There wasn't much rushing out of bed in the morning but somehow we managed get all 10 females packed and ready to be collected before all the boys. Dan told me that whilst Josh was ready at 7am he couldn't get Hugh up at all so he needed a little bit of chasing to be ready so that we could head on over to the school. Breakfast, followed by group song practise then time hanging out with the children. Ange and I spent the afternoon making a scrapbook of photos o...

When we got to school John offered me the opportunity to go with him and Spotty to the vet, it was however decided that it was it was best that none of the students came with us. Before that happened we started to practise the songs that we are performing as a whole group in the concert. It was really good to get even the ones who don't claim to sing to take part in the group song. After that we started to learn a Haka for the lunchtime performance, sadly I miss...

We are trying hard not to count down to end of our time at the Mathieson school but it is Tuesday and we leave late on Thursday night. There was some slight confusion time about car pick up times, and also Sairul was off at the airport collecting Sam who has come to work with the children in the school for six weeks a part of four months of travelling. He came here with a trip from Sutton Valance school and has come back. We are hoping that some of our students a...

This morning started like any other day with Denish collecting a car load of students and Angela to take to school. Then we waited for his return. An hour went by, and thanks to the gift of WhatsApp she had let me know they had arrived at the school, but we had no real sense of what was taking Denish so long. There was a very big hole in the road on the regular route so we were having to take a narrower route alongside the river - this is not a scenic riverside...

The day started with all of us heading over to the school in time for breakfast and then High Mass celebrated by Revd Rachel Hawes. One of the larger classrooms was once again draped with beautiful saris, the floor had been covered with plastic sheeting and rugs, the whole space looked so colourful. Rachel has taught some of the boys to be crucifer, carry thruribles (incense burners) and process. The orchestra played some of the music they had been rehearsing, a ...