UITableView trouble with array count

Can you have a look at this code please

#import "ViewController.h"
#import "DataService.h"


@interface ViewController ()

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITableView *TableView;
@property (strong, nonatomic) DataService *Service;
@property (nonatomic, strong)   MSTable *table;
//@property (nonatomic, strong)   MSClient *client;
@property (nonatomic, strong)   NSMutableArray *items;

@end

@implementation ViewController

@synthesize Service;
@synthesize rowitems;

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    self.client = [MSClient clientWithApplicationURLString:@"https://outnight-mobile.azure-mobile.net/"
                                            applicationKey:@"okYeRGfBagYrsbkaqWIRObeDtktjkF10"];
    self.table = [self.client tableWithName:@"notifications"];
    self.rowitems = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
    MSQuery *query = [self.table query];
    query.fetchLimit = 5;
    [query readWithCompletion:^(NSArray *items, NSInteger totalCount, NSError *error)
     {
         //add the items to our local cop
         self.rowitems = [items mutableCopy];


     }];
    [self.TableView reloadData];



}


- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView {
    return 1;
}

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView
 numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
    //return 5;
     NSLog(@"%d",[self.rowitems count]);
    return 5;


}



-(UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

        UITableViewCell *cell = [[UITableViewCell alloc] initWithStyle:UITableViewCellStyleDefault reuseIdentifier:@"Cell"];
        cell.textLabel.text = @"fool";
        return cell;
}


- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

@end

This UTTableView should go to the database (which is does fine) and it should retrieve back the first 5 rows and it does. but when I

numberofrowsinsection does not see the amount of 5 when i do a array count ?? This is driving me crazy, what am I doing wrong ?
thanks