RAIN!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, the rainy season is upon us as you can see from this first photo.
The second photo is of a group of performers who visited here on Monday afternoon. I got a great video of Marilyn dancing with them but have been unsuccessful in posting it much to Marilyn's delight and relief. Some things are best kept in the family.
The first week of the holidays has been survived, the good news is that there is only TWO more weeks as it turns out that they only have three weeks and not four.
Tuesday was straightforward, we have two 'homeboys', Ezra and Paul, who hung around all day while the rest played at school or the home only to come back for food. We got a message about our stove on Tuesday to say that it had been repaired so we went with Brad to Kampala on Wednesday to pick it up among other things. It was a welcome day out. The stove is working well though it does have a scorch mark where it burnt. We were hoping for a replacement. The boys spent the day fixing a number of the bikes which needed repair and managed to get about 10 bikes operational.
On Thursday Alex and Simon came and stayed the night. It was good to see them and for them to be able to stay. The photo shows them sporting their Kiwi T-shirts. They were able to catch up on e-mails and even skype the Graingers which was good. On Friday we went to visit Mama Mark again to check that the wheels on the wheelchair were OK (and they are). We took all the boys with us which was good for them to see Mark and his situation and his home. They remarked on how happy he was and it made them think a bit.
On the way back we got a soda for the boys to share. Here is Ezra andJoshua sharing theirs.
You can see that the weather was fine here (it was about 12.30). When we got home the boys played with the bikes they had fixed but at about 3pm the heavens opened and it poured. The thunder and lightning was directly overhead, we have never heard such thunder before in our lives. The boys arrived home, absolutely drenched, so they stripped off at the door, dried off and changed then settled down in front of the TV to watch a DVD. You could barely hear it over the rain on the roof. The rain lasted for a steady two hours, and then it cleared up again.
This has been a pattern each day since, there is a time during the day where it really buckets down, then clears up.
Earlier in the week we were asked to take some workshops for the teachers on Mathematics on Monday and Tuesday mornings so we have spent the last two days preparing for this and think we have a reasonable programme for tomorrow. We only got the curriculum documents yesterday (Saturday) so we have had limited lead up time. We hope what we have prepared is what they want, we'll find out tomorrow.
Last evening we gathered with the other missionaries with Piet and Pita for a nice meal of Indian dishes (ordered from Kampala and picked up by one of Jimmy's friends). It was a lovely evening, Piet advised that appointments had been made for the Health Centre and that it would be getting ready tomorrow so that is good news. Please pray for the smooth operation of this.
Also please continue your prayers for us over the next two weeks, we are feeling a little more tired in not being able to have time-out but we are coping so far. Thank you once again for your e-mails and letters, we edo enjoy getting them.
Our love to you all