Scan Results!

(Baby, 30/10/08, 14.25)

The scan was fine!  The baby is in fact younger than we were told - only 8 weeks, but other than that everything seemed in place.

We are about to book flights at last!  Thanks for all your prayers x

Scan Day!

We'll update more later, but at 2.30pm we have our 1st scan!  Lets pray it's a good'un

Romford Family

(Together with the guys in Romford)

An Evening at home

It was wonderful on Tuesday to be "back home" with our friends in Romford.  Jo grew up in the area, and when she really started following God got involved with a church called Kamoflage,  and then while I lived in the area for 3 years I was involved too!   Since then the group has changed and Kamo is no longer, but there still exists a group of people, who in our eyes are expressing church, that get together to pray, eat and generally help each other in their christian lives. 

For us as a couple, it often feels like we are returning home when we are with them.  Anyway, they prayed for us, asked questions, and generally continued to support us in a way that we are so grateful for.  We realised the unique position we have of being linked into 2 main groups of people, and how releasing it is not to have to tour the country speaking to people who we don't know, asking for their support.

So thanks to you guys and girls who have some of the softest hearts we know!  

Tom & Jo

You can see their blog site at: http://community-whispers.blogspot.com

Soon to return!

(With Mike, Global Generation Church leader)

Hi Hi!

So, still planning to go back to Malawi soon after the scan on the 30th.  If all's well with Jo and the baby then we will hop on the next flight outta here!

Finally we managed to get our supporters letters out last week, except for a couple of ones we couldn't find the address for.  If that's you, you should have an email or Facebook message waiting.

We have been eagerly getting ready to go back to Malawi, it's meant we have been pretty busy over the last couple of weeks, and looking at our diary for the next week that continues to be the case.  However, as usual, we are really enjoying ourselves.  Being pregnant is a strange thing, and I think for Tom the scan will make it all seem much more real.  

We have had some good chats with Flood Church recently, and can't wait to get going with the plans there.  

We also spent a lovely day with our friends in Ramsgate, Global generation church, guys that are a real part of our family, and a church that we work together with in almost everything. We are also visiting our friends in Romford today, another church that we consider more than friends.

So that's it for now.  Jo makes a good pregnant women, taking it all in her stride.  She's had no sickness so far.  Tom is struggling with the hormone changes, and sometimes needs a bit more sleep!

Please pray for protection on our baby, Jo's health continues to be good, for relationships in Malawi and for the return there.

All our love

Tom & Jo

09.10.08

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Update 09.10.08

Hello everyone.

We have a lot to catch up on! The first bit of news is… Jo’s pregnant! These are happy days for us, we are so excited. We are having the first scan on the 30th October. So we’d really value prayers for the very little one, and for Jo’s health. We are also getting ready to go back to Malawi. The aim is to get back there in the first week of November. We have decided to come back to England to have the baby which means we’ll be returning in April. This is particularly due to it being our first as it is the safest way possible for Mum and Baby, but also it will be great to have our parents, family and friends around.

Over the last couple of months we have had a truly wonderful time. We saw Jo’s sister married, a really lovely day for everyone, worked on Lark in the Park for a whole month! It was so brilliant; we got to catch up with everyone and at the same time were involved in the truly inspiring event! This year was a great one, more people turning up than ever, God’s presence, really good fun and a time that the whole community can come together. We also went away for a long weekend with both of our parents camping. After that we went to Denmark. We were at a boarding school in Kolding where we took classes on Malawi, held workshops, P.E lessons and ran evening meetings; Tom even got to speak at one. Again, this was such a fun, positive time. We then spent a week in Centre parks on holiday with Jo’s sister and brother in law. We enjoyed ourselves playing badminton, swimming and generally doing woodland type things. After that we had the privilege of running the youth camp for the city farms annual show. Over 100 young people came, and cooking for that many people was a challenge on two BBQ’s and a camping stove! Tom also got to be a judge in the animal show which was a real honour.

That pretty much brings us up to now! We want to apologise for not sending our letter out sooner to those who sponsor us. We have a draft and are just waiting for one detail to be finalised before it gets posted. We had hoped it would get posted this week, but it looks like next week now.

We would also like to bring your attention to the fact we have given our communication systems a bit of a revamp. We now have a video channel on youtube, a photo gallery and a blog! We would love you to follow the following links to have a look. You can also subscribe, or follow, which means you get automatic emails when we update them. These are the links:

http://tomandjoinmalawi.blogspot.com/
http://uk.youtube.com/user/tommygallagher27
http://picasaweb.google.com/tommygallagher27

That’s about it for now. We are both doing really well, really excited about the baby, and really excited about going back to Malawi.

Lots of love

Tom & Jo

News Round!

(The day we told my Mum & Dad)

We have some news! Jo's pregnant! Very early days, we are having the first scan on 30'th October and can't wait.

We look forward to posting more information soon

Lots of love

Tom & Jo

1st Post!

(The Dalitso Trust Village Team)

Welcome

Thanks for tunning in!

We will endeavor to keep you up to date with everything thats going on in our world of Malawi.

Right now we are in the UK and getting ready to return to Malawi.

To watch videos, and subscribe to our video channel click follow the link:

http://uk.youtube.com/user/tommygallagher27

To View photo gallaries and subscribe, click the following link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/tommygallagher27

Lots of love

Tom & Jo

(Me with a village youth group)

(My Sister, Jon Barker and I blowing bubbles!)