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A prayer request for a friend and her family

Last week we got a call from Summer, whom we have know for many years, to ask if she could stay with us whilst she got some medical tests done.  Summer and her husband work in a place called Kitgum in Northern Uganda.  You can read about their ministry in their own blogspot www.fromglory2glory.blogspot.c om The medical tests were to be done to make sure her liver was clear of all malaria parasites as she had been having recurring malaria.  Thankfully these tests came back clear but she explained to the tropical disease Doctor that she still wasn't feeling well.  The Doctor took some further tests and the tests revealed that she is suffering from anemia due to some internal bleeding.  The Doctor recommended that she fly to Nairobi as the correct tests were not available in Uganda.  On Friday she will have some exploratory tests done, an endoscopy, colonoscopy and laproscopic biopsy.  She flies to Kenya tomorrow and will stay wi...

A trip out west

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Our special wee kiddies  Working our way through the rainforest...sometimes it was on all fours! Zara and Ruben - best friends Another wonderful view of God's creation Enjoying some cool off in the pool together

Happy New Year Update

This is the first entry for 2012 and already so much has happened.  We had a great Christmas spending it with my Mum and  different friends during the time we had off.  We even escaped for 4 days to the Western part of Uganda for a holiday.  The weather was hot hot hot but we enjoyed the time away and we were able to go for walks in the rainforest which was a lot of fun.  Hopefully photos to follow. 2012 seems to be going at the same rate as 2011 finished as life is busy for us as usual.  Simon had some time off from flying over Christmas although did have to do a flight a couple of days after Christmas for a man in Sudan who had had a car accident.  He was not able to be helped in Sudan and so it was recommended that he fly to Kampala for treatment.  He had a suspected broken back.  Thankfully we heard some days letter that he was well enough to travel back to Sudan and was grateful for all that MAF did for him. Joshua and...