Interns

Our global (from the U.S.) and National (from Malawi) interns arrived last week, and now my summer family is complete! We spent the week familiarizing ourselves with one another, and spending time in the village, Mgwai, where we will do most of our work this summer. It is so exciting to finally be together with all of the people I have only known through emails for the past 4 months.
We have been going to Mgwai daily, and already have significant relationships with children and a few families. There is a school in Mgwai that was started by a Canadian organization, and it has been closed since April because of funding. They have agreed to let us use three classrooms, so we will be teaching grades 1-3 this summer. We went to the school last week and it was trashed. The desks were overturned and they were full of broken chairs; it was very sad. I decided we should go during the weekend and get it all cleaned up for Monday. We went there on Saturday afternoon and there was a little boy, age 12, there to meet us. He took me into the classroom by the hand to show me what he had done. He and another little boy had been over there all day cleaning and setting up the classrooms! Such a blessing. Needless to say, the kiddos are ready and excited to get started on Monday!
The interns are having a great time, and are overwhelmed daily by the things they are seeing and hearing. It is such a blessing to watch and learn about what God has planned for our group. It refreshing to see young people eager and willing to serve and are open to God's plan for them. Honestly, I was not sure what it would be like to work with college age kids, and I am loving them.
I know my blogging has been sporadic, at best. I am, however, updating on Facebook daily and have uploaded a bunch of pictures to give you a glimpse of my life here. If you are not a Facebook user, please sign up to keep in touch!
Much love-
AB