It’s a long way to Lilongwe…
We are here! We left the school at 10am on Thursday 9th of June. After roughly 32 hours of travel we arrived safely in Katete. Everyone is absolutely exhausted but very excited to meet our hosts. Ryan is keeping us entertained with his fantastic understanding of the English language and Mr. Dickson’s magic hat has provided great banter too! We look forward to a long sleep and meeting the boys tomorrow.
The Warm Heart of Africa
Today we had breakfast in the newly built teachers’ house where the girls and Mrs Forrester are staying. The house is excellent. The boys are staying with Mr. Dickson and ‘The Maxwell’. Today we saw the work which all of our donations have went towards, as we saw the full workings of the water system. We cannot describe the impact which this is having on the school and the local community. John Bosco have also invested in livestock and crops in an attempt to become fully self sufficient, and are now farming to help supplement their school budget as well as feed their boys. Tonight we will be interacting with the boys and people from the local community.
Sunday – A Day of Rest
Good morning! We are preparing to get ready for mass. We are struggling to come to terms with the friendship and love which we have been shown from our friends here in Malawi. Today we will attend mass and then have some free time to organise our donations, so that we can make sure it all goes to the right place. Sunday should be a day of rest, however we are enjoying ourselves too much to even consider resting. We hope all is well back home, everyone sends their love.
So thrilled to hear about all the improvements that our donations have made. Feel proud that our partnership has made such a difference in just a few years. Great to see your photos and read your updates. Keep them coming and say hi to everyone from me. Keeping you all and the community of St John Bosco in my prayers. Mrs C x
Hi from S3 St John Ogilvie health and wellbeing.
We hope all is well.
The work you continue to do is superb.
Iga (and Alaska) says hi to Ada!!! The class are proud of your work!!!
Hi everybody glad to hear you’re all enjoying yourselves!! Please post more pics xx
Great to see you have arrived safely and the positive impact fundraising has had on our partner school. Looking forward to hearing more good news throughout your trip.
There are significant connection problems at this end, so we can only get online for a few moments at a time. So posting lots of pics is difficult. Thank you for all of your support. We are having a ball!!!
Great to hear you are all well and enjoying yourselves – looking forward to reading more updates as they come. 😀
Loving all the pictures posted so far!!! What an experience… Glad u are all having a good time