Sept.13-19
Monday Tamar made me a big pot of greens. She makes them with delicious tomato and onion sauce like Berea (Barabara’s cook) does. She used spinach out of the Morton’s garden. She made a second pot of greens later in the week out of China cabbage which also comes from the garden. I really enjoy the fresh vegestables.
I just asked Tamara to make a new pot of greens for lunch today for Imre and Andre
Vos and myself. They are staying with me at the Morton’s house from the 19th to the 22nd of September. Andre, a doctor from Canada, and Imre, a lawyer, are both originally from South Africa and have spent youth mission time in Nkhoma. In Canada they are in an area that has many South Africans, many of whom are interested in setting up a fund to help with the needs of the hospital. They suggested the Nkhoma Hospital to the Canadians because they remember the hospital from their previous stay in Nkhoma. That’s just another example of God being the great chess player! (Putting people in the right place at the right time, providing opportunities for people to do things to make a difference!)
In Africa plans change constantly as you attempt to set up an event. In the beginning the Ter Haars were coming here to dinner on Sunday, the first night with Andre and Imre. Then they decided that since Sunday was Willeke’s birthday, they wanted to go to the lake. Then I asked Barbara and Happy to have dinner with us. Jessie and Rhona offered to make a cake for us, so I asked them to have dinner also. Then the Ter Haars were still around because The Ter Haar’s relatively new van broke down on Friday and Willeke was stranded at the ABC campus in Lilongwi all day Friday. They couldn’t get the van fixed for the lake trip and were stuck in Nkhoma all weekend. I didn’t feel that I could have all 8 of the Ter Haars on top of the others. But a quick surprise birthday party was set in place for her by the mssionaries. So after church Sunday we all had a surprise birthday party for Willeke. Maralise has a visiting missionary from South Africa in her home who is going to stay there for a month while she visits her family in South Africa. We had talked about a common meal, but she thought the group would be too many. Later Sunday Jessie called to say that Isabel, who now lives with Jessie and Rhona, was on her way home and would be home before dinner. So she got invited. Then Barbara went to see Maralise, and Barabara asked her if she was coming to dinner. So Maralise called to ask if they were to come, and so I told them we had plenty so to come. We all managed and the group enjoyed each other. Imre and Andre are wonderful guest just joining in as if they part of the group. They are most helpful also.
I spent a lot of time in the Kindergarten room this week. It is difficult for those, who haven’t worked in learning centers to guide children in the opportunities to discover how things work, because they are so use to telling children, “This is the way it is done.” After working 25 years with very young children, I have learned from children that there are more ways than one to do most things. Of course, some ways are better than others and some are simply not acceptable! The thrill of seeing the excitement a child receives in DISCOVERY is well worth the agony of watching the child learn by trial and error.
When something is DISCOVERED on one’s own, it most likely will never be forgotten.
And every once in awhile a child comes up with an outstanding approach or answer that you have never tried!!! Even the two year olds at PWW taught me things.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Sept.7-12
Barbara and Happy invited me to have lunch with them after church on the 12th. They have a good garden and many tomatoes. We had lots of sliced tomatoes on toast and smothered them in a delicious cheese sauce. It was a great lunch.
School started on Monday. They do not register before the first day of school. They just expect all the children from last year to come on the first day of school. We had many coming from last year, but we do have some we must check on that did not come. When they drop out it is usually because of finances. Hopefully scholarships will be found for all of those children. Each day all week a few new students appeared. We have 3 new teachers, and they are all so very enthusiastic and good with the children. We are really looking forward to a good and happy year.
The first school building was built 3 years ago. It was wired for
electricity, but the electricity was never installed in the building. We have requested the hook-up many times and have been denied each time. This year the problem seems to be that they do not have meters. So we have instructed the electrician to buy our meter and have it registered with the company so that we can be connected. Now it seems, we need a letter to authorize the electrician to buy the meter. An electrician did do some work at our building on Friday. Our rods for curtains also appeared in the administrative office. Maybe some things are going to be done. Our printer has been placed in 3 different homes. We are very excited about the prospects that it my soon be in our building. All the wonderful books sent over this summer by First Pres., Gastonia have been put in the computer by Jessi and we have set up the library for use. We are thrilled with all the books which have been sent by the USA, Holland, and many friends.
