School started

Today we took the plunge and began school for 2010. Many of our friends are only planning to start next week and a few have already started. It was however important for me to start today and ease into the year day by day.

We woke to an amazingly beautiful summers day with temperatures that rose to 36! I got out early to soak the veg garden and found that the bore hole pump was not working due to no electricity.....that meant hand watering with the watering can! After all was said and done and the kiddies had done their chores, we began at 8am.

It was great to start the day with an amazing book lent to me by my sister. "You too can change the world" covers 26 countries and people groups and tells a story about what life is like in those countries. There are prayer points regarding each unique situation too. Today we read about Afghanistan and had some meaningful discussions regarding the situation there.

J and K got straight into their Afrikaans lessons and Z and I had some fun with his English lesson for the day. Z also got to do some copy work and I was happy to see that his hand writing did not suffer much over the holidays.

We had an interruption from the electricity department but it was welcome as I did not want to be without power for long. Something had burnt out in the electricity box and they were able to fix it very quickly. I truly was thankful. I thought we may sit for days without power as we had in Dar es Salaam. With the power back on, I gave the kids an early lunch and we headed off for an afternoon of fun with friends.

The super tubes were not too busy and the sea breeze as welcome. Much cooler than staying at home! The kiddies enjoyed the slides with their friends for a couple of hours while the moms caught up with one another. Ice creams were a welcome treat in the heat.

We went back to a friend for a swim and came home to swim some more until it was dark and cool enough to go to bed....