Week two update

Hello there!  This post is a day later than intended, due to a powercut yesterday afternoon.

We've now had over two weeks here at the school and we're really starting to feel a little more settled.  The secondary students have exams this week, which means that they've been getting increasingly relaxed as the week goes on (the girls, especially, were quite stressed last week).  Next week will be half term, so please pray for continued development of relationships between us and the students after the holidays.

Matt almost killed himself doing the cross country last week.  It appears that asthma, dusty roads, high altitude and running don't particularly mix.  Louise seemed to think watching Matt lumber towards the finish line after most other people had finished was amusing.

We got invaded by red ants a couple of nights ago.  Just as the power company decided another powercut (they call it 'loadshedding') was needed, we discovered several hundred of the beasts coming in through the air vents.  A few cans of ant killer later and they'd all been suitably disposed of.  But it did make for a rather sleepless night.  Our next door neighbour - a teacher - woke up to find herself covered in them, so we consider ourselves lucky that Lou spotted them before getting into bed.

We've been starting to build relationships with some of the newer members of staff this past week, which has been fantastic.  Please continue to pray that we'd be able to help and encourage them for the short time we're here.

Until next week then,

Matt and Lou