This week was terrible busy with unexpected happenings, like having to change classrooms two days after school started. The first day of school the night watchman was taking down the tire swing which was put up on the top of the swing frame for the summer. The tire slipped, hitting him in the mouth, knocking out one of his front teeth. So I sent him to the hospital. The next day he returned to the hospital for pain medicine, but he seems better now. The first week of school is often rather hectic, and this year seems to follow right along the same path. I had Barbara and Happy for dinner last night, and I invited Adam (5 yr. old) and David (6 yr. old) Ter Haar to have dinner with us. It was a treat for the young children to have a dinner party without the older children and parents. Those three children really do enjoy each other. The two oldest Nagy children and the oldest Ter Haar are enjoying school together in Kenya, The children seem to be having a ball, and the parents are doing pretty well.
Maralise and I went to Dedza today to shop at the huge market they have there and to have lunch at Paragon Ceramics, the pottery place. We had a delicious meal of goat, potatoes and vegestables. Of course, we bought some of the pottery even tho’ we said that we weren’t going to buy.
Barbara and Happy invited me to have lunch with them after church on the 12th. They have a good garden and many tomatoes. We had lots of sliced tomatoes on toast and smothered them in a delicious cheese sauce. It was a great lunch.
School started on Monday. They do not register before the first day of school. They just expect all the children from last year to come on the first day of school. We had many coming from last year, but we do have some we must check on that did not come. When they drop out it is usually because of finances. Hopefully scholarships will be found for all of those children. Each day all week a few new students appeared. We have 3 new teachers, and they are all so very enthusiastic and good with the children. We are really looking forward to a good and happy year.
The first school building was built 3 years ago. It was wired for
electricity, but the electricity was never installed in the building. We have requested the hook-up many times and have been denied each time. This year the problem seems to be that they do not have meters. So we have instructed the electrician to buy our meter and have it registered with the company so that we can be connected. Now it seems, we need a letter to authorize the electrician to buy the meter. An electrician did do some work at our building on Friday. Our rods for curtains also appeared in the administrative office. Maybe some things are going to be done. Our printer has been placed in 3 different homes. We are very excited about the prospects that it my soon be in our building. All the wonderful books sent over this summer by First Pres., Gastonia have been put in the computer by Jessi and we have set up the library for use. We are thrilled with all the books which have been sent by the USA, Holland, and many friends.
This week was terrible busy with unexpected happenings, like having to change classrooms two days after school started. The first day of school the night watchman was taking down the tire swing which was put up on the top of the swing frame for the summer. The tire slipped, hitting him in the mouth, knocking out one of his front teeth. So I sent him to the hospital. The next day he returned to the hospital for pain medicine, but he seems better now. The first week of school is often rather hectic, and this year seems to follow right along the same path. I had Barbara and Happy for dinner last night, and I invited Adam (5 yr. old) and David (6 yr. old) Ter Haar to have dinner with us. It was a treat for the young children to have a dinner party without the older children and parents. Those three children really do enjoy each other. The two oldest Nagy children and the oldest Ter Haar are enjoying school together in Kenya, The children seem to be having a ball, and the parents are doing pretty well.
Maralise and I went to Dedza today to shop at the huge market they have there and to have lunch at Paragon Ceramics, the pottery place. We had a delicious meal of goat, potatoes and vegestables. Of course, we bought some of the pottery even tho’ we said that we weren’t going to buy.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
A child wants to help make a difference....
