The women work so hard!
They even make the concrete
The brickies whom we are getting to know very well.
Daphine our home help who has just started. She will also be helping next door.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Progress
The women work so hard! They even make the concrete The brickies whom we are getting to know very well. Daphine our home help who has just started. She will also be helping next door.
Sport's Day
One of the games-burst the balloon.
Lunch at long last at 2.30pm
Wee Brenda from the village with her shoebox
Some of the Dutch team teaching the MacaranaPiet's Party
Renske sitting with toddlers at the party.
Serving the food. Bar-b -que cooks started at 12 noon!
Warwick dancing with Manuela.
Piet opening his presents.Piet's birthday
Baby class did a dance
5 of our boys danced also
Raghma enjoyed it all
The older girls dancingAn update
Greetings. Since our last posting we have been quite busy and I hoped to show some pictures but this morning they would not go so I'll resort to just a message and try again with pictures later.
Firstly there was Piet's birthday which was celebrated in fine fashion. The children performed, sang, danced, and acted. Over 200 people were fed (coleslaw, sausage, meat pattie, chapati, bun...), sodas were consumed and gifts given. A good time was had by all. We got Raghma out to share in it and she loved it, crawled all over the place, 'sang' and danced to the music, learnt to clap, and went to bed tired- so did we. The next day we sorted out some shoeboxes as there was a sportsday on Saturday and every child got a shoebox at the end of the day. It was quite an undertaking as we needed 256 boxes but with some help we managed it. Saturday was a good day, there was more participation this year from more children, as they limited the number of events each child could enter. We had the task of keeping track of the points again which was good, because we were involved throughout the day.
We farewelled the team from Holland on Monday, they had helped with the sports day and the construction of the house next door, and there is another team from Holland arriving on Friday to continue the work so our quiet neck of the forest has been very busy. We are hoping that the girls can come down soon. There is a family of 5 from Holland staying in the house next door but they leave on Wednesday next week, so we think the place is available after that.
Finally our dear wee Raghma continues to give us much joy. She just loves coming down here and she has an adorable smile, showing off her teeth, she also loves crawling throughout the house (a new challenge for us) and loves standing on her feet. She is not walking yet but will not be too far off. She is also getting quite chubby as she is into her solids in a big way. Our days do not seem complete unless we see her.
Thankfully, we are both healthy at present though we do get tired easily still. Thank you to all who have and are still praying for us. Your faithfulness is very much appreciated, please don't stop. Please pray for a special Aunty, Aunty Eunice who has stomach ulcers among other things and is most unwell at present, she is a real gem of an Aunty who has been here for 3 years now and loves the children. Also pray for baby Dina who has a leaky heart and will need open heart surgery probably in August. She has struggled with breathing and in feeding for a long time and is now 2 months old.
That's about it for now, will try again with some pics tomorrow.
Till next time, God Bless
Firstly there was Piet's birthday which was celebrated in fine fashion. The children performed, sang, danced, and acted. Over 200 people were fed (coleslaw, sausage, meat pattie, chapati, bun...), sodas were consumed and gifts given. A good time was had by all. We got Raghma out to share in it and she loved it, crawled all over the place, 'sang' and danced to the music, learnt to clap, and went to bed tired- so did we. The next day we sorted out some shoeboxes as there was a sportsday on Saturday and every child got a shoebox at the end of the day. It was quite an undertaking as we needed 256 boxes but with some help we managed it. Saturday was a good day, there was more participation this year from more children, as they limited the number of events each child could enter. We had the task of keeping track of the points again which was good, because we were involved throughout the day.
We farewelled the team from Holland on Monday, they had helped with the sports day and the construction of the house next door, and there is another team from Holland arriving on Friday to continue the work so our quiet neck of the forest has been very busy. We are hoping that the girls can come down soon. There is a family of 5 from Holland staying in the house next door but they leave on Wednesday next week, so we think the place is available after that.
