Day 7








My Birthday By Millie Ryan

Hey everyone, what a way to be spending my birthday here in Zambia.  Not only do I wake up every morning to be surrounded by giraffes and zebras, I also get to see the bright confident faces of young children. 
Today I coached grade 4 and 5 in the morning, I love seeing them so eager to play with the little they have.  Then I coached grade 4  on a different pitch and all the younger children sung Happy Birthday to me which was so sweet!!  We then came home and had lunch and a rest.  At 1.30 my group and I headed to a new rugby ground and coached the school Kings Park, they were very co-operative and were great at English.  After coaching, all the groups gathered and discussed our experiences.  My favourite story from the day was that Georgie got wee-ed on by one of the children!  When we got home I contacted my parents (miss you Mum, Dad, Finn and all my grandparents).  I am currently eating dinner and we are having sausage and potato and beetroot and it's delicious!! Lots of love Millie, see everyone soon!

Tournament Day tomorrow!  06.30 Depart from Eureka to beat the traffic through the city centre to the North near the National Stadium. Should be an interesting Blog tomorrow.
Chris

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  1. Diana Earl18 July 2019 at 12:26

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  2. Diana Earl18 July 2019 at 12:30

    Glad you had a lovely birthday Millie. Love from the Earls X

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  3. Anna Tims18 July 2019 at 12:42

    Happy Birthday Millie - glad you had a lovely day!

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  4. Ellie James18 July 2019 at 12:54

    Happy birthday young lady. Lovely to speak to you earlier. Miss you lots. Enjoy the rest of your trip. Xox

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  5. Monica (Tiyana’s Mom)18 July 2019 at 13:03

    Happy Birthday Millie! Glad you enjoyed your day. Miss you lots Tiyana Mom🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

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  6. Kathy18 July 2019 at 13:09

    Happy Birthday Millie a very special 15th enjoy the rest of your trip am sure you’re all learning so much about Zambia and yourselves xxxxxxx

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  7. Rob Ryan18 July 2019 at 13:12

    Happy Birthday again. I hope that you’ve had a lovely day! Very proud of you and all of Esher high team over there! Take care and have fun!

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  8. Roberts family18 July 2019 at 13:26

    Happy birthday Millie, thanks for the lovely blog. Good luck to everyone for the tournament tomorrow, can’t wait to hear all about it.
    Xxxxx

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  9. Sarah18 July 2019 at 13:42

    So lovely reading all about your adventures each evening and seeing the great photos too. Very happy to spot the smiley 'one and only' JP tonight!
    Good luck for the tournament.
    Much love to you all,
    The Horsteads xx

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  10. Emily Boulting18 July 2019 at 14:13

    Happy birthday! Good luck with the early rise! Dont forget the malaria tablets in your hurry! (Sorry)

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  11. Lou18 July 2019 at 23:48

    Happy Birthday Millie 🎉What a memorable one! Good luck with the tournament Xx

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  12. Unknown21 July 2019 at 08:44

    Great blog Millie, thank you for the updates. Hope you're having fun Tiyana.. love daddy x

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