I spoke of Mariella Provost from Black Mountain before, the Korean missionary who along with her husband started a school similar to Ebenezer in Korea. Mr. Kim, a scholarship student to the Korean school, is the man who went to help with the dedication of Ebenezer this past June. Mariella's granddaughter, Grace, has taken on the task of helping the children of Nkhoma by starting a penny drive to help Memory, a child at Ebenezer. I wanted to share her plan to help Memory in hopes that it might provide the creative thinking for someone else to find a way to help. Thanks, I plan to provide updates on MOM's REQUEST for SCHOLARSHIPS. In his name, Lynne
Pennies for Memory
Memory is a little girl who is attending Ebenezer school in Nkhoma, Malawi. These pennies will help her go to school. She entered kindergarten in September.
Grace Drummond, age 13, from Newton, NC read “Three Cups of Tea” this summer with Grandma Mariella Provost in Black Mountain. After hearing of the need in Malawi where a school building has been built in memory of her grandfather, Raymond Provost, she decided to start collecting pennies for Memory. Memory was adopted from the Crisis Nursery in Lilongwe by one of the drivers at the Nkhoma Hospital.
Grace has also been adopted from an orphanage in Russia and is excited to see the pennies coming in to help Memory go to school. 12,000 pennies seems like a lot but it is surprising how a few pennies here and there start mounting up. Friends are helping!!!
Maybe some child, Sunday School Class or even adult can make a jar to collect change for a child at Ebenezer.
Pennies for Memory
Memory is a little girl who is attending Ebenezer school in Nkhoma, Malawi. These pennies will help her go to school. She entered kindergarten in September.
Grace Drummond, age 13, from Newton, NC read “Three Cups of Tea” this summer with Grandma Mariella Provost in Black Mountain. After hearing of the need in Malawi where a school building has been built in memory of her grandfather, Raymond Provost, she decided to start collecting pennies for Memory. Memory was adopted from the Crisis Nursery in Lilongwe by one of the drivers at the Nkhoma Hospital.
Grace has also been adopted from an orphanage in Russia and is excited to see the pennies coming in to help Memory go to school. 12,000 pennies seems like a lot but it is surprising how a few pennies here and there start mounting up. Friends are helping!!!
Maybe some child, Sunday School Class or even adult can make a jar to collect change for a child at Ebenezer.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Help Dorothy & Make a Difference in Nkhoma
Mom sent me an email to forward on to see if she can get help raising funds to make a lasting difference in Nkhoma. As I pondered her request, I decided to post part of it for you to ponder as well. I would love to help her make this desire a reality before she returns home. Please read:
I am asking for assistance in making a 5 year commitment of $6,000.00 annually for scholarships. Ellen is the only one I have signed up to support at this point. The $6,000.00 would provide scholarships for 20 children, one whole class. Except for the doctors’ and nurses’ there is no one in Malawi that makes enough salary to send a child to school. They are all poor farmers. About 1/5 of our students are on 100% scholarship, and I would like to see us get even more village children. I think it would be fabulous for our money to be for village children at the 3 year old level, so they could start with English at that age and be able to keep up with the more educated and English speaking Malawians. Barbara Nagi has said that she thinks our school will have an impact on Nkhoma in the way they think. We are introducing a whole new way of thinking and solving problems for our Malawian children in our educational process.
Mom has made incredible strides in the education process in Nkhoma, not on her own, but, with the help of lots of you. All kinds of supplies have been sent to Ebenezer Institute of Learning because of her decision to make a difference. I have witnessed miracles occuring because of the bonds of those relationships. Which has lead me to post this post. If you feel lead to help mom make this a reality--any amount will help-- please make your tax deductable contribution to:
Presbytery of Western North Carolina
for: Ebenezer Scholarships
and mail to:
Presbytery of Western North Carolina
114 Silver Creek Road
Morganton, NC 28655
Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers sent on behalf of my mother. Lynne
I am asking for assistance in making a 5 year commitment of $6,000.00 annually for scholarships. Ellen is the only one I have signed up to support at this point. The $6,000.00 would provide scholarships for 20 children, one whole class. Except for the doctors’ and nurses’ there is no one in Malawi that makes enough salary to send a child to school. They are all poor farmers. About 1/5 of our students are on 100% scholarship, and I would like to see us get even more village children. I think it would be fabulous for our money to be for village children at the 3 year old level, so they could start with English at that age and be able to keep up with the more educated and English speaking Malawians. Barbara Nagi has said that she thinks our school will have an impact on Nkhoma in the way they think. We are introducing a whole new way of thinking and solving problems for our Malawian children in our educational process.
