WUNDERLI WANDERINGS

A couple of weeks ago we were able to reconnect with a friend of ours who used to work with the MAF Kenya programme. Bob and Jacqui Gillan are now back in the UK but Bob does some contract work with helicopters. Joshua and Zara were given the treat of going down to see Bob's helicopter while he was doing some contract work in Uganda. They enjoyed it a lot especially as Joshua's loves planes and helicopters...good thing seen his dad is a pilot :) A couple of years ago I was able to fly with Bob in one of the helicopters from MAF's airstrip to Entebbe. Unfortuntely Joshua didn't like the noise so he wouldn't come with me. He stayed on the ground with Simon and watched me fly away. Zara doesn't remember but she was on that flight as I was pregnant with her at the time!! :)

It says in the Book of Romans that we should practice hospitality and God has blessed us with many opportunities the past couple of months. The people that have come through our house recently have been a real encouragement to us and have been a blessing to us. As I mentioned in a previous post my Mum came to visit for a month and the timing was perfect. She was a great help especially after my volleyball accident. Thankfully my foot is doing a lot better and I am comfortable driving now. After Mum left we had two friends from the UK visit. Both of whom used to be in my home church when I was a child. Hillery, in fact, used to be one of my Bible Class teachers and we reminicsed about all the practical jokes that us kids got up to on her watch. (I am surprised she wanted to stay with us..thankfully my practical joke days are finished) Its a small world and its amazing that we would meet again after all these years in Uganda. Hillery's main purpose was to come and help with putting a...

Thanks to all of you who have prayed for my foot. God has answered prayer. This week I have seen a drastic improvement and I am now able to drive short distances and don't have to worry about having my extra legs with me (crutches). We actually dropped the crutches back off at the clinic when we took Joshua for his final MMR innoculation. So now I am back to using my own feet for walking. Praise the Lord!!!! Thanks also to my Mum for looking after me and the family so well while she was here. She did a great job and the timing of the visit was just perfect.

Joshua and Sam at the trampoline restaurant for Joshua's birthday Me and my bear cake Me and my very pink cake A new friend, Shida, the monkey His mother was killed by hunters so friends of ours took him in. He is not called Shida for nothing. The name means trouble in Swahili. Our friends came up for supper one night and Shida joined them. Joshua and Zara thought it was great. One of Zara's first times on a horse All the fun things we get to do when Granny comes to visit!!! Thanks Granny!!

Simon and I play volleyball twice a week, once on a Saturday afternoon and once on a Monday night. The Monday nights tend to be a bit more serious and is held at the international school so we have a lot of high schoolers play who are on the school team. Yikes can they hit a ball!!! Anyway this past Monday Simon and I went off to play volleyball as usual. There were a lot of people there about 25 people so we had 4 teams on 2 full size courts. It was a really competitive evening and our team had won every game until the last one. We were in the last couple of points of the game when I went up for the ball as well as a team mate and we collided. I fell badly on my right foot and landed in a heap on the court. To say it hurt a lot was an understatement. Thankfully Simon was able to give me a "piggy" back to the car as I couldn't walk. Anyway to cut a long story short we spent most of the next day at the clinic and the hospital getting my foot checked out. It looks...

It has been a while since I have written any flight stories. After being in Uganda over 6 years now a lot of it is "normal" life for us. We notice this when MAF UK or one of the other MAF's ask us for a story. Often the pilots will say its just been a typical day in the "office". Then in casual conversation later on in the day you will find out that the flight consisted of flying people who couldn't drive on the roads because of land mines or flying in a team of doctors to do some medical work for the day which would have been impossible to do by road because of the time factor. Yesterday, as you know, was Sunday and usually a day we can count on as being a non flying day. On our way back from Church we got a phone call from our Programme Manager to ask if Simon would do a medevac flight (medical evacuation) to Kisoro (border of Uganda/Rwanda). A missionary Pastor was unwell and couldn't make the trip back to Entebbe by road. If he was to make the...

At the beginning of May we had a combined party for Joshua and Zara seen as their birthdays both land in the month of May. How long we will be able to do that time will tell but for now they are happy to share the day. Above are a few pictures of them with some of the presents they received from family back home. We bought Zara a bike for her birthday but after not too long it had to go back to the shop to get fixed. We hope to see it again in about 3 weeks. Joshua also learned to ride his bike without stabilisers. It took him a couple of turns on the airstrip before he was tearing up and down. Quite amazing although he was very determined. I am sure it took me a bit longer :)