Graduation (again)

Pictured above is Gerard, the student who walked away with the most prizes. Maybe "Prize Giving" would be a better name for the celebration, because at the time the Form IV students had not even started their 'O' level exams. Now, three weeks later, they have finished and left the school, and another year group will take their place in January.

Among this year group are some students studying Bible Knowledge. Please pray that their enthusiasm for reading the Bible will continue to grow as they start on Luke's Gospel and the book of Acts, and pray too for the next year group starting in Form III.

Kevin and I are having a weekend break in Iringa again, and are feeling a bit more rested now. We think the altitude in Kilolo is one of the reasons for our tiredness (It's nearly 7,000 feet above sea level), but there must be other factors, such as traveling to Dar and back the week before. I am feeling a lot better now, though not yet 100 per cent healthy. Thanks again for your prayers.

A special visitor

Last month we came to Dar es Salaam to meet Rachel at the airport, and drove straight back to Iringa the same day. That weekend Rachel had kindly agreed to help out doing the children's programme at a camp-out for the Iringa Christian Fellowship (ICF) where we worship. I joined her doing this (to give the parents a break!) We went back to Kilolo on Sunday, where the timetable was equally demanding - Rachel joined in with the kindergarten, as well as sitting in on some lessons in the secondary school.

We have enjoyed ourselves visiting the game park, a stone age site, Bagamoyo and a coral island - some places we rarely visit, and today is the day we part again. Pray for safe travelling for all of us; Rachel back to the UK and Kevin and myself back to Iringa and Kilolo.