Broken mast
Margaret wrote: This last Sunday, while sailing home from the new church plant at Burongero, our mast tang snapped up on top of the mast which caused the entire mast to lose its balance in the wind. The mast, sail and boom came crashing down on the four on board! Our new volunteer, Marlene, was on the side where the mast and boom landed! We PRAISE GOD that she was not hurt at all as the mast and boom landed on either side of her—she was only pinned down by the sail which came to rest on top of her. Thank you, God, for this miracle in protecting her life and that all of us were safe as we limped home! This was Marlene's first time out with us on the lake, but being a good New Zealander she, took it all in stride! The catamaran will now be out of operation as a sailboat until we can get replacement parts, but Andy will continue to use the hull with the 3 hp engine to power out to the islands.
Opening of school/kindergarten.
Quoting Margaret again:
Thank you to those who prayed for the launching of Lake Victoria Christian School! Classes began on January 11th with 40 students enrolled, ages 4–8. We now have 46 Kindergartners enrolled in this first class and 42 more on a waiting list for a second class which hopefully will open later this year. With classes this large, a lot of the focus has been classroom management and learning routine this last week, as well as learning the kids' names! None of the students speak English, yet the parents want this to be an English medium school, so the challenges are great, but they are learning quickly!
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