And now there are 3!!
The 6 of us had a lovely meal out in Lilongwe last night talking about our experiences and favourite memories of the past week. We were surprised and humbled to hear Fr. Chunda say that it has been one of the best weeks of his life and that he has enjoyed our company so much, as well as the singing and dancing. To us it feels as though he has just been running after us all week - he has certainly been the perfect host. Eric presented him with a Glenfiddoch miniature and hip flask and a laptop for the parish. Last night he tasted whisky for the first time ever.
We gave him a night off as our chauffeur and used taxis, which was quite an adventure for the men. As we ladies climbed in to our comfortable taxi a total boneshaker came spluttering round the corner to pick up the guys. Fr. Chunda had a go at the driver asking if he thougt his taxi would make it to Nelly's to which the driver took great offence saying, "Are you disrespecting my taxi?" Anyway it did make it back with smoke coming from it and a very strong smell of petrol!!
This morning we got up before 7am to wave off Paul and Anne on their Zambian Adventures and I'm just about to go the airport to see off Frances and Ally. It's quite emotional (even for me!) saying all these goodbyes after becoming so close to everyone over the past week but I'm definitely in safe hands with Fr. Chunda. For those of you who are more concerned about my health and wellbeing than I am, you will be glad to know that Fr. Chunda has insisted that I move in to Eric's room in the the preists house for the rest of my stay rahter than staying myself in the house next door.
The firstt group will just have arrived home in Scotland by now. Sorry to hear about your drink embargo at Amsterdam!
Looking forward to hearing from you all soon.
Bernadette
Hey Berni,
ReplyDelete8 of us got home safely, with all luggage returning to us without damage. lol
ALL OF OUR DRINK WAS TAKEN OFF OF US THOW LOL!
Just to tell you that i thank you so very much for picking me to go and it was a life changing 10 days.
We all got on so well together and we all strengthened our friendships with one another ad i will never forget them!
Lookin forward to going back to the school to talk to them about our journey and our experience. bugsy top year group! lmao
This trip has changed my outlook on life and iff their was another opportunity for me to go out in 2 years time - i would be overly enthusiastic to get on that next plane!
thanks for a wonderfull time and i will miss the country of malawi until i see it and its inhabitants again!
Michael Northcote xxx
p.s update me on how you get on!