here i am dear lord, tasting hints of fame

well what a week it's been! i can't believe i'll be home again in 7 days, time has just flown by.

on tuesday and wednesday we went into junior academy to teach some more lessons but because it was their last week of school before a bit of a holiday they were having sports day and other fun stuff so after teaching a few lessons we decided to just sing songs and play games with the children instead which was so much fun! and all of them wanted to carry my backpack for me hich just made them look even more adorable because the backpack was the same size as one of the girls carrying it.

On tuesday night i went out with kaitlyn and liz to meet Tracy and Sarah, who are friend of friends of liz's, to teach them a little about using puppets in children's ministry and we had an amazing night.  Heard all about McKallies home for Future and Hope, which is a children's school and village that Tracy has set up just outside blantyre and we spent that long talking and using puppets that it was super late by the time we finished.

Thursday was a nice lazy day to catch up on some rest from the busyness of the start of the week then on friday we went into a village about an hour outside blantyre to do 2 good news clubs with the children who were off school.  It was the usual mix of songs and stories that we have in school but this time we also gave out toys and gifts from Operation Christmas Child boxes (giving out christmas boxes in may felt a bit strange) but it was really good to see the boxes on the other end because i have only ever packed them up before but this week i got to see the joy that it brings to a child's face to get something as simple as a tooth brush or a little 50p toy.
And i introduced myself to the children entirely in chichewa which i was so proud of.

Saturday we had a BBQ to celebrate to building of the new SIM guest house being almost complete and to say farewell to Bob Connie Seth and myself who all leave this week, so a great night was had by all.

And then today began my last sunday in malawi, and the start of my last week.  We taught the sunday school in a church about 20 mins from blantyre in a village and gradually during the lesson as more and more children saw that there were 2 azungus with balloons they all flocked over, so we started the lesson with about 10 kids and by the end had about 50 but it was really fun.

As of yet i have no idea what my last week here has in store for me but if it's anything like the last 5 i can bet it'll be full of adventure :)