WUNDERLI WANDERINGS

The fated day had arrived. That day was Sunday. It was time for my Mum to return to Scotland. Airports are fun places to be at when people arrive but not so fun when they have to go. We were sad to see her go as it was becoming normal just having her around. She helped us a lot in the time she was here and I am sure she went back home for a rest. :) Joshua, in particular, took it badly and even cried in the afternoon saying "I miss Granny". We consoled him with the fact that we would be home in the summer and see her again then. Yesterday more guests arrived. Due to a change in plan we had to put these guests in our MAF Guesthouse as their original schedule meant that they overlapped with Mum's visit. Anyway we decided to give our guest room a break and keep the plan as it was. Hillery and Helena are here in Uganda to see the Life of Christ play take place in Kiwangala, near Masaka. To give you a bit of a background. Hillery Ingram Smith used to be my Bible Class teacher ...

While Joshua and Zara were on holiday over the Christmas period they made up different games in the garden to keep themselves busy. One of them was to sit on top of the water tank and play trains, the other one was to climb up the tower of our second water tank and play rockets and then the third one was to use their Cubby house as a plane all kitted out with screw drivers in the wood for controls. Joshua was studying modes of transport last term so I think that this might have had something to do with it. Yesterday I found them in the train with a passenger..one of the chickens. The funny thing was that the chicken seemed to be quite happy sitting in there with them or it just froze with fright. Our new batch of chickens are very friendly and squat down when you go near them so you can tickle their feathers. What a family we have :) Anyway enjoy the photos of the train and the chicken..apologies for the darkness of the photo still having camera flash issues!

Apologies for the delay in updating our blog. I had hoped that 2009 would start quieter than 2008 finished but alas it didn't so we are already playing catch up. I thought it was about time that I gave you a flight story as it has been a while.... Simon had a flight over Christmas and was able to pick up a lady who had damaged her eye. She was cutting grass and a hard object bounced up and hit her in the eye. She went to the local clinic but they were unable to help her. A MAF flight happened to be flying into that area so she was able to get on the flight with her three year old child and go to the eye clinic at Mengo Hospital in Kampala. This eye clinic was set up by Christian Blind Mission and they do a marvelous work. We haven't had any feedback yet but MAF was glad that they were able to assist this lady in getting the best treatment for her eye injury. Just to give you an update...the Project Management course has started and we are half way through. It is going...

Zara the Cinderella Princess Zara the Fairy Princess Joshua the Super Hero Zara enjoying all the new gifts Joshua was so excited about Christmas Day. He couldn't open his gifts quick enough! Christmas Eve A feast fit for a King! Zara was a bit unsure of the sparklers at first....thanks to Granny for the treat! Do you like the fire coming out of Joshua's head :) We enjoyed a busy time over the Festive period. We had 14 people celebrating with us on Christmas day but only 10 for the dinner. What a feast we had. We also ate outside on the verandah which was great. We have been in Uganda 7 years now which we can hardly believe so we are getting used to the warm Christmases. Thanks to all of you for the gifts that you sent us. I know some of you have sent us packages but we are yet to receive them. Hopefully the issues with the postal service will be sorted out soon. We enjoyed a special Christmas Eve service at Church remembering the real reason we celebrate Christmas. T...