings from my neurotic mind. However it turned out it was an earthquake. Not huge 4 or 5 on the Richter scale , but big enough.


I saw a bus with 'Liverpool Football Club, You’ll never walk alone' emblazoned on the back. Football clubs definitely have world domination. Bolton, Manchester United and Liverpool seem to be popular here. You also see David Beckham's face on many buses.

I had a chat and shared a joke with two Maasai warriors.

You can now buy muesli if you are willing to pay £8 a bag. I’ve tried to find a way to justify a way to pay that much for it but I can’t. I think I may import my own for that price.

I have started working with a Tanzanian lady to help her with her business giving her design and colour ideas. She is making things from fabric, but mostly selling to westerners, so I have a better idea of what will work and what pricing to use. I feel at last that I have a normal friendship with a Tanzanian. She is the wife of Frank who works in the office with Daniel. In two weeks time we will have a coffee and craft day to try and sell stuff.

Think that's all for now.