Dec 8th.
All well and hearty, although some thinking longingly of a meal of 3 meats and a veg! We are now getting eggs regularly for breakfast. Charles had a day in hospital on a drip after getting dehydrated, and I have had a day on the toot after a bad wadeye. Othewise all are in good spirits.
11 houses are started, with two up to the roof tiles today. Most have had eough of carrying, and have decided to upgrade to become masons, and plasterers. Mitch and Michael have added a huge amount of extra manpower. Still unsure though who will be the lucky ones to acrry 50 kg cement bags 100m up hill. I think we will have to get a few women in for that!
All 13 have started taking a few classes in English with mixed results. Our spelling does not always correspond with theirs and we have the disadvantage of not understanding grammar as well as the lower grade high school children. This will only be going till Monday as the students all start their public exams then.
Br James returned from hospital last night. He feels a little weaker but is very cheerful, and quite a charmer.
I will attempt to get the boys to add to this site more frequently, but it is hard to find the time and the opportunity.
All the best,
Br Denis
2 comments:
Hi Bro Denis and boys,
We have really enjoyed reading of your exploits and it seems that things are progressing quite quickly.
Didn't realise that the case of dehydration was bad enough for Charles to go to hospital and where is your Travelan Bro Denis??? Hope that Bro James wasn"t too ill.
The weather is really warming up here - expected top of 37 tomorrow (Sat) and the bushfire threat is very severe- there has been fire fighters from NSW and NZ flown in to help. The country people need prayers.
Not sure about the teaching of English--maybe you should leave it to people who know how to write and spell the "Queen's English!!!"
Special "Hello" to Gerard- We love you.
Lookong forward to the next posting.
Anne and family
Mornin! 's going on? been reading up on what you guys have been doing! have to say i'm mighty impressed. been keeping the girls at work updated, one girl is from a remote village 4hrs from Bali and was thinking it'd be good to organise something similar for the childre/families from there..we'll see. Gerr-ard i love you like a camel loves its humps! talk soon jules xxx
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