Feb.18-21 Thursday was a good day working in centers. Group time had a few good moments. The children are learning slowly to come together and share. Friday was the last day of the 2nd quarter. The parents came early to get papers that the children had completed during the term. At the end of the next quarter we plan to have the parents to visit in the classrooms the last hour of the day and see how the children are using the learning centers. After school Miriam and I planned to make learning centers in her classroom during our vacation time between quarters. The teachers helped go through some equipment that needed to be sorted for the school. We ended our day by holding hands in prayer thanking God for Ebenezer School and asking for His blessings on the children and us as we work with them. We also asked for His blessing to be upon all the families and us during our 2 week vacation. Saturday we had Lawrence, assistant at Ebenezer School to knock on our door. We invited him in for tea. He shared some of his life with us and asked for an advance in salary until Tuesday. (That’s an issue dealt with often, sadly). Naomi and Fenne came for tea and brownies. Then 4 young workers from the Guesthouse came for tea and brownies. In the afternoon 7 of us in truck went to Lilongwe to the grocery store and to the bank. We had pizza in a nice restaurant before returning home. Picked up 2 men walking to Nkhoma. We saved them a very long walk in the dark. Electricity was out when we got home. Sunday we walked to church in pouring down rain. Had a good crowd for rainy day. We borrowed a computer to look at a movie this afternoon.