MUCH AWAITED UPDATE
Almost 3 mths are coming to 
an end since our family got complete---we praise God alone for all that He has wrought for us. It is good to have Shefan finally join us and add to the already existing decibel levels of the D'souza khandaan..in our home, there is never a dull moment. At the moment, there is a small lull as the oldest brat is spending a week away from home in ? quiet/ wild contemplation in the Flinders Ranges along with her grade 11 classmates and their teachers, This is a great opportunity for these kids --it is a boot camp, in tents , no electricity or very little I think , cooking by themselves and sessions designed to make them think through life issues and prepare them towards grade 12 ---and what they would aim towards at the end of grade 12. It is a privilege to have Christian teachers who encourage them to add a Christian perspective to their thinking and do so at every point of the way. We are certain this would be an enriching experience for the kids. Niya's heart is in missions and we pray that God would sustain the desire He has planted in her heart and that the distractions of life would not quench her passion for Christ. She has also in the last 3 mths developed a desire to do medicine much to our human dismay...but we believe that if the seed has been planted by God in her heart, He will bring it to completion. My exams remain the most recent piece of compelling evidence of the same that nothing is impossible for God and He will bring the good work that He starts in us to completion. She has also been doing well on the extra-curricular front, with the Best Witness award -2006 for the Mock Trials competition 2006 after having been solicitor for their team until the last 48 hrs., has bagged the senior school poetry competition 1st prize and is actually furiously trying to learn all the chemistry which she has missed for over almost 2/3rds the year in the last 4 mths--God help her. She sometimes seems to feel the strain, but we believe God will enable her and 
she remains a source of encouragement to me --it is good to watch kids grow up to be our friends .
Anisha is doing well in class--quite different from Nia . She is of a much calmer disposition and less emotional and volatile in her display of emotions. She enjoys her tennis and sports , She has Benjy's keen ear for music ...and is slowly beginning to participate more actively in our Bible studies. We pray that God will fill her with a passion for Christ and she would obey Christ in all aspects of life and living . She is very vivacious and tomboyish-- has a crazy streak too . Interesting what a bit of encouragement can do to people--I always felt sorry for her where art was concerned as I was convinced that she had inherited my drawing skills [which keeps people far away from me in Pictionary], but this teacher has encouraged her artistic angle and she is churning up some pieces of art and enjoying it too !!
Shefan loves school---enjoys doing homework and has his eyes filling up at the imaginary thought of 'failing in year 6'--it is good to see the three of them together, fighting , arguing and yet enjoying themselves. Anisha and he fight and yet like before, are partners in crime. They go out and play tennis, basketball together and have even started travelling by bus by themselves without Niya. Ofcourse my nagging skills are stretched to it's capacity, and it also makes me depend on God to control it....Shefan's age group ie-the 11 yr olds have also been inducted into youth group and so, he has also started sitting through church sermons. Shefan--well, you will have a treat when you meet him next -he is already rolling his r--s and talking Aussie--basically, blossoming and wanting to do well. We pray that God will help him mature into a man after God's own heart .
Well, I received my specialist registration with the medical board of South australia today as a specialist. It was in a miraculous way that the College of Anaesthetists called me even before I made my appeal to them for considering my first year in Adelaide hospital, and told me they deemed my period of supervised training complete-ie 8 mths before the set date , they granted me my Fellowship . This is nothing but the hand of God at work ...talking of little details of our life--God gave me this new job which has turned out perfect after the last many months of hard work..I have 1 1/2 days other than the weekend off--I drop the kids to school on my way to work and have a much lighter schedule here. This job has innumerable advantages--plenty of time for the family and now, involvement in church ministries, though we have been stepping cautiously .
Benj is on a crazy schedule in the ICU, and our countdown is on for the next 5 mths ---after which Godwilling the registrar days will be a thing of the past. Our Bible studies are going strong and our homegroup is a good mix ranging from 9 yr olds to 16 yr olds and then adults upto 50yr olds,,,We have also revived the young adults group that had stopped meeting--pray for Benj as he leads this ministry . God has helped break down the ice and we pray that God will use us to help bridge the distance we feel exists amidst the young adults and older adults--youth in church. Most of all , we view this time as God-given to invest in our children and we pray that this will yield rich dividends for the kingdom.