Mom has made incredible strides in the education process in Nkhoma, not on her own, but, with the help of lots of you. All kinds of supplies have been sent to Ebenezer Institute of Learning because of her decision to make a difference. I have witnessed miracles occuring because of the bonds of those relationships. Which has lead me to post this post. If you feel lead to help mom make this a reality--any amount will help-- please make your tax deductable contribution to:
Presbytery of Western North Carolina
for: Ebenezer Scholarships
and mail to:
Presbytery of Western North Carolina
114 Silver Creek Road
Morganton, NC 28655
Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers sent on behalf of my mother. Lynne
Aug,31-Sept. 7
For the past week my life has been at Ebenezer trying to set up a library, equip 2 new classrooms for teachers, create new teaching materials.and more. .I also moved one load of things to Barbara’s hose, but before I could do the next load, I was called and asked to live for a month in Dr. David and Rebecca Morton’s house while they spent a month in Seattle, Washington attending Rebecca’s sister funeral and making plans to carry for elderly parents who had been cared for by the sister who died. I am more conveniently located to the school than ever before, and I like that. I’m learning lots about a lot of houses in Nkhoma.
Let me give you more information about our trip to Lake Malawi since nothing in particular has happened this week except for the beginning of school. Maralise and I had a lovely waterfront cottage at Nkhotakota Lodge which has a nice restaurant. The lodge owns a second place next to them that features a walk safari. We did not do the safari because the lodge was completely booked by a two year old community church for a retreat to honor new ministers in the surrounding villages. We met one of the couples attending the retret at breakfast in our lodge restaurant. We talked with them after taking a picture of the two of them, and later when we were walking to the safari lodge, we ran into them again. We were attracted to them because she was from England and had come to see her in-laws in Nkhoma. She had been in Nkhoam a few years ago and had started the work with the elderly and the handicapped folks who now are Seonhee’s Chisoma group. Maralise and I have been involved with them also.
Joyce, the English lady, was one of the leaders of the retreat. She invited us to join them for awhile. We got there just as an elder of the church fron Milwaukee spoke on the Parable of the Soils. He, a Milwaukee farmer, talked about outstanding characteristics of the different soils from a farmer’s prospective and related it all to us as ministers to the unchurched. He did an excellent job. They gave 22 Chichewa bibles to twenty- two new ministers. It has been enlightening to hear about and actually participate in so many different types of ministries that are taking place in spreading the Kingdom of God in Malawi.
Yesterday, September 6, was our first day of school for 2010-11. That day was as horrible as they get! It started with having to send our night watchman to the hospital because as he lowered the tire swing from the swing frame, it dropped and hit him in the mouth, knocking out his lower front tooth. He was instructed to take two days of rest. So we will see him gain tomorrow night. New students showed up. It’s amazing how many very young children come to school alone. It’s nice this seems to be a safe community. The new teachers needed more attention than I had thought they would need All the same old problems of every first day of school were encountered The children had a good time, but Jessie and I were exhausted by the end of the day. There were just so many new things for all of us new folks to deal with and no old timers to rely on! Today Willeke joined us.in teaching. The day was a 90% improvement over yesterday, and we are looking for a good day tomorrow. s
For the past week my life has been at Ebenezer trying to set up a library, equip 2 new classrooms for teachers, create new teaching materials.and more. .I also moved one load of things to Barbara’s hose, but before I could do the next load, I was called and asked to live for a month in Dr. David and Rebecca Morton’s house while they spent a month in Seattle, Washington attending Rebecca’s sister funeral and making plans to carry for elderly parents who had been cared for by the sister who died. I am more conveniently located to the school than ever before, and I like that. I’m learning lots about a lot of houses in Nkhoma.
