voovoozalla's and cake sculpting!!

Cannot believe we are already halfway through June! We have now been here at Amano for 9 months- time is passing so quickly!

We’ve had a busy but brilliant few weeks. We had a lovely time celebrating Jon’s birthday on the 5^th. I had bought some goodies back with us from England in April- the sight of a packet of minstrels was pretty overwhelming! Haha.  The girls in the dorm had made him LOTS of cards so our mantelpiece is full! And we went out for a lovely meal at a local restaurant which was a real treat.

Last Saturday Jon went with some guys to watch a live football match in Ndola- Ghana verses Zambia. He said the atmosphere was overwhelming! Voovoozellas, screaming, shouting! Thankfully Zambia won J (photo’s to follow at some point!).

Last week one of the 6th form pupils found a dead Black Mamba snake in the bush and decided to bring it back to show us all. Wish I had taken a picture but it was sooooo long and very scary!!! These snakes are deadly. eek. 

We’ve been having great fun at T4:12- This Thursday we did a ‘cake sculpting’ competition. The youth got into teams and were each given a plain slab of cake which they had to sculpt into something creative! Was so funny and they really got into it.  Especially Mr Matt who ended up putting his face in one of the cakes.

 Jarrett and I now have our own 'youth office' and we allowed the young people to go a bit wild with the paint!

Mr Jarrett did a talk about the ‘fear of failure’ which was very apt for the young people as they are all in the midst of exams.

Yesterday we had a FANTASTIC day out as we went to visit another mission school in a place called Masaiti. It was about a 2 hour journey and very rural- out in the sticks! It is a Christian teacher training college with a model primary school on site where the teachers can gain experience. The primary schools intake is mainly all from the local village so the school fees are extremely low (the equivalent of £1.20 per month). It was so encouraging and inspiring to walk around the school, the kids were so welcoming! They also have a farm and an orchard, the idea being that the place is self-sustainable. We both fell in love with the place and hope to use this inspiration to encourage Amano. Their whole approach to everything; farming, community work, school is Christ-Centred! And you can really sense that too. There was a wonderfully peaceful and inspiring atmosphere.

We have one week left here until half term. My cousin Lauren will arrive here at the end of half term which we are really looking forward to. So we have decided to double up with collecting her and have a few days beforehand in a hotel in Lusaka to chill and have some time together.