Friday afternoon we put on a field day for the kids of TMC.  We made the teams and figured out what games and where they were to be played.  We rounded up the kids after lunch and headed to the dining hall to get things started. We had 10 teams with 10-11 people on each team. We also assigned a group leader as one of the older kids that could help us translate and keep the younger ones under control.  We had 5 different games: basketball, soccer, balloon toss, obstacle course, and relay race.  I would say that overall it was a very successful afternoon.  After we had field day we split for about an hour and after all the preparation throughout the week we finally had our choir program.  This consisted of most the kids of the TMC.  The choir program was definitely one the most beautiful things I have ever heard.  These kids’ voices are amazing and I could listen to them everyday all day long.  They were taught “10,000 Reasons” and we sang along with them. It was so much fun being able to join in with them and to make that day that much more special for Will and Pam.  After the choir program we broke again and we had probably one of the best meals. We had PIZZA! Pam made about 6 pizzas of all sorts of kind. We all definitely left that dinner completely full! Once the sun went down the bonfire started! We all set out to the fire to enjoy some dancing and singing around the fire! It was so much fun to see the young and old dance around the fire all together and to sing all as one! Once it “calmed” down a little, different groups would sing at different times. First the girls, second the boys, than a few solos and then it was our turn.  We all circled around the fire and sang “My Friends May You Grow in Grace.”  After that Brad and Kris shared a few words around the circle.  During their words the kids tended to laugh a little bit even though it was serious words. Turns out the translator was saying everything opposite of what they were really saying so the little kids found that kind of funny! The fire died down and turned into bed time. For the second time in a row we found another rat in our room but this time IN Libby’s suitcase. It was quite a surprise.

We woke up Saturday morning, packed up our stuff for the weekend away and for some of us all of it to go home on Wednesday. We headed off to Blantyre. But on our way we took a little detour to Nyala Park. It was basically a drive thru zoo with wild animals.  We saw many Zebras, Wildabeasts, monkeys, and Impalas.  We were all hoping to see some giraffes but we were coming to an end and hopes were going down.  Finally we went down one more road and sure enough we saw one. The smart words of the day were “Where there is one there is many.” We drove down a couple hundred more feet and there they were. We saw a herd of 10 giraffes of all sizes.  We got so close to them it was almost a dream. We all took millions of pictures no worries! Finally we got to Blantyre after a long bumpy truck ride. We finally got all of our luggage and then sat down for dinner and had our famous chocolate cake. After dinner we heard the Will and Pam story, and I must say that is amazing! I could listen to it for hours straight! They are amazing people and have made this whole Africa experience feel like we are one big family!

--Bri

PS:  Just a note we will be out of range of the internet until Monday evening.  So there will be no updates or emails from us until then.  So don't worry we got eaten.  :)