Surprise!!!

Well this is a surprise, it has been less than a week (only 3 days) since our last post but a lot has happened in this time. We arrived back on Thursday afternoon to take up residence in P & P's house and were immediately immersed in many things that needed doing in our absence, not least of which was catching up with the mock exam results of the P7 class. The results were not good (as expected) so we met on Friday with the teachers after school to put in place a revision programme which started on Saturday. The mock exams were set quite tough so we were able to encourage the students that with the extra help we feel they will pass the actual exam.
Thursday night was spent in our usual preparation with A.Katie for the assemblies on Friday morning. God is very good at leading us to suitable messages which is good (just as well). Friday afternoon we were able to finish the appraisals of the Nursery teachers and for them to set some goals for the term.
Saturday morning we had breakfast with the children then the older ones went to school and the others played. Saturdays are always busy for us as, in the morning, Marilyn restarted the music lessons and I put together the lessons for Sunday School. In the afternoon we had church practice (involving more and more people, over 40 in our worship team) and then, with the help of the girls, Marilyn prepared a huge Lasagne dish which was enjoyed by all ( as well as a banana cake pudding with custard). This evening (Sunday) we had a 'family couch time' where we asked them how the week had been and the FIRST thing they said was they enjoyed the food !!!
Saturday evening was family movie time ( a replay of The Mighty Ducks) and we were ready for bed.
Today was breakfast with the children then Sunday School then preparation for church. Marilyn & Veronica made pikelets for afternoon coffee too. At about 1:20pm, just before church, we got a call from Piet in Kenya that the police in Jinja Rd had rung to say that they had an emergency situation with a baby, could we come. We dispatched the ambulance with U Mattias driving, U Bosco directing and A Tamar as the nurse. They arrived back with a lovely boy about a month old who has been called Patrick. He was left at a guest house in Kampala and the police are following up to try and track the mother. In the meantime he stays with us. Please pray that he settles. Also pray for a young girl (14yrs old) who was admitted to our malnutrition unit this afternoon weighing only 11 kgs. Also we could do with a prayer or two for strength and wisdom.
Until next time
God Bless