Bubbly gets a bath!












Geoff and Timmy (the son of Amon, one of our sons that grew up at New Hope and now teaches the weaving program at the vocational institute.)



















Papa, Grandma, Nabukeera, Acacia and Sarah saying goodbye last Sunday.

The children treated Papa, Grandma, Sarah and the church to "Away in a Manger" with a bell choir on Christmas morning. Auntie Grace Nasaka wonderfully taught and guided them.

We started school!! Looking at the calendar year we realized we would have precious little time before we leave in May for the states. January and early February are typically very busy around here and seem to push school out from the agenda. This year we are taking a proactive approach and getting an early start. In addition to teaching our three, I am tutoring one of the David family kids in handwriting. So, the kids have been enjoying having someone else around. Most of you reading this already have your kids back in school, but the school year here is February to early December with a 2 1/2 month break over the holidays. As we will be taking 4 months off this summer to travel, speak and visit people "over there" we can't afford to sit around now!!!

Geoff is currently interviewing potential new staff for both the maize mill and vocational institute. Filling the positions of maize mill manager and headmaster for the vocational school will aid him in more efficiently managing the overall operations of both entities and, of course, will greatly reduce the amount of stress he might feel at being away from both organizations from May - September when we're in the states.