What a difference a year makes!

As we near the end of another year, I have been reflecting a little on the changes over the past 12 months! I guess the physical changes we have experienced this year, spending the first half of 2010 in Tanzania and the second half back here in the UK, just serve to reflect the multitude of other changes that we've experienced over the last year. Since there are too many other changes to mention I thought I'd just let pictures summarise the changes 2010 has brought for us.



The first picture was taken in the week before Christmas 2009. I was visiting our literacy colleagues and friends in the town of Kyela in the Nyakyusa language area. We had just entered into the hot and rainy season and so it was sunny, sticky and sweaty, and there were all kinds of green plants growing everywhere!

This second picture was taken the week before Christmas this year, 2010. It was taken out of our kitchen window here at the Wycliffe centre on one of the snowiest days we've seen for years! It was grey and cold, even inside with the heating on, and there was little sign of life anywhere!

What a difference a year can make!