Spring (and Summer!) are here!!

Chris writes: six weeks today we shall be on our way back to the UK. We have now told the staff team downstairs who gave a mixed reaction! To be expected! We are now really starting to tell people. It really feels like the clock is ticking and time is rushing past. There is still much to do and people to arrange to visit before we leave here. We will loose much when we go from here - so when we return, we need to have increased our support significantly to cover these costs. Has been a tough week for Lorraine and me and put a strain on our relationship but we are still talking! After really studying Philippians 4: 6 & 7 however we are reminded that it is not about what we do but about God. He has unlimited resourses and we are in His hands. Just like Spring (and summer) it will come to us in His time and not ours! Amen!

This week the oldest person in the village died. She was 86. I was speaking with her grandson for the traditional 'condolence' visit about the changes she experienced in her life. The family structure is still so important here but how can that withstand what we call 'progress' or 'development' as just like in the west the family becomes more fragmented and relationships become less important. I pray that we can delay that coming here.