Bits and pieces

Late again with the blog. I was waiting for Daniel to do it, but now he has just left for Dar!

Two weekends ago we had Caleb's 4th birthday party. Suprisingly it was another sunny day in Tanzania so we had games and food outside. The children never seem to tire of the old favourites, 'pass the parcel' and a big treasure hunt round the compound.(Will try posting photos again, it's not working today!)

Things remain as hectic as ever. Daniel is in Dar at the beginning of the week and we have meetings every night from Tuesday through to Friday. In April the MAF Tanzania Program Manager is leaving, so in the interim Daniel will be taking over. I guess things will get even busier then as he juggles his usual job with the managing the whole program. Please pray for strength and endurance and wisdom for Daniel as he grapples with this challenge.

We are both enjoying reading the Jungle Doctor books at the moment. My mum brought them for Joshua, but they are interesting to read because they are set in a hospital just an hour away from here.(The hospital I was driving to last year and almost got driven off the road by a bus)

Last wednesday my American friend who works for Wycliff Bible translators was attached by her dog. She was bitten on the neck and face and had to spend the night in hospital. Fortunately the new American hospital was able to deal with her injuries and both herself and the dog had been vaccinated against rabies. She is out of hospital now, but undertandable traumatised by the event. At the moment we don't have dogs, although lots of people do for security reasons. It makes you wonder though, if it had been a child that had been attached they would never have had survived!

Not much else to write for now. Hopefully Daniel will write something next weekend.