Let me give you more information about our trip to Lake Malawi since nothing in particular has happened this week except for the beginning of school. Maralise and I had a lovely waterfront cottage at Nkhotakota Lodge which has a nice restaurant. The lodge owns a second place next to them that features a walk safari. We did not do the safari because the lodge was completely booked by a two year old community church for a retreat to honor new ministers in the surrounding villages. We met one of the couples attending the retret at breakfast in our lodge restaurant. We talked with them after taking a picture of the two of them, and later when we were walking to the safari lodge, we ran into them again. We were attracted to them because she was from England and had come to see her in-laws in Nkhoma. She had been in Nkhoam a few years ago and had started the work with the elderly and the handicapped folks who now are Seonhee’s Chisoma group. Maralise and I have been involved with them also.
Joyce, the English lady, was one of the leaders of the retreat. She invited us to join them for awhile. We got there just as an elder of the church fron Milwaukee spoke on the Parable of the Soils. He, a Milwaukee farmer, talked about outstanding characteristics of the different soils from a farmer’s prospective and related it all to us as ministers to the unchurched. He did an excellent job. They gave 22 Chichewa bibles to twenty- two new ministers. It has been enlightening to hear about and actually participate in so many different types of ministries that are taking place in spreading the Kingdom of God in Malawi.
Yesterday, September 6, was our first day of school for 2010-11. That day was as horrible as they get! It started with having to send our night watchman to the hospital because as he lowered the tire swing from the swing frame, it dropped and hit him in the mouth, knocking out his lower front tooth. He was instructed to take two days of rest. So we will see him gain tomorrow night. New students showed up. It’s amazing how many very young children come to school alone. It’s nice this seems to be a safe community. The new teachers needed more attention than I had thought they would need All the same old problems of every first day of school were encountered The children had a good time, but Jessie and I were exhausted by the end of the day. There were just so many new things for all of us new folks to deal with and no old timers to rely on! Today Willeke joined us.in teaching. The day was a 90% improvement over yesterday, and we are looking for a good day tomorrow. s
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Aug.21-30
Thanks, Dan for assuming that there were scheduling problems with the computer. It certainly is less convenient to use the computer since I no longer live with Jessie. Jessie is wonderful to bring the computer to me. With school starting next week I will be seeing her every school day and hopefully that should help me to keep up with my blog. Another problem is that the internet is often down. Not knowing when the system will decide to cooperate, it is difficult to schedule when one can get on the internet. It seems that between 5 and 6 am is the best time to be successful. You just go to the computer lab and hope for the best. We keep telling ourselves TIA (This is Africa). I think Barbara is glad that I am going to be living with her because she can’t leave Happy in the house alone to go to the computer lab that early since the older girls have both gone to school in Kenya. We all have computer problems!
Our new Kindergarten Teacher, Esther, moved into a house in the village last Monday and has been at the school doing all kinds of jobs every days since then. She is so enthusiastic and such a big help. I really look forward to working with her this year. Rebecca, our new teacher for the three year olds arrived Friday. She will come this week to get her room set up for September 6th, our first day of school. Gift, our teacher for the 1st and 2nd grade combination class. will begin teaching on October 1st. Willeke, a primary school teacher from Holland, will begin teaching that class with an assistant teacher. We hope the assistant will be a volunteer from NC. Grace Boyer is checking on that for us.
Last Monday Linken, the carpenter spent the entire day with me at the school. He fixed classroom doors that were sagging and hard to open. He also fixed four cabinet doors, He converted 3 wall hangings for me into 6 trays with molding on all four sides to hold sifted sand for the children to practice writing the alphabet or short words. With a slight shake after finger writing in the sand, the surface is clean for more letters. It’s as good, if not better than, chalk and chalkboard! Linken built shelves for the library and started making cabinets and tables for the two new classrooms. Hopefully. we will get rods up this week for the curtains.
