Tuesday 20

Monire

Today was our last full day in Mzuzu. The morning was spent doing last minute shopping and saying our final goodbyes to the staff at St. Peter's Primary and Secondary. Bernadette handed over 100,000 kwachas and a lap top computer from St Matthew's Academy. The money will help to purchase very much needed textbooks while the lap top will be put to good use for admin purposes. In the afternoon in the lounge of the La La hotel we met up with the 6 students who came to Scotland in March to reminisce about their experiences. Each of the students recorded a separate video message for each of their host families back home in Scotland. They also produced several short films about their experiences which we hope to make use of during Malawi week in St Matthew's. It is very hard to express in words how great the impact the trip to Scotland has had on them; as a group they have forged such a strong bond of friendship with each other. We wish them well with their studies and hope to keep in touch. In the evening as a big thank you to Fr. Chunda, Fr. Joseph and Petros, the seminarian, we took them to an Indian restaurant, the "A1", in Mzuzu for their 1st taste of Indian food (perhaps not the best idea since we were travelling south the next day). The food was excellent with no after effects the next day; we certainly would recommend the restaurant to anyone staying or visiting Mzuzu.

Paweme

Paul, Bernadette, Celia and Anne