Yes!! Oh-no! it's ok

It has been a full-on week, (are there any others?). Joshua was sent home at lunchtime on Monday with chicken pox. We had arranged to go to Kampala on Tuesday so he went up to the home and spent the day with one of the Aunties in an isolation room while we went to try and get the remaining boxes we had sent from NZ. YES, we got them!!! And it took less than an hour! Both boxes were in Post Office bags as they had been damaged in transit but there was nothing missing. After a nice lunch, Marilyn had her first Ugandan haircut (and head massage at the same time) for only 15000UGX (about $12NZ) and we replenished supplies before heading home. The team from Holland left at lunchtime so all has been quiet next door since then. They were such a lovely group of young people. When we got home and opened the boxes we went OH NO!! In one of the boxes a tin of Litebreak chocolate drink had opened and spilt throughout the box leaving a sticky mess on most of the contents..... but it's OK we were able to wipe down most things and only lost a few stickers so all is well.
Wednesday and Thursday were spent 'home-schooling' Joshua along with general housework. We have probably ironed more clothes in the last seven weeks as we did the whole year previously. A cousin of mine in Christchurch had passed away with cancer last Sunday and the funeral was on Thursday so we were grateful to Chris for being able to attend Brian's funeral on our behalf. In the early evening Marilyn took a tumble outside the shower and bruised her foot and elbow. Fortunately nothing too serious though it did give the boys (and us) a bit of a fright. Some of the boys had been fooling around and Marilyn had gone to 'sort them out' so we had a good discussion about behaviour afterwards.
Today, Friday, we took Paul to the Drs to check out his infected leg as it hadn't been healing too well but it is coming right now. A new team from Holland arrived today, twelve young people, so we will have activity next door again. It is also Mariska's 35th Birthday and the family are up at the home at a disco for the older children. I have come home with Paul as he was not feeling well and, indeed he has gone straight to sleep which is unusual. Tomorrow Marilyn and I have our first social outing, an adult celebration of Marika's birthdayin Kampala. One of the Aunties is coming to look after the boys until we get home so we are really looking forward to that.
That's about all for now, we received 3 letters this week which we really enjoyed, thank you to those who keep in touch, we DO appreciate it. Please continue to pray for Mama's recovery from her sugery, all is going well so far, pray for Mariska as she is 'in charge' while Mama & Papa are away. Please pray also for the health of us and our boys (we do need some time on our own next week) and especially pray for Paul. We are seeing some changes for the better in his behaviour but he does regress at times. Finally, pray for funding for a new photocopier for the school. We are endeavouring to fund the replacement of their old copier for a new one, please pray for the funds to be available.
Our love to you all