Such a pleasure to meet Pastor Fulgensio Tembo today and hear how homoeopathy is thriving in Mzimba. He tells us how he has been using the remedies since we were last here and learning more and more about them as he sees them working in different patients. I find it very encouraging to hear that he is continuing to teach himself and lovely to spend an hour in the company of this sound man after our whirlwind arrival yesterday. We sit in the bus station, drink a soda and chat, my spirits rise and I am thrilled with the realisation that Jane and I have helped him along the way.


Pastor Lameck Ngulube is a different personality, he was HHA's first contact in Malawi, his enthusiasm brought him to Tanzania to study the introductory course with Jeremy, and Davy and I first met him in Moshi on one of his return visits. He holds this whole project together and wheels and deals and organises. It could not be done without him. He is up to his ears over the next few days trying to get everything ready for the arrival of the students, he has organised accommodation and food and a room for us to teach in. This afternoon he is sourcing chairs so we may not have to hire them.


So many things have changed in the town – the market, inspiration for all my prints, burnt down and has been rebuilt – but our room in the Gapa Rest House is exactly the same and there are scary moments when I feel we have always been here. But part of my soul hangs onto the knowledge of a cool, damp, fresh Island with no government and this is a short trip after all.