tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20883926510048010392024-03-11T10:16:03.668+02:00life in the north.....Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-68805640126382005882015-12-28T16:50:00.001+02:002015-12-28T16:50:56.440+02:00Goodbye Malawi......
Hello everyone and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas celebration.
I have decided to update this blog for one last time to finish off my time in Malawi. Since my last post much has happened. I was busy until 20th October with training in Euthini...
with my very good friend Rev Brian Theu
then Nkhamenya...
Chitimba....
Rumphi...
and Hewe...
Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-66628647932631279432015-10-04T20:23:00.002+02:002015-10-04T20:23:44.616+02:00Training and travel...........
Hello everyone,
I started this blog on Saturday but then I had visitors and today the electricity was off from 4.30am and just came on around 6pm.........so lets hope I get it finished this time!
We have been doing a lot of training in different Presbyteries, and the last few weeks have involved a lot of travelling! We are training Presbytery Early Childhood Development Committees, Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-25428448986334127232015-09-12T16:36:00.003+02:002015-09-12T16:36:40.279+02:00
Hello everyone,
Its been such a busy month as usual. I long for the day when I can write I have had such a relaxing few weeks!! Its been fruitful in many ways though as well as challenging!
In August, we had a zonal meeting in Karonga with our Early Childhood Presbytery Trainers from Livingstonia, Rumphi, Karonga, Ngerenge, Chitipa and Wenya. This was an Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-74962800987462711462015-08-09T15:30:00.001+02:002015-08-09T15:30:43.056+02:00Meetings and Moderators....
Hello everyone,
Hard to believe August is already upon us......I hope you are enjoying your summer holidays!! Here its a really busy time with many visitors passing through from UK, USA, and Canada.
Its the time of year for these small birds to be sold on the roadside as snacks - I did take the picture but I didn't eat any birds!!
Nicolas and I have been busy travellingDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-53576433446089476732015-07-12T20:54:00.001+02:002015-07-12T20:54:33.588+02:00Visitors and visiting....
Hello everyone,
Well, what a month its been, with seminars and visitors! I am quite exhausted! I went to Nkhoma which is in the central region as I was invited to have a look at some early childhood centres and give them some advice on the way forward. It was an interesting couple of days!
Its time for Presbytery meetings and they are every weekend until the Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-19734269154039274032015-06-07T21:30:00.000+02:002015-06-07T21:30:20.267+02:00Comings and goings.....
Hello everyone,
Time flies when you are having fun!!! I am not sure about the fun but the time is really flying and keeping up to date with the blog is becoming a challenge! Today I am in Lilongwe and have spent the past 4 hours trying to upload the pictures but the network is really slow!
Lots has happened since my last post. We had a strategic plan review meeting for Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-16930591599753120112015-04-12T13:41:00.000+02:002015-04-12T13:41:25.911+02:00my happenings.........
Hello everyone,
I hope you had a blessed Easter time. We had lots of Easter celebrations in the church the whole of Holy Week! The service on Easter Sunday was a real celebration of the risen Christ.
Before the Easter break we had a Board Meeting for Early Childhood Development. Our Board Chair, Rev. John J Gondwe was appointed Moderator Elect last year and so cannot holdDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-45973509851619271232015-03-22T20:43:00.002+02:002015-03-22T20:43:45.537+02:00Hello everyone,
I was privileged to be invited to Blantyre Synod at the end of February for a couple of days to discuss with their Education Secretary about Early Childhood Development in their synod. I met with Rev Moyenda Kanjerwa, the Deputy General Secretary and was treated like a queen for the few days I was there. It was lovely to see what is happening in another synod and alsoDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-34360924655099146492015-02-21T21:11:00.001+02:002015-02-21T21:11:16.369+02:00Training...........
Hello again,
Although its been some time since I posted the last update, time is flying past and its been really busy. We had a couple of days where we brought some of our ToT's together to help us in a taskforce to make additional modules for our caregiver training. One module is on caring for the environment and the other one is about spirituality in our ECD centres and how we Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-82397223299856727372015-01-03T13:17:00.001+02:002015-01-03T13:17:42.996+02:00Reflections on 2014..........and looking forward.............
Hello and a very Happy New Year for 2015!
I have had a relaxing time over the holidays and have had a time of reflection as I reach 20 years in Malawi this year, and ponder about what next!!
Looking back on 2014, its been a really busy year with many times of joy and some times of sadness too! I thought I would put a few pictures from each month which represent some of the Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-17600291450548139762014-12-04T17:52:00.000+02:002014-12-04T17:52:19.935+02:00Christmas is coming.....
Hello everyone,
Much has happened since my last blog post so I will just give a brief update. In October we worked with a local Community Based Organisation providing training for 4 of their Early Childhood centres - it was a fun time and I hope things are working well for them now!
Some of the parents and children
Ernest - one of our Trainers!
October is beautiful Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-31310953759631759042014-09-28T11:58:00.000+02:002014-09-28T11:58:19.037+02:00Synod meetings to farewells.....and visitors in between!!
Hello everyone,
I cannot believe it is so long since I last posted. I have thought about it but have either had no energy or no time!! Lots of things have been going one which is great but days fly past and it will soon be October!!
We had our Synod meeting at the end of August in Ekwendeni where the outgoing moderator, Dr TPK Nyasulu gave an address on being an alien in a Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-91672229323414682582014-08-11T21:10:00.001+02:002014-08-11T21:14:47.963+02:00Time off............
