Long time no post.

Hello! Well, I guess it’s time for me to write a bit of a blog update, I realize it’s been quite a while since the last one.

Some good car news! Although Ruth’s car that we were using broke down, we heard the same day from someone at Ruth’s church that the youth are fundraising money to get her a new volunteer car! So that’s amazing, it was perfect timing!

Some other good news for Ruth, she’s found a small group from her church that she goes to once a week now, so that’s great for her. It’s really nice that she can get out and have some good adult conversation away from the noise of toddlers and teenagers once in a while :)

Things are also progressing nicely in terms of building plans for the new land. An engineer from Ruth’s church has made it his mission to help get the buildings up ASAP, so it’s wonderful! He’s hooked us up with a company interested in donating fencing, and he had a geological engineering friend of his survey the land for us. So we now know the places we can and cannot build on the land, and the approximate layout of where each of the buildings need to go, so that’s really cool. I am hoping to be able to see some of the building at least started before I come home. The land is only about ½ hr. outside of the city, and it’s unbelievable how peaceful it is out there! The scenery is beautiful and the people are so nice! We met our ‘neighbours’ last month when we helped out at the VBS that was run for the community, and they are excited to see Ruth get started 

The kids are all doing great. They all had a bit of a cold, so they were banned from the swimming pool for the last two weeks, but they are all feeling better now. Siya and Jake both got some medicine from the doctor to treat their coughs, and no bad news from their doctors appointment, so that’s good news :) Simon has already grown since I got here, and Jake has definitely gained weight, they are changing so fast! We are still working on colours with Simon, trying to drill Red and Blue into his head, but he’s got yellow down pat! Mary is as strong and strong-willed as ever! She has the perfect form for gymnastics, Ruth is hoping to enroll her in the future if possible.

Lots is going on at the end of August as well. Carolyn, a volunteer from Switzerland is arriving in two weeks. She’s been here twice before, and sounds like a lot of fun, so I’m excited to meet her. Apparently she makes fantastic homemade bread, so maybe I’ll be able to add that to my list of things I’ve been learning to make :)
Also, Cindee, who has been here since March, is heading home at the end of the month, so it will be strange to adjust to life here without her. We are also hoping to make a trip somewhere this month, maybe to the mountains for a hiking trip, or to a game reserve. So far our plans for a volunteer weekend away haven’t worked out, so we’ll just have to keep trying until things come together-maybe third time’s the charm :)
Well, I think that’s a good update for now!