not so silent

We are searching for the new normal. We have been in our new home for 4 weeks and are beginning to settle into a new rhythm of life. Today our shipping boxes arrived, all safe and sound, and we spent a few hours unpacking things we had forgotten we had packed! The house is beginning to feel like home, and we are very comfortable. It is coming in to Winter here, and we have had some very cold mornings and evenings, although the days are very pleasant with sun and temperatures in the mid twenties. It is quite funny seeing the local people all wrapped up and complaining of the cold, when really, the days are the same as our English summer! The Mercy Air family has made us feel welcome and at home. It is an exciting feeling getting to know a group of people, who we will share our lives with, all over again. Our roles here have a number of facets to them and we are slowly working out how we take our place on the farm. One of the attractions when we first came to Africa was the question '