Now that's trust...

Last Friday I cut Andy’s hair and the Friday before that he cut my hair! There have been lots of comments around the college about Andy’s smart new hairstyle – but to be honest they haven’t got close enough to see the rather large ledges left in the back of his hair! It turns out that hairdressing scissors are actually pretty sharp as well – my fingers testify to this! Well, this is an example of the practical side of our course. Andy has also been learning the basics of car maintenance and loving the opportunity to sit and play with ‘toys’ in the workshop.

A flavour of week 6...

So we are just over half way through our course and it definitely feels like the end is rushing towards us.  Recently we have been challenged quite a bit as well… for example we have been discussing and attending lectures in areas such as ‘Culture Shock’, ‘Expectations and Boundaries of working abroad’ and ‘Stress vs. Burnout - overseas'.  On the one hand we feel privileged to be in a safe environment at All Nations to prepare for what lies ahead, but on the other hand we feel like there is a lot to process and to take in at the moment.  Please do keep us in your prayers (if that is your thing) and in particular we’d like prayer as we think through what our specific roles might be in Ibanda and at NMS (the school).  We hope to email the school with our ideas, but we are aware that there may well be a difference in the levels of expectation from them or us.  Away from the classroom Andy is busying cleaning his footie boots for a match on Saturday and I am getting surprisingly excited about the hairdressing course on Friday… we’ll let you know how they go!