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June 24. The last day of our first whole week teaching, and it went SO smooth. It was one of the best days in class that we have had. Anna and I were filling each other’s gaps perfectly and thinking of things on the fly. Our schedule for today was review, make hands to put on the wall with their names, age, village, and other things that they liked, and then do shapes incorporating math. Time flew by. After class, we sanded and varnished the front of the classroom doors. This is part of the projects for our class, so it was good to do manual labor to help. Some of the kids were still there, and they were absolutely intrigued by the whole process. We went to town after and got water, fabric for tassels, and of course-some snacks. Haha Sadly, our disposable film didn’t develop. They exposed the roll too soon, so none of them were developed. That’s Malawi, I guess.

Saturday! June 25. Today, we hiked Mt. Mulanje, which was a 2.5 mile hike up to a waterfall and 2.5 back down. It was such a beautiful day to hike and the waterfall was gorgeous. Seeing the mountain as we were riding in was also really cool. I tried to take lots of pictures of everything, but I was having too much time playing and enjoying the scenery. We were gone from 8am-7pm, though. We left right after breakfast, and it was a 3-hour bus ride to Mt. Mulanje. On the way, though, we saw miles and miles of tea fields. They were so pretty. Malawi is amazing!

Katlin Wohlford