still alive : )

ok, just to reassure you that i did in fact survive my solo trip to town...although i have to admit it wasn't a great act of bravery, i cheated in the end - Masiu was driving Patoni, Lupe and baby Nia to the doctor's in town because Nia had a fever (she's fine now but Masiu's son Sione now has malaria...please pray!) and they passed me and offered a lift! God must have been chuckling to Himself about my scaredyness...He could have just let me get on with it and make me tougher, but i'm so thankful He provided a car to rescue me instead, that was much more fun!

i am still home at Hopeland, we still haven't gone (it's a standing joke now, it's amazing how many people here ask me if i'm still here when they see me...maybe they have hologram people in their country?) yes, we should have left on Monday but we didn't, there was no church for us to work with until someone agreed to host us yesterday, so we should be leaving tomorrow, hurrah!! it seems there were still some things God wanted us to sort out here before he moved us on, and one big thing was tidying up our area of the base - so we have been doing lots of weeding and it looks a lot better! We also managed to get some rest and take time over packing, and all that's left now is to move our stuff that's staying behind to a storeroom and clean our dorm room. And tonight for dinner is sweet potato and peanut sauce, one of my favourites - yay! also a good reason to still be here : )

i have nothing else to write, there's only so much i can say about weeding and cleaning...

hope y'all are doing well! maybe the next post will be more eventful when i can tell you what we've been up to in Fort Portal - i might not be able to contact anyone for a couple of weeks as there's probably no power where we're staying there, i'm told it's "deep deep in the village" -sounds fun, real Africa!!

keep taking care of those cows, enjoy the coldness - i miss it so much! never thought i'd get bored of summer, but it's just wrong to feel hot in november!

love alex : )