whew....what a week....

Hello and greetings from a beautiful sunny warm day in Mzuzu!!

This has been quite a busy week with one thing and another as usual! It was a pleasure at the beginning of the week to spend some time with Peter Turton, the minister from my home congregation where I grew up in Armoy! We spent some time visiting nursery schools so that he could see what we are trying to do in Early Childhood in Malawi.

Can you spot Peter??


While Peter was here, we visited our school project which is coming on well. The plastering inside has been completed and here you can see the verandah at the front being plastered.

The plumbing............

Today, Friday is the close of the school year here in Malawi and we had an end of year celebration for our pre-school here in Mzuzu. Yesterday the children were busy practising the activities that they were going to show their parents and guardians. Here you can see one of the children teaching Fidelis, our volunteer teacher.

Here another child is busy practising with her friend in preparation for the big event!

This morning the children sang and danced as they crossed the road to the hall where the function was taking place.

Waiting for their turn.........

Yesterday's practice paid off as you can see the same activity as the picture above in action! It made me very proud to see how the kids can teach the adults!

Dancing and singing for the visitors...............

Unfortunately, we said goodbye to two of our staff members - here is Fidelis who is a student at Africa Bible College and is a volunteer at our school, receiving a gift from teacher Gift!

and Mary on the left, who has been filling in for a maternity leave, receiving her gift from teacher Enala.

Mrs Msowoya was our head teacher and she retired at the end of June on health grounds, so after the function today we went to visit her and present her with gifts from parents and staff. Here you can see her on the right accepting a gift from teacher Alice.

and..... no show without punch!! Yes, its me giving Mrs Msowoya one of the gifts. The picture is a bit shaky but it was a first time for the photographer so she did well!!

So, its been a busy week but very rewarding when you see the children performing so well for parents and guardians. Our guest of honour told the parents that the children were a gift from God and that they had a great responsibility to bring them up in the right manner.

I hope that you have had a great week too and I wish you a blessed weekend.

Diane