We're Back!!

I know we have had a long and unexplained absence, so I hope you will forgive us for not writing, but we are back and ready to tell you all about our adventures from the last couple of weeks. I am going to break it up into 1 week blocks of the last 3 weeks, just so its easy to keep all the goings on straight.

Week 1
The first week away was spent in Perth. Ben attended a conference where  American theologian Scot McKnight was speaking. The conference was Monday and Tuesday, and while Ben was busy there I had an opportunity to spend some time with some friends and family which was great.

On Wednesday we ran errands and a few other jobs before things got really interesting on Wednesday night... We have been quite fortunate to get through the winter without any major colds or flus, but that all changed with Elizabeth getting quite a bad cold. Being away from home made things all a bit much for her, so the next few nights proved to be a bit of a challenge when it came to sleeping.

I ended up catching her cold, and it was at that stage I totally understood why she couldn't sleep, I was so congested that just trying to breathe made sleep nearly impossible. We stayed in Perth until Saturday as we had a few events to attend, the first being a goodbye party for our friend Alan, who has now headed off to Mozambique and the second an engagement party for our friends Tash and Dave.


Week 2
On return to Wagin, poor Ben had a sick and sorry wife and a sick and sorry daughter to take care of and while we tried to catch up on some sleep and focus on getting better we were also getting ready for the week to come, a week of training in Melbourne.


Week 3
We headed back to Perth on Saturday ready to fly out to Melbourne on Sunday morning. Elizabeth is becoming such a well seasoned traveller, this is her second flight to Melbourne, and she just loves flying and getting all the attention from the air hostesses. We were so blessed to be taken care of by some friends Richard and Maxine who took Elizabeth in as their honorary 7th grandchild.

The training we were in Melbourne to complete was like an induction course in preparation for heading to Mozambique. It was very helpful and we had such a great time making new friends and catching up with old ones. I think Elizabeth definitely enjoyed herself the most, being the only child on the course, she was very spoiled with willing arms to hold her at every opportunity.

We flew back to Perth on Friday night and arrived back home on Saturday. We are very glad to be home, although I think that now we are home Elizabeth may get a bit bored with only her mummy and daddy to play with, so I am thinking that we might start attending the local playgroup, but I will write more of that as it progresses. For now that is it, a very brief overview of the last few weeks.