Challenging time

We have another group of visitors staying with us today this time from Kenya. When we first began our work in Kosele we set up a small church, initially as a Sunday school for the children staying in the home. Over the years it has grown in to a fully fledged church and thanks to our friends Ian and Hilda the church has become much stronger in the last eighteen months. Our visitors this week-end are national leaders from the Elim movement in Kenya and have come to celebrate our church becoming part of the Elim Gospel Church of Kenya. The visit has been some time in the planning and the week-end marks a significant point in the life of the church. We are looking forward to the week-end’s events.

Things continue to go well on the farming and school front. Our maize is drying out nicely and has so far escaped the attention of the local rats. I had an enjoyable day with our primary school teachers today. Data Driven Instruction may not sound like the most promising initiative to set education alight with but we are confident that developing the way we use information about pupils’ performance will help them to improve their results and give them confidence.

On the home front things are a bit more challenging. My wife Judi had an appointment at hospital today to review her cancer treatment and will have to have two more chemotherapy sessions than she had been expecting. This means she now has four more rounds of chemo to do instead of two. The treatment regime also changes for these four sessions and sounds a lot more unpleasant than what she has experienced so far. Judi remains very positive about the future but I know that today’s news has been a blow to her, (as it has to me, Tom and Ellie, our children). Prayers for Judi’s recovery and the strength to continue the battle would be much appreciated.