busy as usual..........

Hello everyone,

Its been another busy week - the beginning of the week was extremely hot even for me and I love the hot weather.  Then in the middle of the week we had a thunderstorm and some heavy rains - it rained in Mzuzu for a couple of days and this has cleared the air - the temperature has come down a few degrees!!  Its lovely to see the dust washed off the vegetation and everything looks new again!

During the week Nicolas and myself went to Enukweni to meet our trainers, Frank and Freeman.  Before we went to the meeting we took the opportunity of visiting the nursery school there.  We found one caregiver with 40 children. She had no resources as there had been a Presbytery rally in the church and some people had been staying in the vestry where the nursery school meet, and they had stolen all the resources!!  Her fellow caregiver was also sick.  What a job!  

On a positive note however, the caregiver was really enthusiastic and the kids obviously loved her.  Here you can see her singing a song with the children outside (due to lack of space inside).  It was really hot that day and the children were outside for about an hour with us and yet there was no water for them to drink.........

Nicolas enjoyed the time and he played some games with the children too!!

The inside of the building where the children were!!  Health and safety is not an issue here.

Beside the church where these children meet, a new church about twice the size is being built.  One of the children ran off and was in the middle of the building site and the poor caregiver was horrified when the workmen shouted at her!  Looking after 40 children is not joke!

On Saturday the PTA at our own school in Mzuzu decided to do more fundraising towards our new school building.  I am struggling to find finances to finish this building, and also struggling to find time to deal with it.  The function was well attended and I await to see on Monday how much money they raised.  By the look of things everyone was having a good time.  These three girls were so busy dancing and showing each other new moves!  It was really quite funny!

Due to the rains and the hot sun, the PTA hired a tent from the army.........

The Head teacher was the Master of Ceremony and she did a brilliant job!!

 Kids on the bouncy castle having fun!!

Apart from that we were busy preparing for workshops that are coming up in the next couple of weeks.  I also spent a couple of hours in the bank on day waiting for a cheque to be cleared.

We have received a new minister at our church, Rev. A M Phiri who was in Chitipa.  This is good for our congregation as we always have the moderator as our minister and because of duties, he was never there!  So we are hopeful that the spiritual life of the congregation will grow with our new minister!

Wishing you a wonderful week of blessings,

Diane