In 3 days time the first team from England will arrive here.....and they are from our church. Nearly everything is ready for them with just a few little things to iron out, if possible.
We, with the exception of Josiah, have been ill this week and hope to be fine and dandy by Saturday (tomorrow would be better, of course).
May they discover more about God in their time here as they see him at work in a different culture and also may they have a lot of fun too......it is quite different to England here....

An update on the humming bird
The bird was with us for 2 days and 2 nights, occasionally flying a little and then falling or getting stuck somewhere. It did not know how to feed itself. Then one lunchtime we were sitting at the park with the bird on our finger. It was chirping and we heard the sound of other birds too. Suddenly the hummingbird flew to a nearby tree and immediately it's mother swooped over and started feeding it. It was really beautiful to see, she seemed very pleased to find it again.

Josiah found a baby humming bird that had fallen out of a tree, isn't it beautiful? We are now trying to work out what to do with it, one advantage is that the humming birds cannot smell, so the mother shouldn't abandon it, but where is it's nest.
Josiah has fed it and is now going to research a bit more about what to do.

PASTOR'S BARBECUE
Once a month we normally have a Pastor's breakfast here, the idea being to promote unity amongst the Churches in the community, for them to get to know and support one another.
It was decided to try a "Pastor's BBQ", a more informal time, to invite their families as well, to bless them and to have fellowship together. We had more then 50 people book up (the numbers kept going up in the week leading up to it), plus also the team who were preparing the food.


As you can see, the barbecue area is not very big, so it was quite a challenge to cook SO much meat, but Dave and Tijs did a great job. It was even ready before everyone came. We had a team chopping in the kitchen all morning preparing salad and fruit salad (and then washing up all afternoon). This was made even more challenging by the fact that we had no running water (the house had been without water entering for 2 days and the tanks had run out). However, there was such a good atmosphere as we served together, with joy in our hearts.
The food was wonderful, many Churches were able to meet together, eat together, share a word together, pray together and (for the children) play together.

A tiring day, but SO worthwhile.