Hello everyone,
Time is flying so fast these days! It is a month since my last post and yet it seems like yesterday! I had some time off which was great as I was tired and needed a break. It can be lonely here when it comes to holiday time as I don't have anyone I can go on holidays with........my holidays are generally when other folk are working! However, I took Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-27471809213438531012014-07-13T15:12:00.000+02:002014-07-13T15:12:03.882+02:00Blessings...........
Hello everyone
I can't believe its a month since I last posted on the blog - its been a really busy time with the blessings of many visitors passing through!! Its that time of year!!
The three students who were with me spent their last few days in the north in some of our ECD centres - here you can see at our CCAP International Pre-school in Mzuzu where it seems you climb up a slide Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-72513333860690220412014-06-18T19:58:00.000+02:002014-06-18T20:27:34.946+02:00From Presbytery meetings to visitors.......
Hello everyone
Seems like so long since I have updated the blog........the days are just flying past!!
This is the time of year when all the Presbytery meetings are on - we have 24 Presbyteries and every weekend three neighbouring Presbyteries meet until the middle of July. As Head of Department, I am meant to travel to each Presbytery and present a report on Early Childhood Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-33739347422326110572014-05-25T17:52:00.003+02:002014-05-25T17:52:55.030+02:00What a fiasco!Hello everyone,
Thank you for your get well wishes, I am feeling much better thank you!!
As I write, there is total chaos in the country after our tri-partite elections which were held last Tuesday. It seems there has been some vote rigging and there was chaos at the poling stations due to not enough materials, and some people were still voting two days later! Then when it came to Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-26546545155306051052014-05-04T19:22:00.000+02:002014-05-04T19:22:06.001+02:00Blessings..........
Hello everyone
(I wrote the first part of this after Easter but didn't manage to finish it so its a long blog..........hope you don't get bored!!)
I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend! In Mzuzu it rained continually day and night and my garden was like a river......on Easter Sunday I was wading through the water to get to church. Easter celebrations begin on Friday in churchDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-75040219702021968412014-04-16T11:35:00.003+02:002014-04-16T11:35:49.218+02:00Blessings at Easter....
Hi everyone,
Its been a few weeks since my last posting and you will see that I have been kept quite busy - I just never seem to have time to sit down with a nice cup of tea and relax........
As I said in my previous post, our trainers are doing volunteering practice and so either Nicolas or myself visit them at least once during the month they volunteer in a centre. Kamoza is in a nice Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-14605884132259769372014-03-23T21:09:00.001+02:002014-03-23T21:09:32.891+02:00
Hello everyone,
Its been a busy few weeks since my last blog. Nicolas and myself have been out in the field quite a bit and will be for the next few weeks too!
We had a workshop in Ekwendeni with the ToT's (trainer of trainers) and it was the first time we were all together since I came back to Malawi.
Unfortunately we had to let two of our ToT's go as they had not Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-3471783609750249582014-03-02T14:08:00.000+02:002014-03-02T14:08:01.049+02:00Back to life as usual.........
Hello everyone,
I had hoped to write the blog last week but time just seems to be passing my by and I never have a chance to sit down and write. For about a week we have had heavy rains almost every day which is good for the crops but not great for taking photographs although I did manage one or two!!
Before I came back to Malawi, I had been contacted by a student from South Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-8119712655114562902014-02-10T22:44:00.000+02:002014-02-10T22:44:14.380+02:00Back to Malawi........
Hello again after a long break!! I have been in Ireland on home assignment speaking in many churches and PW meetings. I did enjoy it most of the time although I have come back a bit bigger than I left - which is why people are saying - 'you are so fat, and so white'...........just to make me feel good!!
This is Northern Ireland from the air - I left on a beautiful sunny day Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-24352200888600171692013-08-17T18:24:00.001+02:002013-08-17T18:24:15.681+02:00Work and holidays combined!
Hello everyone,
Have had a great couple of weeks - time is flying past so quickly! Started out with training in Champhira Presbytery which was down this lovely African road!
Mloyiso is our trainer in this Presbytery and this was his first attempt at organising a workshop - he did really well and you can see here the participants - some of whom walked 14 kms just to learn about ECDDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-67546193469648997122013-08-03T20:16:00.000+02:002013-08-04T17:36:20.840+02:00Training and more training!
Hello everyone, hope you are enjoying the summer holidays!!
Here it is the cold season and boy has it been cold this past week with very heavy rain in Mzuzu (too heavy for the time of year). I have been busy since the last blog - because I am going for deputation in September there is so much to do to leave............
Have been out and about a lot as we have much training happening Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-87876461467112811672013-07-20T16:22:00.000+02:002013-07-20T16:22:02.112+02:00School holidays............but not for me!
Hello everyone and hope you are enjoying the weekend! Once again I have had a busy time.
A few months ago I mentioned that one of the volunteers from Europe who assisted us in building a nursery school at Nkhata bay was killed on the road. She had come with a friend and that friend returned home to attend the funeral. She came back for 2 weeks to finalise things here Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2088392651004801039.post-30696555169824821352013-07-07T15:25:00.001+02:002013-07-07T15:25:46.647+02:00Independence day...
Hello everyone and hope you had a good week! I had another busy week but it was fruitful at least!
On Monday Nicolas and I went to Msiki again to check if the centre was open - it was closed, so we went to find the caregiver and see what was going on. This granny (Agogo) met us and told us one of the caregivers had gone to the hospital with a relative but that the other one (the Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350063347293792418noreply@blogger.com1