Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain!

We've received our first Christmas present, a full water tank and water to spare!  I never thought I would enjoy rain so much!

All this rain fell in just 30 minutes - even my beloved Wales can't compete with that!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Visitors (for some reason this didn't send when it should so it is a bit late!)

In the last 48 hours we have had several visitors. My parents 

and around 20 monkeys!  

So pleased to see Maz's parents and the monkeys are rather good fun too. 

Preparing for Advent

We are about to begin Advent and we have just sent our Christmas letters to Father Christmas in the hope we have been good enough!  But this reminds me too of the hope we have in Jesus and what his birth really signifies. A hope that not all is lost. A hope that despite everything we do He still loves us. A hope for a life here on earth that is joyful no matter what my circumstances. A hope that He has the very best for us. That nothing is impossible!  How awesome is that!  This has truly been a year that we have learned to be joyful in all circumstances and we have known God's faithfulness and abundance and blessings beyond anything we could have ever imagined. 

Ticket to ride

Look who's behind the wheel again after 9 long months. God is so faithful.

Everything except for visitors!

"They have everything they need except for visitors!"

Those are the words of one of the teenagers from the youth group that I help run at our church. She was referring to the young people who live in a local orphanage the group visited last week. Many of the children aren't orphans through the death of their parents but because they have been abandoned, often due to the disabilities suffered by these children.

For one afternoon, our youth brought light and colour into orphans lives as they played and chatted with them. The delight brought to them was clear to see and hopefully this is a visit that the youth group will be keen to repeat again soon.

Water delivery

A new task that Is on my daily checklist is checking the levels of water we have in our tanks. Sometimes the water comes through the mains pipes overnight but recently we haven't had any so every morning I am checking the water levels in our tanks. If we don't have enough we phone for a delivery and a tanker comes with 10000 litres. We fill up our tank and find out who else needs their tanks to be filled too on the compound in the remaining 6 houses. Here is our delivery arriving now. 

Guy Fawkes night

No woolly jumpers, scarfs or hats required!  However it did rain just as the fireworks started so we put the rugs we were sitting on over our heads to keep us dry!