it's been long

Hi there,
I am still here in Germany, while my family is back in Kenya since September first. School started already on the 2nd, so they really didn't have a lot of time to adjust to Africa. But from what I am hearing they are doing good. Dorothy is back to the routine in the Hospital, that is the report I am getting. There has been a big change over the summer, a lot of people have left the station and new ones have joined us. New teachers for the kids, new doctors in the Hospital, but still a lot of excitement about the ministry. Dorothy told me about a doc from an arab speaking country who is very ready to join us in the ministry we are doing.
I think for all of us (family) our homeassignment was positive, being at home for a while, seeing different things, see the beauty of an medieval town, and just enjoying the culture which is very familiar to us parents, but for the children still in many aspects it's very new.
For myself I have to hang in there a little longer until Africa has me again. I'm gonna rush to Holland tomorrow morning, since I am close to the border anyway it is not a big deal. I want to look out for our people, see what they are doing, and whether there is some ministry going on.
And next week I'll attend a conference for pastors, which is our annual conference from our denomination. When that is all done, I will be free to go back to kenya and join the rest of the family.
My updates haven't been very frequent while here in Germany, that is partly because I haven't had access to the Internet the way I wanted it, and partly because we were quite busy running up and down.
Have a lovely week, Thomas