Monday morning update

And a fine monday morning it is too, so pleased to hear that the weather is improving in NZ also.
Some photos from Mariska's Birthday celebration.

The first shows Mariska with some of the children and their food.
Next some of our boys and friends eating theirs.
Then Matthew and Mark dancing at the disco, and Richard just starting to get into it.
The night was a great success and a lot of fun. We expected them to sleep in on Saturday but Paul awoke about 6am and once he is awake, Richard wakes and when they are, we ALL are. After breakfast and chores the older four went to the 'village' to play with friends. We expected them back by lunchtime (1pm) but they all came back about 10.30 because "it was too boring". I think they really wanted to help make pizzas for lunch so we were able to get a real assembly-line going. They enjoyed their pizzas too.
We left them at 3pm to go for a barbq in Kampala. Aunty Bira, one of the Ugandan Aunties came and looked after the boys. Marilyn had made them the soup for tea, popcorn for the movie and strict instructions to the boys to BEHAVE!!. It was lovely getting out with other adults and we had a nice relaxing time. We arrived home about 10.30pm. The other lovely thing on Saturday was we got a letter from Ragna from Germany which was nice.

On Sunday once again the boys awoke early, why can't they sleep in on weekends? At Sunday school we completed the story of Esther, the children are beginning to know what we expect of them and their attention is improving, a little. Owen's sponsors were visiting for a couple of days so they came to lunch and were able to spend some time with him and the boys which was lovely. Church in the afternoon is becoming more difficult, the service goes on too long for the children and the message is often a bit above them but we will persevere. Following church it was time to do haircuts again. Some of the boys have a fungal infection of their scalps so we needed to shave the hair off again to check them. Matthew did a wonderful job again and there were no tears this time.
Today they have all gone to school, WE LOVE MONDAYS when that happens. They have end of term exams starting tomorrow so some of them are a little nervous, though most of them are'nt.
Thats enough for now, thank you to those who comment on the blog or on e-mail, it is nice that people are following our journey. Your comments are always welcome.
God Bless.