Day 4

After some peer pressure from Mr. Nyambalo, Fiona agreed to attend the early morning English service. She was the first to arrive at church at 7:30 with the service eventually starting at 8:00am (Malawi time).  Although there were only 5 people at the service she enjoyed reading passages from the bible, offering a prayer for the collection and evening singing an accapela solo version of Praise My Soul the King of heaven.  It was a great experience.

In between the services, Fiona managed to get a couple of good conversations with Mr. Safari and Mr. Nyambalo which has given the trio some food for thought for their return to Scotland. 

Soon after, the kilted Brigade arrived much to the delight of the growing congregation.  Two and a half hours later and after much dancing, singing and worshiping, we returned up to Likhubula House only to turn back an hour later having had time to eat our packed lunch. 

We met with the village chiefs in the afternoon for a much longer meeting than we anticipated. However, it was an excellent meeting which truly demonstrated the support of the chiefs and indeed their effective working relationship with our Steering Committee.  Many ideas were bandied about and we look forward to sharing them with our own Committee when we return. 

The only disappointment from today was the RAIN!  While in our meeting, there was a torrential downpour and we suddenly thought we were back in Scotland.  It is still raining now but we are hoping this will clear for tomorrow when we head to Blantyre and Mulanje for further meetings.