Nobody left!

A whole week where nobody left! wooohooo... in fact, three families arrived! Well: one returned from a week working hard to prepare the new operational Base up in Arusha, one returned from a week away sorting out necessary medical requirements for their Australian visa application and the third family returned from Home Assignment, ready for their final leg here in Tanzania. The latter two live about 10 minutes walk away and the former are here for a final week to pack up from 6 yrs of serving here with MAF.

An incoming international flight whilst awaiting to taxi onto the same runway

This week saw more interviews and decision makings for Arusha... and for the handover of our Dodoma hanger, stock and a few faithful staff to a local chap, our excellent ex-Chief Engineer - a wonderful legacy for MAF to leave Dodoma with :o) A couple of planes continue to be worked on by the remaining talented MAF crew

Below:discussions on the runway before loading OPE for its final flight out from Tanzania, the first picture showed it leaving.

On the subject of leaving: we've been asked a few times about our plans - we're pretty sure we won't be going to Arusha, the Base is too small to need programme managing. At the end of September we are due for a brief visit to the UK at a conference with other p.m.'s plus some medical check-up and a church to share with in Crawley Down, nicely coinciding with a special young man's 21st Birthday :o) It is at that time we shall be considering the next step - we've farrrrr too much to think about just now and aren't in any hurry to make plans: I think YWAM trained us well! Moreover a Wonderfully wise Person tells us "do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself; today has enough concerns of its own" Matthew 6:34

Hope all is well in your part of the world.... we're certainly praying for the peace of Jerusalem at this time ... and for Arusha too where you may have seen the BBC report on a couple of grenade attacks this past week injuring several civilians, following unrest just across the northern border into Kenya where 1500 armed 'peace keepers' took to the streets.

A mother in Jerusalem, protecting her toddler

We'll say Shabbat Shalom and Salaam and Salamu at this Ramadan season.
J+C xx