End of Lilongwe training

Thursday's training was all about first aid in the morning with girls trying to make slings, trying out the recovery position and particularly enjoying practising hitting someone 'choking'. At lunchtime we got to go to one of the girls houses and meet her family who were all really friendly. The afternoon was all about the promise, with some Malawian songs thrown in.

Last night we had a power cut whilst making tea, so ended up drawing pictures, playing cards and singing along to the iPod for a while. Our hosts then made us tea when the electric came back on as our food had turned to mush.

Before training on Friday we got to go to the mill to grind some maize which was needed for lunch. Walking through the village we saw loads of market stalls selling everything from tomatoes to coffins. In today's training we had about 45 girls from brownies to rangers, so we played lots of games, sung songs and made a few crafts. The training ended with a lovely closing ceremony where the girls did lots of marching and singing.

After training we were taken to worship at an open air fellowship which was amazing! We were sat in front of the congregation and introduced as special guests. Ruth was given a bible and was really afraid she'd have to choose a passage to read. The service involved lots of singing, clapping and some very unique fast praying. We were given a microphone to introduced ourselves but thankfully no one was made to read anything! This was a very exciting experience and gave us a proper taste of Malawian culture.

We finished off an amazing day with a Chinese - can't complain about that.

Lots of love, team Malawi. X