I wish you a joyous Easter !!

I find it difficult to believe that the weekend of Easter is almost upon us - Easter Sunday marks the exact half-way point of the time which Tom and I will spend in Angola, and our debrief at Wetheringsett starts in less than 3 months. Scary.

At church there are evening services every night this week, plus the festival itself. I am hoping that the folks I have told you about before whom I met in the street will come. Please pray for Avelino especially, he's in a wheelchair and seems really interested in coming along to some of the services.

I had a few days off last week after my symptoms worsened to include mild fever, headaches, coughs, runny nose, etc., etc. Before you wonder, I don't think it's malaria! The symptoms aren't consistent enough. I've been well looked after. Jerry had his stethescope out on the first Saturday morning, and I've been constantly surrounded by doctors and medical students ever since. All that's left now is a lingering cough.

Last Sunday afternoon we were invited to the house of Marinho, who's the national director of SOS. SOS works in over 100 countries running childrens' villages for abandoned kids as well as those without parents (see http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/cgi-bin/sos/jsp/wherewehelp.do?ct=13211&lang=en&nav=2.3&site=ZZ). After Easter I MAY have a little free time in my week, and Marinho has said that if I have the opportunity to do any work with the children, that'd be cool.

You may be pleased to know that my diet has improved - from just bread and water for breakfast to crunchy granola with yoghurt! Very nice! We (Jerry) made it on Saturday. Only thing is that it ran out this morning. Hmmm ... back to the rolls, but Tom and I will be buying the ingredients during our forthcoming trip to Namibia.

I feel spoiled - I've had emails from almost every other member of the GAP team to read, which has left me with little time to write this time. I feel bad about that since I will be away for a week or so. Perhaps there will be an opportunity to send something from Namibia, perhaps not.

Thank you for all your prayers - for Tom and me, for the other GAP folks, for our familes and friends at home, and for those people we have met since we arrived in Angola. Please pray for Tom and me that we may use our time in Namibia not only for refreshment, but for reflection too so that God may clearly show us his plan for our remaining time in Angola.