New Arrivals

This has been a week of Arrivals.
On Monday, a friend from St Michael's Church in London arrived on a MAF plane from Nairobi. Rosemary joined us for a couple of days, as part of a work-related trip in East Africa, and shared our everyday life: school runs, shopping, mums and toddlers Get-Together amongst the MAF mums on Tuesday, Ladies Bible Study group on Wednesday and also a meal with our Swedish MAF friends at Wednesday lunch.
Then on Tuesday, we heard the very exciting news of a New Arrival in the Benge family, as my nephew Samuel Andrew Benge had been born! Esther is now the oldest girl in a family with a younger brother and 2 boy-cousins for her to boss around! It is at times like this though that one can feel very far away from family in England, as they meet and greet the new baby far across the other side of the world.
Then, finally, the last arrival, eagerly anticipated in the Tanzanian Parker household, as Andrew arrived home after 2 weeks in Johannesburg. We went to pick him up from Dodoma's bustling, dusty bus station a couple of hours ago. He is now recovering his energy after a hot and speedy bus ride from Dar-es-Salaam!
This arrival also means a shipment of goodies from South Africa, including tick-medicine and constipation tablets, which we hope will help the youngest member of the Parker home with her various feline problems! Here's hoping Moshi will soon be tick-free and relieved of difficulties in her stomach!