After many attempts to put pictures onto this blog over the pass couple of months, I have failed miserably, so I am just going to write and I will keep trying and hope that one day when I am trying the internet is working a bit faster to upload the photos.
Quite a few things have happened since I last posted something on our blog. Here are a few..
Quite a few things have happened since I last posted something on our blog. Here are a few..
Our shipping has arrived and we are delighted to have some familiar possessions in our home. This has been an important thing for Zack especially as now he says with his toys around him, this is his home here in Chad!
It has rained and couple of times!........the first rain of the year was on 1st April - 2 months earlier than normal. It was a lovely relief to the hot weather and
the kids loved it! It cleared the air for an hour or so before the heat returned. We are currently coming to the end of the hot season, supposedly at the end of this month, and I think we are all in the need of it being a bit cooler and fresher.
For Easter we had a sweetie hunt for some of the children on
the compound which was so much fun and a lovely time together.
One of the MAF ladies organised some of the neighbouring kids to
come to the compound one morning for play, snack and to hear a Bible story. It was brilliant to see about 20 or so children from the neighbourhood playing here and a gift to have the swings, climbing frame and trampoline to share with them on occasions. We enjoyed time with some of their mums too - although with my limited French, and no existent Arabic, my chit chat was minimal!
As Zack thrives at the Chadian kindgergarten in the city, Esther has joined him too. The other children here on the compound are older than her and after a year of not playing with children her age, it is so lovely to see her playing with other kids her age at the kindergarten. She is loving it - especially going to 'school' with her big brother!
As I write this, Andrew is away for a few days on his first flying solo trip away. He headed off yesterday flying a pastor and a Dr around the south of Chad reaching people in small villages where MAF become their lifeline. To me, it is so exciting that Andrew can be part of this and what a privilege for him to experience and see these remote places where nothing is taken for granted and gain an insight into these peoples lives and be able to share Gods love for them. A wonderful example of the work of MAF.
It is hard to believe that we have been in Chad for four months already. We are feeling more settled, a lot hotter, and more accepting that the pace is slower here and some days, due to the heat and it just being Africa, we don't achieve much except the daily necessities of life! We are blessed with a new MAF family arriving just over a week ago and look forward to being their neighbours! Driving for me is becoming easier and the randomness is not so random(!), our house help, Saratou, is now working for us permanently and is more of a blessing that I could ever have hoped for and although I can't say Chad is home yet, I am getting there. Of course I still miss the UK - family, friends, the seasons, lovely countryside, speaking English, more predictability on a daily basis, nice cool mornings and evenings and the freedom to come and go around the country as one wishes but for now, we are happy and know that Gods work for us is here in Chad and that for us that is why we are here.
As Zack thrives at the Chadian kindgergarten in the city, Esther has joined him too. The other children here on the compound are older than her and after a year of not playing with children her age, it is so lovely to see her playing with other kids her age at the kindergarten. She is loving it - especially going to 'school' with her big brother!
As I write this, Andrew is away for a few days on his first flying solo trip away. He headed off yesterday flying a pastor and a Dr around the south of Chad reaching people in small villages where MAF become their lifeline. To me, it is so exciting that Andrew can be part of this and what a privilege for him to experience and see these remote places where nothing is taken for granted and gain an insight into these peoples lives and be able to share Gods love for them. A wonderful example of the work of MAF.
It is hard to believe that we have been in Chad for four months already. We are feeling more settled, a lot hotter, and more accepting that the pace is slower here and some days, due to the heat and it just being Africa, we don't achieve much except the daily necessities of life! We are blessed with a new MAF family arriving just over a week ago and look forward to being their neighbours! Driving for me is becoming easier and the randomness is not so random(!), our house help, Saratou, is now working for us permanently and is more of a blessing that I could ever have hoped for and although I can't say Chad is home yet, I am getting there. Of course I still miss the UK - family, friends, the seasons, lovely countryside, speaking English, more predictability on a daily basis, nice cool mornings and evenings and the freedom to come and go around the country as one wishes but for now, we are happy and know that Gods work for us is here in Chad and that for us that is why we are here.
