This picture shows the four younger boys dancing to Chris Tomlin on a wet Sunday afternoon. Richard especially is a delight to watch when he dances, it's a real crackup. Also when he dances under the shower, but we can't show you those pictures!!
This picture shows Richard modelling the 'Grandpa Dingle' way of wearing his trousers, up round his middle. We all have a laugh and walk around like this for a while, the boys love it.
'Old Men' sitting around on a Saturday afternoon, eating an iceblock, and deciding what to do next. About half an hour after this the heavens opened and it poured.
A typical Baboon Boy's Home pose for some of our many visitors. We have had a lot of visitors to the compound recently and all come to visit the family unit (that's us). We are all good at posing for photos now.
Anyway, onto the week that was. On Monday we hosted Maree Hanford who works for Oasis Uganda. She is another NZ missionary here, and it was good to catch up with her and speak of things Ugandan and NZ. Unfortunately W started to feel off colour, tired, headache, sweats, shaking, temperature, lethargic,.... you get the picture!! Feeling only 50%. Tuesday, W was 20%, Maree went home and Marilyn carried the day. Wednesday W 22% but we also got another baby. This time a boy estimated at 4 months, abandoned in a bar in Kampala. He is named Levi and is another beautiful baby.
Thursday W 89.5% (this is quite gripping really) and there was the beginning of a spate of civil unrest with gunfire being heard nearby. We had a quiet day at home.
Friday, W 100% (yeh!) and we planned to go to Kampala to replenish supplies but there was rioting and fires, so we didn't go. Had a Quiet day at home.
Saturday, no-one left the compound as there was still considerable unrest outside. We were quite safe here and managed to fill the day preparing to make curtains. Yanni, one of the visitors fron Holland has offered to help Marilyn make them, which is an offer too good to turn down.
Sunday was the usual Sunday School and church, but M was only 50% so it was her turn to rest and W to take charge. It was fine until about 4.30 when again the heavens opened and not only did we have our 8 boys but about 10 others drip in to shelter, including one of the Aunties, power went off so we had fun in the semidark until about 6pm when all was restored and it stopped raining. Boy, when it rains here, it really rains!!!
Today, Monday, we managed to get to Kampala and have replenished our stores. Apart from a burnt out truck on the side of the road and a few burnt buildings there was little evidence of the riots, even though it is reported that 21 people had been killed. It was very much business as usual.
Marilyn is fearful that I'm getting too long-winded, and I probably am, so I'll finish here until next time.
Our love to you all.
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