Hello, after a delay of some time in updating my blog. Once again I had trouble downloading but was able to download onto Facebook, so if you have access to that you can check out a couple groups of pictures we put on. there in these last weeks.

We are doing well and it has been a busy couple of weeks. There has been a short term medical team visiting. MAF has done several flights transporting them to various locations. This week the plane has been flying the US Aide team around the Southern Angolan region where there has been severe flooding and 20,000 people have lost their homes. While the plane was gone Tim had hoped to do some renovating of the kitchen counter, which is splitting and the partical board is flaking. However as often happens here, we can find new formica counter top, but no edging, we have tile and grout but there is no plywood anywhere in the city to build the base. So we wait.




This past week we had the priviledge of hosting our MAF CEO Mark Outerbridge and his daughter Marnie at our home. In the picture above Marnie is trying her hand and head at caring water. Notice the expression on the little girl behind her.

This week I was able to go with one of the women who is staying on the compound. She teaches crafts to people in the local communtiy churches. Here we met with a group of teenage girls. They are crocheting with plastic bags, which are in abundance here and a real garbage problem.

They were also making beads out of paper and making jewlery.

Tim, Brent Mudde and Mark Outerbridge

Tim celebrated his birthday last Saturday. We had mexican food and I made him a choclate cake and coffee ice cream.

We have another 2 weeks staying in the house we are in before Erwin the new MAF aircraft mechanic and his family arrive. We are fortunate to be able to stay a couple weeks in Katherina and Miguels house while they are in Germany. When they come home with their two little girls and there new baby boy, we will be staying with Brent the pilot who lives next door to us.

Friday night is pizza night here on the compound. Tim has just finished cooking the chrizo and I have manged to hoard enough cheese to use, we may add some fresh tomatoes and green pepper, nothing to exoctic but its what we have and always an adventure to see what others bring. It is also Brent's birthday tommorow so I have made a carrot cake. Someone gave me some homemade cream cheese...so the icing will be a treat.

I better get busy, thanks to all of you for your support and prayers

Tim and Barb