This week

This week, just to give you idea of some of the things we get up to.

Monday: Sorry, I complete blank for this day, nothing memorable!!

Tuesday: Our neighbours at the far end of the compound are off to New Zealand for 4 months, so we had them for dinner along with another lady who has been helping Daniel for the last few months and is now returning to the UK. In the evening was the monthly staff meeting.

Wednesday: This was a bank holiday, Independence and republic day. Daniel worked in the morning and I spent the time preparing the house next door for our new neighbours. Americans working for SIL (Wycliffe bible translators). We spent the afternoon at the pool playing a riotous game of water polo, very fast and violent, not sure who enjoys it most, the adults or the kids. Robert Slocombe (Deputy Ops director) and his family climbed lion rock and were mugged by 3 Tanzanians. In the evening Daniel went and had a sauna at the pool in honour of the Finnish pilot from Mongolia who is flying for us for the next 6 months. In the event the pilot ended up spending the night in Dar so it went ahead without him.

Thursday: I climbed lion rock with Joshua’s class. I hired two MAF guys to go with us to protect us from would be muggers. My bible reading the night before said, “If you are on an uphill climb.. remember this, God climbs with you”. I took that as confirmation that we were good to go. In the end the climb was uneventful and we didn’t lose any children over the top. In the evening we had our new neighbours for dinner. My children are pleased to have more children to play with on the compound again, pray this continues peacefully.

Friday: Jonathan next door was diagnosed with malaria, fortunately he doesn’t seem too sick. Daniel got a summons from the high court over some court case, there always seems to be someone who is suing us!! In the evening he went to a rehearsal for the Carol service which is on Sunday.

Saturday: a quiet day at home and swimming in the afternoon. There was also a infestation of moths and when you went outside you had to walk through swarms of them, gross.

Sunday: Daniel went to church with Joshua and lit the advent candles. We had a special celebration of Swedish cookies and cakes with our neighbours. The 13th is a special Christmas day in Sweden. Afternoon pool again and then Daniel was playing at the carol service which included an extract from the Messiah.