a week by the lake...

Hi everyone from a wet and miserable Mzuzu! This past week I have spent at Chinteche on the lakeshore at a Strategic Planning meeting for the Education Department of the Synod. The lakeshore is a beautiful place to be.......

Its the time of year for the lake flies which look like smoke in the distance. One of my colleagues was telling me that his grandmother makes a delicious cake with them!! They are very nutritious so I am told ...didn't try to see!!
Martijn is from the Netherlands and is the Capacity Development Officer in the Synod - he is a great facilitator and we had a lot of fun discussing issues from Early Childhood Development right through to University level, with primary, secondary, special needs, vocational training and teacher training in between. It was a hectic time but the time went so fast as there was a lot to do. We had some experts in the education field with us who contributed a lot to the discussion each day.

Martijn in action...



We had various sets of group work and I was leading the ECD group. Can you spot which one is me? I was writing up our findings to present to the group.


Yes.......its me!!

We were fortunate to have some school children join us for the week and this is Takondwa who was in our group. He wants to do accounts at University when he is older - he is in Std 8 - the last year of primary school.

A beautiful setting for the group work.

And some hot discussions here with Rev C Kapombe, the Sunday School director speaking......about what I wonder???

Me again speaking about ECD just for a change.

The week was very successful and we have created the basis of a very good strategic plan in the department. Of course we cannot fulfil the plan without the help of God - every morning and evening we had devotion together putting God first in everything.

Its always sad to have to leave the lake and step back into reality in Mzuzu where we met torrential rain and rivers on the roads. A good week by all accounts. The photo at the top is the entire group who attended the workshop.

Off early in the morning to collect Fiona Innes who is coming to work alongside me in Early Childhood Development. I am looking forward to working with her and learning from her knowledge from the West!

Next week don't expect a blog as its study time again.........I am going for a week of classes so will catch up when I return.

Wishing you a blessed week.

Diane