“Mo wakens with the birds, before the sun is up, and heads to his office for coffee and quiet! Jo hopes to waken at 6 a.m. in time for a walk before school, but will accept a cup of tea in bed and a bit of quiet if that doesn’t happen. Meanwhile, Kalina and Patrick like to get up at 6 and begin their school day. Daniel prefers the evenings, and gets up in time for 8 a.m. school. Thandi arrives at 8 a.m. to join us for our school day. At 8, we should all be up and ready to roll. We spend the first 2 hours doing math and language arts, and other independent subjects.
"These last 6 months have gone by so fast. So many good things have happened and there have been many many changes here in Dondo. The base as an ‘overall’ is moving in a very good direction in working together and crying out for more of God's glory.
"Hi - it's been a long while, but I have finally caught up! Below you will see what the last year has held.
May 2009
I write this update on New Years Day. I am standing here and looking one way to the past year and then looking the other way towards this coming year, and realize even more how good and faithful our God is and how his tremendous love for us moves and transforms us into the children he planned for us to be all along (Jeremiah 29:11).
"We were grateful to be able to be in Canada in October for the birth of our beautiful new granddaughter, Zoe. She is sister to Evan who is now nearly 6 and Jonah, 3.
"The last few months have been busy….to say the least! There has been hardship both here in Malawi and in Canada, and I made a short trip home due to tragedy. In and through all, the Lord is good, and He is faithful.