Home again

Well we made it home safely. After a long flight stopping in Lusaka (Zambia), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Rome (Italy), we finally touched down at Heathrow 7am Saturday morning.

It's great to be back home with family and friends, and both of us enjoyed the welcome back we received from our churches on Sunday.

Now it's back to work and the normal routines. We both intend to let people find out more about our experience through various talks etc, so please let us know if you are interested.

Thankyou for your support and interest and for the comments you left on the blog.

Planting the pots

Open day - visitors enjoying refreshments

Open day

Open day was very successful. We had 18 visitors - a mixture of parents, committee members and friends. Children sang and danced beautifully, visitors watched a PE lesson and activities with the least able group. They also enjoyed a drink, popcorn and biscuits. The school grounds have been brightened up by 4 large plastic containers planted up by the children. Today, Henry the handyman at Gatehouse, has made 3 outdoor benches for us to put in the grounds of the school. None of this would have been possible without your donations. Thankyou.



Our time here is drawing rapidly to an end. We are looking forward to the party with children here at Gatehouse tomorrow afternoon.

Please pray for our safe journey home and continued freedom from migraine. We have been richly blessed during our stay here. See you all in cold England (with a bit of a suntan!)

Children from the orphanage

Musha Wavana Orphanage

We had a really good visit to this orphanage. It was built to house 40 children but now has 90 living there. As aresult most of them have to sleep 2 in a single bed. There are 4 houses with children living in family groups led by a house mother. Gatehouse community are one of their suppoprters. The children were pleased to see us and sang enthusiastically thanking us for the teddies we were able to give them.



This coming week is a very busy one. We are teaching at school each morning. On Wednesday we have an open morning to which we have invited parents, committee members and other supporters. On Wednesday afternoon we are holding a staff training session. Thursday is our last day and in the afternoon we have invited the Kukura children and staff to Gatehouse for a party and to look at thecows and pigs. It is with sadness that we shall say goodbye to them.