2 posts on the same day!
I forgot to mention the exciting news - last night the curfew was extended to 9pm! Please pray that the peace in Jos remains. It's going to be so strange when I'm home and I'm actually allowed to stay out to all hours! Bring on the parties!
Saturday, 31 January 2009
Health
I was very sick during the week. We still don't know what was wrong with me but I just thank God that I am much stronger now. I was very weak, dizzy and I had a headache that I couldn't get rid of. I was tested for Malaria, but the test was negative so our only guess is that it was a virus or some sort of parasite. I am so thankful that God has made me stronger. I go back to work on Monday. I was looked after really well by everyone and some staff at work even delivered a Get well card to me yesterday, that the kids make for me. It was so sweet! Please pray that whatever I had won't come back and that God would continue to keep me strong. There are so many illnesses that can easily be picked up here and at the minute the air is full of dust because of Harmattan season, so that doesn't help.
Friday, 23 January 2009
Room for improvement!
Hi all,
I apologise for my lack of blogging recently.
Well I started back to work on the 12th Jan after a very long break! Open Doors had a 3 week break so during that time I helped with the Gyero outings to the Wildlife Park and swimming which I really enjoyed but I couldn't wait to get back to Open Doors. I'm sooo glad to be back. We are currently quite busy. We have just begun a music therapy program that we now take every Wednesday. We are still at the experimental stages but so far it is going really well. There are a lot of Autistic kids that don't respond to any other therapy so we realised the school would really benefit from this as music is known to help Autistic children. We only had our 2nd session this Wednesday and have already seen amazing improvements. I think everyone, including me had given up hope on a girl called Adiza who doesn't respond to anything. She is always in her own little world and for some reason she refuses to use her hands even though she is quite capable of this. She can be quite violent and I have experienced this once when I was working with her on my own. Anyway, we decided to try music therapy with her and this week she clapped and even played a drum, with both hands. Music seems to calm her down. I couldn't believe my eyes. The difference in her is incredible and it's only the 2nd week! I am going to try and get the loan of a camcorder so I can record a few weeks of music therapy to see the differences. I promise I will post some pictures soon.
Prayer requests:
Dramatic changes have been happening in our house recently. When I first arrived there were 6 of us, then 4, now 2 and on the 3rd February I will have the house all to myself! We are expecting 2 more girls to arrive in Februrary. They are also with Mission Africa. Please pray that they have no problems with their Visas. They are hoping to arrive in a couple of weeks. Please pray that I will be able to adapt well to the changes that are coming up. Seeing people coming and going is what I find most difficult here.
I am hoping to spend some time with Billy and Linda Abwa in February. They are missionaries with Mission Africa and they are in charge of an HIV/Aids ministry just outside the capital, Abuja. Please pray that this will still be possible. When I first applied to go to Nigeria, the plan was for me to work with Billy and Linda but unfortunately things didn't work out. It would be great to see another part of Nigeria!
I apologise for my lack of blogging recently.
Well I started back to work on the 12th Jan after a very long break! Open Doors had a 3 week break so during that time I helped with the Gyero outings to the Wildlife Park and swimming which I really enjoyed but I couldn't wait to get back to Open Doors. I'm sooo glad to be back. We are currently quite busy. We have just begun a music therapy program that we now take every Wednesday. We are still at the experimental stages but so far it is going really well. There are a lot of Autistic kids that don't respond to any other therapy so we realised the school would really benefit from this as music is known to help Autistic children. We only had our 2nd session this Wednesday and have already seen amazing improvements. I think everyone, including me had given up hope on a girl called Adiza who doesn't respond to anything. She is always in her own little world and for some reason she refuses to use her hands even though she is quite capable of this. She can be quite violent and I have experienced this once when I was working with her on my own. Anyway, we decided to try music therapy with her and this week she clapped and even played a drum, with both hands. Music seems to calm her down. I couldn't believe my eyes. The difference in her is incredible and it's only the 2nd week! I am going to try and get the loan of a camcorder so I can record a few weeks of music therapy to see the differences. I promise I will post some pictures soon.
Prayer requests:
Dramatic changes have been happening in our house recently. When I first arrived there were 6 of us, then 4, now 2 and on the 3rd February I will have the house all to myself! We are expecting 2 more girls to arrive in Februrary. They are also with Mission Africa. Please pray that they have no problems with their Visas. They are hoping to arrive in a couple of weeks. Please pray that I will be able to adapt well to the changes that are coming up. Seeing people coming and going is what I find most difficult here.
I am hoping to spend some time with Billy and Linda Abwa in February. They are missionaries with Mission Africa and they are in charge of an HIV/Aids ministry just outside the capital, Abuja. Please pray that this will still be possible. When I first applied to go to Nigeria, the plan was for me to work with Billy and Linda but unfortunately things didn't work out. It would be great to see another part of Nigeria!
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