Jessie is going to be an assistant Principal helping to set up the library, and to teach the teachers and the children how to use all the modern equipment that has been so graciously bestowed on us. The I pods have been a great addition to our music time. We love the hundreds of songs that have been made available for us to use in our classes. Jessie will help the children to learn to use the pointers that read the books to the children and will help the teachers to become aware of the many songs, how to use them effectively in the classes, and how to care for the equipment. The two of us were so busy this past year teaching in the classes that we had little time to help the teachers to use the materials themselves. Hopefully the next 4 months we will be concentrating on helping the teachers with teaching techniques and how to use the new equipment. Also I want to see if we can set up some training sessions for village teachers working in the orphan programs to be held at Ebenezer when our children are out on holiday.
Thursday Maralise and I went to Nkhotakota on Lake Malawi. We stayed in a lovely lodge connected to a very popular pottery. It was interesting to see the process of making pottery while just relaxing in a lovely environment on the coast of beautiful lake Malawi. Both nights we saw a full moon rise over the lake and on Saturday morning I sat on the porch and watched the sunrise over the lake while I read passages from the beautiful inspirational book, MOMENTS OF PEACE FOR A WOMAN’S HEART. We left early Saturday to explore several other popular lake front resort areas on the way home. We had a nice lunch at the Wheelhouse at one of the resorts, and we stopped at a number of roadside stands to take pictures of rice fields and to buy huge bags of rice for ourselves and friends. The area is known for its fruits; thus, we bought lots of good fruit also.
One of Willeke’s neighbors was given a wedding shower this afternoon. I sat with the children while Maralise and Willeke attended the shower. The invitation stated the time at 1:30 pm. I believe I have already told you that the being on time is any time after the stated time. Today’s shower portrays that. Willeke and Maralise knew not to be too early so they went about quarter of two. The people at the house of the party were busy as bees putting up decorations. They were told to leave and return about one hour later. Then Maralise was called on her phone and told that she was to go by the bride’s house and pick her up to bring to the shower. Upon arrival at the party they were presented a Programme, attractively done by computer which informed everyone about what was to take place.
BRIDAL SHOWER FOR
JOICE KAGWDA
BETTING MARRIED TO
MAXWELL CHILIMA
ORDER OF PROGRAMME
Master of Ceremony” Mrs. Matuta
Opening Payer Mrs/ Rev. Zeze
Aim of Shower Mrs. Matuta
Christianity in the home Mrs. Chitsenga
Home & Time Management with Family Mrs. Chitwere
Grooming Etiquette and Socialization G. Jumbe
Arrival of Groom Maxwell Chilitna
Managing Finances in the home Mrs.Chimkondenji
Communication with each other in Marriage Mrs. Toiani
Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Mrs. Msosa
PRESENTATION OF GIFTS
Vote of Thanks by Mrs. Mchepa
Closing Prayer by Mrs. Rev. Zeze
Thank you for your participation! May God bless you!
At the close of the program drinks were served and each guest received a bag of goodies which one could eat there or take with them. We are continually learning about the African culture.
Thus ends another busy week and a happy weekend. Barbara and Reynier will return tomorrow. We have one more week to get ready for the children to start school. I will probably return to Barbara’a house this week sometime.
Thanks, Dan for assuming that there were scheduling problems with the computer. It certainly is less convenient to use the computer since I no longer live with Jessie. Jessie is wonderful to bring the computer to me. With school starting next week I will be seeing her every school day and hopefully that should help me to keep up with my blog. Another problem is that the internet is often down. Not knowing when the system will decide to cooperate, it is difficult to schedule when one can get on the internet. It seems that between 5 and 6 am is the best time to be successful. You just go to the computer lab and hope for the best. We keep telling ourselves TIA (This is Africa). I think Barbara is glad that I am going to be living with her because she can’t leave Happy in the house alone to go to the computer lab that early since the older girls have both gone to school in Kenya. We all have computer problems!
Our new Kindergarten Teacher, Esther, moved into a house in the village last Monday and has been at the school doing all kinds of jobs every days since then. She is so enthusiastic and such a big help. I really look forward to working with her this year. Rebecca, our new teacher for the three year olds arrived Friday. She will come this week to get her room set up for September 6th, our first day of school. Gift, our teacher for the 1st and 2nd grade combination class. will begin teaching on October 1st. Willeke, a primary school teacher from Holland, will begin teaching that class with an assistant teacher. We hope the assistant will be a volunteer from NC. Grace Boyer is checking on that for us.
