Early June 2006
As I am typing this, the first of the work party (Geoff, Leanne & Gretah Gray & Kevin & Julie Lee) are arriving in Lilongwe, Malawi, soon to be followed by Mick Newton & David Woolhouse. I spoke with Robyn last night & you have no idea how excited she is to have all these people coming to visit & help! She sounded like a kid on Christmas Eve, waiting for the big day to arrive! Kristi Van Es, who has been with Robyn for most of the last 3 months, has finally said goodbye to Robyn & her Malawian friends (welcome home Kristi!). Kristi will be putting something together for the next newsletter which will be fantastic. Naturally, Robs was feeling very sad to have to say goodbye to Kristi after having her there for so long. And she said she was glad the work party were on their way – it was going to help with the inevitable feelings of loneliness & homesickness. When I received the content for this newsletter (& I’ll have you know there were 16 typed pages of it!) Robyn told me she was a bit worried about you all having to read it – there haven’t been any flash floods or car accidents since the last newsletter - & she’s worried that after all the action reported in the previous newsletter you might get bored with more ‘normal’ reading! I assured her that wouldn’t be the case.
