Currently

Currently:


Looking forward to:
Bonfire night. On Saturday we were going to go to school for a Bonfire and fireworks. This will be a first for the children as we never celebrated in Dodoma and they don’t remember Bonfire night in England. However it has been postponed until next weekend as Joshua’s French teacher had a heart attack and died on Saturday morning, so it was postponed out of respect for him.

Proud of:
Bethany and Caleb who were both selected for the school swimming team (Thank you MAF Dodoma pool) The only downside of that is that Bethany has to train after school and doesn’t get home until 5pm. Fortunately for now, Caleb is training at lunchtimes. They are both swimming 3 times a week, with 3 lots of sport on top of that, so I think they will soon be much fitter.

Not Enjoying:
The rainy season. There is a lot more rain here than there was in Dodoma and this is making the traffic even worse than usual. There also seems to be an increase in cockroaches in the house and big black caterpillars. I have bought a new can of ‘DOOM’ to try and deal with the problem. I was quite pleased by the fact that the huge cockroach I found crawling up my leg didn’t gross me out too much.

Enjoying:
Our American neighbours. We get on really well with them, the kids get on great and it’s fun learning new recipes and new words and new ways of doing things. E.g. Popcorn and apples with a movie on Sunday evenings, sloppy Joes, Popsicles, candy, couches and mid term breaks. Unfortunately they will be moving off the compound soon to a bigger house (they have 5 children), but hopefully we will still be able to hang out together!

The beautiful weather in Kenya, well at least until the rain started and the stunning jacaranda trees.

Currently watching:
Hustle Season 2, morally questionable to say the least but very clever.

Currently reading:
Again, a bit short of books and wondering whether a Kindle would be the way forward.

Currently working on projects:
Getting a comfortable sofa. When we arrived we had to get new foam and covers made for our sofa. MAF sofa’s are notoriously uncomfortable. We spent 6 weeks sitting on cushions on the floor, but when they returned the finished sofa it was done really badly and was as uncomfortable as ever. Now we have another sofa much more comfortable, the only problem is it is white. Very dirty children + white sofa = much less white sofa. I am doing my best to keep it clean with a few throws, but after a week I am thinking we may need a better solution.

Currently praying for:
The way to plan our time in the UK so we see as many people as possible without exhausting ourselves.