The week that was and is and is to come.

A lot has happened over the last week, seems to be common here. We had a wonderful night out in Kampala on Wednesday, shopping during the day, where we bought a lot of early readers for the boys and assorted other books, a leisurely dinner at the revolving restaurant at the hotel, a sleep in on Thursday and a feeling of 'coming home' when we returned. The previous blog has outlined God's wonderful provision for wheelchair wheels. On Friday morning I went and fitted them and when I came home found that Marilyn had a fire in the kitchen. The gas stove caught fire, we think through a faulty shut-off switch but she was able to turn off the gas and smother it without any damage other than to the stove itself. We have returned it to the shop we got it from and are awaiting their decision about whether they will repair or replace it.
Also, while this was all going on we had a visit from Alex and Simon, the two boys who stayed with the Graingers last year. It was lovely to see them again and for them to see where we are. They stayed for dinner and left about 8pm. We hope to see more of them during the holidays.
Mama and Papa have returned home, on Thursday, so things are starting to hum around here again. There has been a lot of progress on the house next door and they hope to have it finished by October.
Saturday there was a TV film crew from The Netherlands here so the school held another sports day in the morning. They also wanted to film the family unit so we waited for the boys to return home. At 1pm when they were due to leave school, the heavens opened and it poured heavily for almost two hours. The boys ultimately returned in the rain about 3pm and we were able to pose several 'normal activities' for them.
Sunday we held Sunday school which seems to be improving, chicken soup for lunch (which Richard said he liked - last time we had it we had to force-feed him to try it, it made us laugh this time, he wanted more) and again the rains came about 1.30. We think this may be the pattern of things for a month or so. We made church in the afternoon, not too wet, and afterwards had to lay down the law about the boys hitting each other (and throwing stones). We were pleased when they finally went to bed.
Today we were able to sleep in - YEAH RIGHT. The first day of the holidays and indeed the boys didn't really surface until about 7am ready for breakfast at 8. We then did the Saturday clean-up jobs we were unable to do because of the sportsday and so far they have kept busy with assorted activities (painting, drawing, riding, reading .....). So far so good!!! We are expecting a full-on time.
Please pray for Mama's complete recovery, good health for us and our boys ( indeed all the children in the home), a satisfactory resolution of our stove, and for an extra portion of tolerance and patience for the Aunties in the home.
God Bless, till next time