September 2009 – Catch up

Busyness, tiredness and laziness have caused us to be unable to post for way too long, sorry. But let me try to catch up on what has happened. A few birthdays:

Joyce:

Dorothy:

Janette:

Blessed:

 

At the beginning of the month Kathryn and I went away for a night at the lake for our anniversary, it was great to get away and relax, even if it was only for a day and a half:

Ronnie, a lady from Australia spent some time here and really was touched by the drop-in centre and the boys that are there.  Here she is with some of them – taking them out for lunch after church on Sunday:

Here is what I’ve been busy doing, a few more progress photos of the building project:

We also have had Kathryn’s sister, Ruth, visiting.  It has been great to have her here.  I will post some photos of her next post.  We are heading off to go to the National Park and then to drop her at the airport for her to head home after two weeks in Uganda.

Monday 7th September 2009

Today we started building again, the next plot of land where we will build is still being cleared but we started again on the first house, starting to raise the walls:

It was a bit of a run around day again, building site visits, selling feathered chickens, getting the car looked at for bad noises that have developed, meeting the school inspector, trying to organise the school since one teacher did not come back after the holidays, and then Kathryn had another training session with the board of VCCS – which is when I took myself out for dinner and then spent some time with the children at Akanyijuka.

The weekend also saw the launch of a revamped website for missions at our supporting church.  They have information and regular posts from us as well as from other childrens’ work and missionaries from around the world that our church supports.  Check it out at www.destinations.org.au

Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September

These three days we just tried spending as much time with Jan as we could, whilst still trying to get our normal jobs done.  Saturday I took Jan shopping with the Matrons to buy bulk food for the month.  Sunday we went to church, had lunch and took Jan to the border where we left her to her own devices to get to Kigali to catch a plane on Monday.  Thanks so much for coming Jan. We love you!

Here are a few extra photos of Jan’s time here:

A rare photo of our house that Jan took:

Thursday 3rd September 2009

Today was chasing up things to get ready for school starting next week and also building starting again on Monday.  In the morning Kathryn took Jan to another speaking engagement.  Then in the afternoon Kathryn had a training session with the VCCS Board, while I took the boys from Akanyijuka to White Horse Inn for the afternoon.  Playing on the swings and a soda.  They had been asking ever since last holidays when the girls went – I think that just going was enough to keep them happy, but they also had a great time while they were there.

Wednesday 2nd September 2009

We had a nice relaxing day today with our second trip to the lake in the last week or so.  This time we went with just Jan and Lettie to an island on the lake.

Tuesday 1st September 2009

Today Kathryn had training with the Matrons and I took the chance to just catch up with Jan, then in the afternoon Jan gave me a haircut – well overdue.  We also went to Bubaare to see the building site and take chicken feeds and pick up eggs.