Busy Busy Month

Life has felt a bit too busy the last month, probably not helped by a bout of sickness with the children and probably Craig and I are flagging a bit and could do with an extended weekend - oh for an English bank holiday :-)  However on a positive we have had two birthdays to celebrate, so although busy, some of it has definately been happy busy!  Bethany turned 5 and then Leo 7, after baking several cakes and entertaining several children, we can safely say, we are well and truely birthdayed out.



Other good busyiness has been at NTC, with the counselling service appearing to suddenly (it's taken 3 years) to take off in the last month. Most mornings I am seeing students now which I've really enjoyed.  It's been interesting to find that the key was my trusty mobile phone.  For those interested in cultural differences, as a counsellor in the UK, you wouldn't usually phone your clients to ask where they were and tell them you were waiting for them.  However here, it seems, that is the key to client attendance and that actually telephoning them is actually very much part of the counselling process. Very interesting.

Although not busy at Rugarama Hospital, it's been very encouraging to see progress there this month.  The HIV committee met and developments are now underway to up date the HIV counselling and care for patients.   The team has been working very hard to make come changes and update systems, so I look forward to seeing how it all comes together in the next few weeks. I've also finally finished the Counselling Resource for the hospital, which I'm about to take to the printers.


Last but not least, the Sunday School Curriculum is in its final stages of being checked and edited.  I've got a few ammendments to make and then hopefully that will be taking a trip to the printers too!

So all in all, a busy but productive time - looking forward to the weekend and hopefully putting my feet up for five minutes :-)