I am slowing down in pace as my belly expands but I am still managing to get on and off the scooter. Bubs is growing way too well and seems to think it's athletic season. I am now almost 31 weeks pregnant.
I received a lovely parcel today in the post from some friends in Delhi, it contained some very cute new born baby clothes and a wrap, plus, a bit of money to spend on baby things. I felt like a little kid on Christmas morning opening it up.
The last couple of weeks have been busy with guests visiting the home and school, this equates to lots of tea making and sometimes to two lots of tea being made if there is a mix of Indian and western people. The westerners like their big cups of tea while the Indian guys prefer the small cups of sweet chai made with boiled milk. I think I am now getting it down to a fine art. DC has been involved in many meetings sorting out various things around the home and school in regards to computers, power back ups and numerous other things, not to mention him taking devotions for the older girls a couple of nights a week and then facilitating an informal fellowship in English on Sunday for those that want to join us. We are keeping busy with teaching, keeping the accounts and general maintenance type stuff. Kids come and go throughout the day and staff come to us when payments are needing to be made. We endeavour to encourage and train the staff to their best potential. They are a great bunch of people and we can really see change taking place. It's very peaceful where we are and I do love it. It's kind of a slow busy if that makes any sense what so ever.
DC went with the our girls to Mysore during the week to look at a school that he may help out with a bit and I took the boys to watch some of the girls from the Home play in a volleyball tournament. It was a long hot day for me answering many of the same questions by about a thousand people but it was worth it to see the girls playing.
Both ours and the homes washing machine had broken down for different reasons and with guests staying this means lots of bedding to wash. We managed though and at least our one is back in action. It's our microwave/convection oven that has now given up on us. Hurray for gas stoves that never fail us even in power cuts.
So every now and then when I think ahead to Feb and us returning to renew our visas, I wonder how it is all going to work out. Things have always worked out and it's great to look back on but there always remains the question of how will it work out this time. We have everything we need here in India to live on and have been very blessed with the house we have been given rent free and we really appreciate our friends back in NZ that have given to help us financially, we could not be doing this with out them, but we do not have any savings for flights to return to NZ and get back again. Once again we rely on God and wait to watch how things unfold before us. I feel at peace about it all and am just focusing on baby arriving first and then being able to share an amazing story in a few months of how God provided.
30 weeks pregnant
Weeding day out front of our house
DC taking the boys out for some masala Chat
Meeting in Mysore
Volleyball tournamant
I received a lovely parcel today in the post from some friends in Delhi, it contained some very cute new born baby clothes and a wrap, plus, a bit of money to spend on baby things. I felt like a little kid on Christmas morning opening it up.
The last couple of weeks have been busy with guests visiting the home and school, this equates to lots of tea making and sometimes to two lots of tea being made if there is a mix of Indian and western people. The westerners like their big cups of tea while the Indian guys prefer the small cups of sweet chai made with boiled milk. I think I am now getting it down to a fine art. DC has been involved in many meetings sorting out various things around the home and school in regards to computers, power back ups and numerous other things, not to mention him taking devotions for the older girls a couple of nights a week and then facilitating an informal fellowship in English on Sunday for those that want to join us. We are keeping busy with teaching, keeping the accounts and general maintenance type stuff. Kids come and go throughout the day and staff come to us when payments are needing to be made. We endeavour to encourage and train the staff to their best potential. They are a great bunch of people and we can really see change taking place. It's very peaceful where we are and I do love it. It's kind of a slow busy if that makes any sense what so ever.
DC went with the our girls to Mysore during the week to look at a school that he may help out with a bit and I took the boys to watch some of the girls from the Home play in a volleyball tournament. It was a long hot day for me answering many of the same questions by about a thousand people but it was worth it to see the girls playing.
Both ours and the homes washing machine had broken down for different reasons and with guests staying this means lots of bedding to wash. We managed though and at least our one is back in action. It's our microwave/convection oven that has now given up on us. Hurray for gas stoves that never fail us even in power cuts.
So every now and then when I think ahead to Feb and us returning to renew our visas, I wonder how it is all going to work out. Things have always worked out and it's great to look back on but there always remains the question of how will it work out this time. We have everything we need here in India to live on and have been very blessed with the house we have been given rent free and we really appreciate our friends back in NZ that have given to help us financially, we could not be doing this with out them, but we do not have any savings for flights to return to NZ and get back again. Once again we rely on God and wait to watch how things unfold before us. I feel at peace about it all and am just focusing on baby arriving first and then being able to share an amazing story in a few months of how God provided.
Lovely photos Jodi.
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