Last Pictures of Africa

End of term performance and visiting Shoprite in Lusaka.

Third term Pictures

Grade Nine leavers,  a chameleon, the Sakeji Triathlon, and senior boys farewell party.

Sakeji End of Term Photos

A range of photos for end of third term at Sakeji.  Leavers party, senior boys leaving for grade 10, grade 5 girls, 3 teachers (Beth, Ruthie and Lina) and a bearded Mare Hanna.

Last Week of Term

Just thought I should update you on life at Sakeji! Yes, it is finally almost here- end of term!! One week today and the kids will be heading home. They are excited for sure. Every morning when we wake them up, they run out to change the number of days till end of term on the white board. I suspect it will be a wild week. Exams are finished tomorrow and teachers are working on report cards.

Tim had another issue with not feeling well last weekend but we have him on some antibiotics again and he is doing better again. Aly has been able to get him a doctor's appointment for him as soon as we get home. So that is good.

We celebrate that 6 boys and 2 girls have come to faith in Jesus this term.  We are praising the Lord for how he is working.

And a highlight of our week- one week ago was the birth of a new grandson! Katie and Bronson had a little baby boy. Well not little- just nice size for a baby that was almost two weeks overdue- 9 lb 7 oz. his name is

Kason Jim Donald Taylor ( Kason- combination of Katie and Bronson). He is well and healthy and we are praising God for his safe arrival. I think it was a little rough on Katie and Bronson but they pulled through. Bronson very kindly sent us hourly reports so that we could be somewhat involved from a distance. The storms stayed away until just about an hour after he was born so we had internet for quite a bit of the time. The students had been waiting for the birth as well and everyone was excited to see his picture on the computer. Now we are excited to see him in person hopefully In two weeks.

We should arrive in Toronto on dec. 8th if all goes well and plan to spend a few days with this new baby. Tim and Judy will pick us up and drive us back to Thessalon on dec. 15 weather depending. We hear that you are getting snow. No snow here!!

Thank you for your prayers and interest.

Kason Taylor

Our newest grand baby.

It's a Boy

Kason, Jim, Donald Taylor
Born November 15th at 323 pm.
Weighing 9lb 7.2 oz and 22.5 inches long.

Mom and Baby are doing very well.
We thank the Lord for this remarkable gift.
Proud parents are Katie and Bronson Taylor.
Proud grand parents Tim and Mary.
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Tim has been sick.

Below is an email Mary sent on Tuesday and I am feeling much better.
I taught my classes today and will teach swimming later this
afternoon.  God is good.

Last sat night I sent out a quick message to a couple of nurses in our
family asking for advice and I prayer for Dougall as he had a fever of
39-40 and we were unsure why. I did a malaria test but it was negative
so didn't know what to do.
I had some antibiotics and so he started some Saturday morning but
they did not seem to help. Early Sunday morning he started throwing up
and had a headache- typical malaria symptoms but also could have been
from high fever or 10 other things. Did another malaria test on Sunday
but still negative.. But then I am thinking that the antibiotic could
mask the test. Anyway. We kept praying and thought about calling a
flying mission plane in to pick him up but we still had to get through
5 hours before daylight. He couldn't keep water down but we had one
300 ml bottle of Sprite that we were keeping for end of term
celebration but he was able to keep sips of that down! Amazing how God
supplies what we need. Monday morning his temp started to come down
and he had good a sleep for a couple of hours. He has improved
dramatically! He feels weak and tires when he does anything. But he
walked over to dorm this morning at 6:45 and did devotions with the
boys which was a great help. And now he is supervising a football game
but is ready for a rest. We thank God for answering prayer again and
for you for praying.
Mary

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