A real dolly mixture...

Hello again from a Mzuzu that is slowly beginning to warm up!
Here is a picture I took a wee while ago when I was out walking with a friend. It is the dam just outside Mzuzu. It's very peaceful and it's quite difficult to believe that the city is just 5-10 minutes away. It's lovely to be able to find nice places to walk that are not too far away.

I really enjoyed a visit from Jim and Ruth Campbell from Northern Ireland. I think they were enjoying the beautiful sunny weather. They also brought me some lovely shortbread from my Mum and it was good to share it as I had not done any baking that week!

Jim and Ruth



I have enjoyed seeing a bit more of the Northern Region over the past few weeks. This is the view from Chitimba church, not too far from the Gorodi Road that goes up to the mission station at Livingstonia. The views are quite beautiful.

Back to the lakeshore near Nkhata Bay and again the colours of this beautiful region change quickly over the space of a morning...

I would love to be able to paint some of what I see but I just settle myself to taking loads of pictures!

Today I went to my local Girls' Brigade company at St Andrew's church. There were about 30 girls there today and I was told by the captain that there some girls were missing because it was the school holidays... A slight understatement as when I asked how many were in the company during term time she told me that there were 240 girls registered!!

In the last blog posting I asked you to pray for Malawi. Thank you for your prayers. The planned demonstrations on August 17th were postponed to allow dialogue between the government and civil society organisations. Please do continue to pray for this land as things are not yet resolved. Life is not easy for people here as the cost of living is increasing rapidly and fuel continues to be a challenge. However this week I had the experience of driving into the local garage, filling my car and then leaving in less than 10 minutes... (A nice change as the last fill of the tank took 2 days)

Wishing you a good week and to all my teaching friends wishing you a great start to the new term!
Blessings
Fiona