Thank you for reading my long epistle----this is an update for the last 3 mths.
an end since our family got complete---we praise God alone for all that He has wrought for us. It is good to have Shefan finally join us and add to the already existing decibel levels of the D'souza khandaan..in our home, there is never a dull moment. At the moment, there is a small lull as the oldest brat is spending a week away from home in ? quiet/ wild contemplation in the Flinders Ranges along with her grade 11 classmates and their teachers, This is a great opportunity for these kids --it is a boot camp, in tents , no electricity or very little I think , cooking by themselves and sessions designed to make them think through life issues and prepare them towards grade 12 ---and what they would aim towards at the end of grade 12. It is a privilege to have Christian teachers who encourage them to add a Christian perspective to their thinking and do so at every point of the way. We are certain this would be an enriching experience for the kids. Niya's heart is in missions and we pray that God would sustain the desire He has planted in her heart and that the distractions of life would not quench her passion for Christ. She has also in the last 3 mths developed a desire to do medicine much to our human dismay...but we believe that if the seed has been planted by God in her heart, He will bring it to completion. My exams remain the most recent piece of compelling evidence of the same that nothing is impossible for God and He will bring the good work that He starts in us to completion. She has also been doing well on the extra-curricular front, with the Best Witness award -2006 for the Mock Trials competition 2006 after having been solicitor for their team until the last 48 hrs., has bagged the senior school poetry competition 1st prize and is actually furiously trying to learn all the chemistry which she has missed for over almost 2/3rds the year in the last 4 mths--God help her. She sometimes seems to feel the strain, but we believe God will enable her and 
she remains a source of encouragement to me --it is good to watch kids grow up to be our friends .
Anisha is doing well in class--quite different from Nia . She is of a much calmer disposition and less emotional and volatile in her display of emotions. She enjoys her tennis and sports , She has Benjy's keen ear for music ...and is slowly beginning to participate more actively in our Bible studies. We pray that God will fill her with a passion for Christ and she would obey Christ in all aspects of life and living . She is very vivacious and tomboyish-- has a crazy streak too . Interesting what a bit of encouragement can do to people--I always felt sorry for her where art was concerned as I was convinced that she had inherited my drawing skills [which keeps people far away from me in Pictionary], but this teacher has encouraged her artistic angle and she is churning up some pieces of art and enjoying it too !!
Shefan loves school---enjoys doing homework and has his eyes filling up at the imaginary thought of 'failing in year 6'--it is good to see the three of them together, fighting , arguing and yet enjoying themselves. Anisha and he fight and yet like before, are partners in crime. They go out and play tennis, basketball together and have even started travelling by bus by themselves without Niya. Ofcourse my nagging skills are stretched to it's capacity, and it also makes me depend on God to control it....Shefan's age group ie-the 11 yr olds have also been inducted into youth group and so, he has also started sitting through church sermons. Shefan--well, you will have a treat when you meet him next -he is already rolling his r--s and talking Aussie--basically, blossoming and wanting to do well. We pray that God will help him mature into a man after God's own heart .
Well, I received my specialist registration with the medical board of South australia today as a specialist. It was in a miraculous way that the College of Anaesthetists called me even before I made my appeal to them for considering my first year in Adelaide hospital, and told me they deemed my period of supervised training complete-ie 8 mths before the set date , they granted me my Fellowship . This is nothing but the hand of God at work ...talking of little details of our life--God gave me this new job which has turned out perfect after the last many months of hard work..I have 1 1/2 days other than the weekend off--I drop the kids to school on my way to work and have a much lighter schedule here. This job has innumerable advantages--plenty of time for the family and now, involvement in church ministries, though we have been stepping cautiously .
Benj is on a crazy schedule in the ICU, and our countdown is on for the next 5 mths ---after which Godwilling the registrar days will be a thing of the past. Our Bible studies are going strong and our homegroup is a good mix ranging from 9 yr olds to 16 yr olds and then adults upto 50yr olds,,,We have also revived the young adults group that had stopped meeting--pray for Benj as he leads this ministry . God has helped break down the ice and we pray that God will use us to help bridge the distance we feel exists amidst the young adults and older adults--youth in church. Most of all , we view this time as God-given to invest in our children and we pray that this will yield rich dividends for the kingdom.
Thank you for reading my long epistle----this is an update for the last 3 mths.
posted by THE D'SOUZAS at 6:13 AM
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