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The end of the school year here seems to start in September. Three months before the actual end of the year. It begins with Sports Days. It was Hannah's last week, Elijah has his on Friday. Yesterday it was Secondary's turn in the school sports grounds 20 miles outside the city centre. It was a beautiful sunny day and a perfect day for sports. Also starting this week are the IGCSE Exam practicals. Both international and Paraguayan exams continue until the end of November. It's a very long exam period. Eileen is practising with some primary children for a choir competition in a couple of weeks and gearing up for Christmas performances too. Then she has end of year reports to being to write. She has also been involved in a Purpose Driven Life group that the school is going to provide for parents soon. Last week our school also helped to repair and paint a local state school. Many of the young people and children went down dressed in old clothes and got stuck in pa...

Last week our school also helped to repair and paint a local state school. Many of the young people and children went down dressed in old clothes and got stuck in painting the Cubas School. It was one of the most dilapidated school buildings you would ever see. After a day's painting by everyone it was restored and the principal said it was better than new. They had a thanks giving service yesterday. Here are some photos Before painting After painting Elijah helping with painting

The good news is Eileen's mum is now out of hospital. After a week the doctors finally managed to sort the problem out. This week saw exams in secondary and the run up to the end of the year in school beginning. I've spent days marking exams and Eileen has started initial preparations for her Christmas plays. It's sports days soon with Hannah's tomorrow - always an excellent event when it's 4 years olds enjoying their races. We also booked our flights home for Christmas and New Year. We'll be visiting SAMS link churches and going to the SAMS Ireland conference which we are very much looking forward to having the opportunity to attend this year.