Finally our dear wee Raghma continues to give us much joy. She just loves coming down here and she has an adorable smile, showing off her teeth, she also loves crawling throughout the house (a new challenge for us) and loves standing on her feet. She is not walking yet but will not be too far off. She is also getting quite chubby as she is into her solids in a big way. Our days do not seem complete unless we see her.
Thankfully, we are both healthy at present though we do get tired easily still. Thank you to all who have and are still praying for us. Your faithfulness is very much appreciated, please don't stop. Please pray for a special Aunty, Aunty Eunice who has stomach ulcers among other things and is most unwell at present, she is a real gem of an Aunty who has been here for 3 years now and loves the children. Also pray for baby Dina who has a leaky heart and will need open heart surgery probably in August. She has struggled with breathing and in feeding for a long time and is now 2 months old.
That's about it for now, will try again with some pics tomorrow.
Till next time, God Bless
Monday, July 19, 2010
Our holiday
Greetings, we are attempting to post pictures on the blog again. Two went earlier this evening, let's try for four with this blog.
The first picture shows progress on the third family unit with foundations laid. There is a team from Holland here at the moment who are helping with the building.
The second photo shows Marilyn on the veranda outside our unit in Jinja. We got away for 3 nights, spent two at this hotel (but it was a bit pricey for us) and a third night at Kingfisher Safari resort. We went to Jinja because of the bombings in Kampala where we intended to go but decided not to. Things seem to be quite stable here though security is quite tight around shopping malls etc.
The next photo shows the view we had from our veranda overlooking the Nile.
We had a very relaxing few days and felt quite refreshed when we returned home. Aunty Marjorine looked after the boys while we were away so it was especially good that we didn't put extra strain on any of the other missionaries.
The last photo is of......Raghma. She is such a delight at present. She is quite mobile crawling/swimming over the floor and loves standing on her feet as you can see in this picture. She now has two teeth and loves her solids (porridge, biscuits, yoghurt ), she is now just over 6kg at nine months of age but is filling out nicely.
We had our first day of someone to come and help with the cleaning today, no ironing for me tonight. Yeah!!
That's all for now as I'm keen to see if the photo's go
Will write again soon.
The first picture shows progress on the third family unit with foundations laid. There is a team from Holland here at the moment who are helping with the building.
The second photo shows Marilyn on the veranda outside our unit in Jinja. We got away for 3 nights, spent two at this hotel (but it was a bit pricey for us) and a third night at Kingfisher Safari resort. We went to Jinja because of the bombings in Kampala where we intended to go but decided not to. Things seem to be quite stable here though security is quite tight around shopping malls etc.
The next photo shows the view we had from our veranda overlooking the Nile.
We had a very relaxing few days and felt quite refreshed when we returned home. Aunty Marjorine looked after the boys while we were away so it was especially good that we didn't put extra strain on any of the other missionaries.
The last photo is of......Raghma. She is such a delight at present. She is quite mobile crawling/swimming over the floor and loves standing on her feet as you can see in this picture. She now has two teeth and loves her solids (porridge, biscuits, yoghurt ), she is now just over 6kg at nine months of age but is filling out nicely.
We had our first day of someone to come and help with the cleaning today, no ironing for me tonight. Yeah!!
That's all for now as I'm keen to see if the photo's go
Will write again soon.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Back on air
Our internet connection has been sorted so we are back on air. I am writing this to let you all know that we are fine and having some time out in Jinja. We were about to go to Kampala today for 3 days R & R but heard about the bomb blasts there this morning so decided to come to Jinja instead. We feel quite safe in spite of the bombings so please do not be alarmed for us. You may like to pray that peace will settle upon Uganda and there will be no repercussions or revenge. Also pray that our time of rest will recharge our 'batteries'.
God Bless
God Bless
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Saturday morning - wow
Greetings from a warm and sunny Uganda, eat your heart out NZ. We have been without our internet connection for 4 days now, something is 'wrong' with ours so we have borrowed Reny's for tonight, so apologies for not writing this sooner ( I always seem to be apologising for not being able to write weekly, but there is always a reason!). You will be pleased to know that we are both feeling better after our recent bouts of illness, and we were able to distribute to 30 children on Friday some shoes that fitted. We only have about 70 more to find and fit but we are making progress. Our days remain full, we especially enjoy the times when we get you-know-who down. She is a sheer delight , crawling everywhere, loves standing up , and is now over 6kg at last (yeah). She is full of smiles and loves showing off her first tooth. With the dribbling she does we are sure more are on their way too. She loves her solids almost as much as we do, now that we have our appetites back.