Last Monday Linken, the carpenter spent the entire day with me at the school. He fixed classroom doors that were sagging and hard to open. He also fixed four cabinet doors, He converted 3 wall hangings for me into 6 trays with molding on all four sides to hold sifted sand for the children to practice writing the alphabet or short words. With a slight shake after finger writing in the sand, the surface is clean for more letters. It’s as good, if not better than, chalk and chalkboard! Linken built shelves for the library and started making cabinets and tables for the two new classrooms. Hopefully. we will get rods up this week for the curtains.
Jessie is going to be an assistant Principal helping to set up the library, and to teach the teachers and the children how to use all the modern equipment that has been so graciously bestowed on us. The I pods have been a great addition to our music time. We love the hundreds of songs that have been made available for us to use in our classes. Jessie will help the children to learn to use the pointers that read the books to the children and will help the teachers to become aware of the many songs, how to use them effectively in the classes, and how to care for the equipment. The two of us were so busy this past year teaching in the classes that we had little time to help the teachers to use the materials themselves. Hopefully the next 4 months we will be concentrating on helping the teachers with teaching techniques and how to use the new equipment. Also I want to see if we can set up some training sessions for village teachers working in the orphan programs to be held at Ebenezer when our children are out on holiday.
Thursday Maralise and I went to Nkhotakota on Lake Malawi. We stayed in a lovely lodge connected to a very popular pottery. It was interesting to see the process of making pottery while just relaxing in a lovely environment on the coast of beautiful lake Malawi. Both nights we saw a full moon rise over the lake and on Saturday morning I sat on the porch and watched the sunrise over the lake while I read passages from the beautiful inspirational book, MOMENTS OF PEACE FOR A WOMAN’S HEART. We left early Saturday to explore several other popular lake front resort areas on the way home. We had a nice lunch at the Wheelhouse at one of the resorts, and we stopped at a number of roadside stands to take pictures of rice fields and to buy huge bags of rice for ourselves and friends. The area is known for its fruits; thus, we bought lots of good fruit also.
One of Willeke’s neighbors was given a wedding shower this afternoon. I sat with the children while Maralise and Willeke attended the shower. The invitation stated the time at 1:30 pm. I believe I have already told you that the being on time is any time after the stated time. Today’s shower portrays that. Willeke and Maralise knew not to be too early so they went about quarter of two. The people at the house of the party were busy as bees putting up decorations. They were told to leave and return about one hour later. Then Maralise was called on her phone and told that she was to go by the bride’s house and pick her up to bring to the shower. Upon arrival at the party they were presented a Programme, attractively done by computer which informed everyone about what was to take place.
BRIDAL SHOWER FOR
JOICE KAGWDA
BETTING MARRIED TO
MAXWELL CHILIMA
ORDER OF PROGRAMME
Master of Ceremony” Mrs. Matuta
Opening Payer Mrs/ Rev. Zeze
Aim of Shower Mrs. Matuta
Christianity in the home Mrs. Chitsenga
Home & Time Management with Family Mrs. Chitwere
Grooming Etiquette and Socialization G. Jumbe
Arrival of Groom Maxwell Chilitna
Managing Finances in the home Mrs.Chimkondenji
Communication with each other in Marriage Mrs. Toiani
Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Mrs. Msosa
PRESENTATION OF GIFTS
Vote of Thanks by Mrs. Mchepa
Closing Prayer by Mrs. Rev. Zeze
Thank you for your participation! May God bless you!
At the close of the program drinks were served and each guest received a bag of goodies which one could eat there or take with them. We are continually learning about the African culture.
Thus ends another busy week and a happy weekend. Barbara and Reynier will return tomorrow. We have one more week to get ready for the children to start school. I will probably return to Barbara’a house this week sometime.
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