The rest of our week

Since our very full and satisfying day on Tuesday we are pleased to report that baby Peace is making progress. Renske, our lab technician, has been looking after her and she is now almost 3.7kg. This is still lighter than our Raghma (who is 6 weeks old now and fatter in the face as the photo shows). Peace is 7 months old and is still very thin. Please continue to pray for her and her brother Godfrey, who has settled in well.
We also had another baby arrive on Friday from the same police station that Raghma came from, a 2 month old baby abandoned in good condition, healthy and happy, a gorgeous wee girl. Her name is Tessa. This means that we have had six new arrivals in the last three weeks, which takes the number of children to 115 or 116.
For us Wednesday was spent clearing out more junk from the school storeroom and writing a few letters, Thursday was spent sorting out the Christmas boxes for the children at the school and at home. For the home we have to take out the soaps, shampoos, toothpaste, pens and pencils, writing books, marbles, and chalk as these are used by the home or the school. We then replace what has been taken out with other gifts from other boxes. It was another full-on day but we were pleased to finish the task (over 200 boxes altogether).
We celebrated on Friday, by going to Kampala to replenish supplies before we go on holiday. Rebekah came with us also which was good for her to have a day out.

Saturday was a good day with our usual clean-up. We got our dear wee Raghma down mid morning for the day. She is changing in the face but has started to give some lovely smiles. We love her to bits and can appreciate how grandparents feel.




Today, Sunday, was a good session at Sunday school on Paul and Silas in prison and a good teaching at church by Pastor John. In between these we again had Raghma down here and while she was sleeping the boys decided to do a bit of hairdressing, firstly on Marilyn then on Warwick. We thought it was the revenge for their haircuts last week.










This is a lovely photo of Rebekah who is going to come and help Reny look after the boys while we go on our 'holiday'. We are really looking forward to our three nights off in Entebbe and are really grateful to Reny for staying with the boys to enable us to do this.
















Pleases pray for Reny, Rebekah and the boys in our absence, and for all the children in the home, especially the new arrivals. Please give a special prayer to the Aunties who are nursing the babies, we have a fresh appreciation for the wonderful work they do.
Also pray for Piet and Pita in Holland. They are extending their trip by a week as they have so much to do, please pray for good health also, as they are struggling with some very cold weather. Prayers for Mariska would be appreciated too, as she carries on magnificently.
Finally, once again thank you to all who keep in touch through email, text, and snail mail. I might have said it before, but we really do enjoy getting mail.
God Bless