Now to the title of this blog, wow Saturday morning! We awoke about 6.30am today to the sound of moving furniture, scrubbing sounds and setting the table. We were a bit grumpy because Saturdays are the only days we have to sleep in, but when we got up we found the boys doing their 'jobs', working cooperatively together. They were tidying their bedrooms, sweeping and mopping the floors, cleaning the toilets and shower, they had polished their school shoes ready for Monday, washed their socks, vacuumed the floor in the lounge and dusted the windows. These are all jobs they normally do after breakfast on a Saturday, but they decided to get up and do them without asking. How neat is that!! The best part for us was they were working together without arguing or fighting. We did point out to them this evening that some of the jobs (toilets, sinks and basins, sweeping lounge) were best left till after breakfast when everyone had 'been' and dropped crumbs from breakfast etc. so next week we will revert to doing the jobs after breakfast. Had a cook-out tonight which the boys enjoy (sausages, potatoes in foil in the fire, onions, and salad plus of course marshmellons as they call them (otherwise known as marshmallows). Overall it has been a good day, with lots of visitors popping in too.
Our landscape is changing rapidly, there is a team of 17 people from Holland here and they have started work on the third family unit so we have lost our peace and quiet as things are really busy with foundations laid and walls starting to go up. We feel 'on-show' as the Ugandans working here are forever looking in at what we are doing (or eating) but I guess it is just a taste of what is to come. Much of the jungle has been cleared around our house so it is much lighter inside now.
Well that's enough news to bore you with for now, we are having a break this week for 3 nights in Kampala which we are looking forward to. Aunty Marjorine will come and stay with the boys which will be good practice for her, and we are confident that she will cope well.
Thank you to those of you who have prayed for us, please don't stop, we have felt the presence of God throughout all our illnesses and believe that this is where we are still meant to be.
Until next time, God Bless.
Now to the title of this blog, wow Saturday morning! We awoke about 6.30am today to the sound of moving furniture, scrubbing sounds and setting the table. We were a bit grumpy because Saturdays are the only days we have to sleep in, but when we got up we found the boys doing their 'jobs', working cooperatively together. They were tidying their bedrooms, sweeping and mopping the floors, cleaning the toilets and shower, they had polished their school shoes ready for Monday, washed their socks, vacuumed the floor in the lounge and dusted the windows. These are all jobs they normally do after breakfast on a Saturday, but they decided to get up and do them without asking. How neat is that!! The best part for us was they were working together without arguing or fighting. We did point out to them this evening that some of the jobs (toilets, sinks and basins, sweeping lounge) were best left till after breakfast when everyone had 'been' and dropped crumbs from breakfast etc. so next week we will revert to doing the jobs after breakfast. Had a cook-out tonight which the boys enjoy (sausages, potatoes in foil in the fire, onions, and salad plus of course marshmellons as they call them (otherwise known as marshmallows). Overall it has been a good day, with lots of visitors popping in too.
Our landscape is changing rapidly, there is a team of 17 people from Holland here and they have started work on the third family unit so we have lost our peace and quiet as things are really busy with foundations laid and walls starting to go up. We feel 'on-show' as the Ugandans working here are forever looking in at what we are doing (or eating) but I guess it is just a taste of what is to come. Much of the jungle has been cleared around our house so it is much lighter inside now.
Well that's enough news to bore you with for now, we are having a break this week for 3 nights in Kampala which we are looking forward to. Aunty Marjorine will come and stay with the boys which will be good practice for her, and we are confident that she will cope well.
Thank you to those of you who have prayed for us, please don't stop, we have felt the presence of God throughout all our illnesses and believe that this is where we are still meant to be.
Until next time, God Bless.
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