Dear Mr. Grott

Both Piliran and Noah are members of the local Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) - a religious relic from Scotland's historic association with Malawi (David Livingston reached Lake Malawi in 1859).

 This Sunday, the CCAP choir - known as 'the Holy Ladders to Heaven Choir' - will launch their CD to a congregation of around a thousand. The Vice-President of Malawi was due to be the guest of honour, cut the ribbon and give the keynote speech.

 When Piliran told me that the Vice-President had pulled out at the last minute, I jokingly said that I could pretend to be the Prime Minister of England and attend as the guest of honour instead. Yesterday morning, Piliran handed me a letter, signed by the Chairman of CCAP, inviting me to do just that. He has assured me that he has communicated that I am not, in fact, the Prime Minister, but I think they were desperate.

 Piliran has written me a speech, which I am in the process of tweaking...
The invitation letter
The draft speech

4 comments:

  1. Unknown9 October 2014 at 02:51

    This has made me chuckle so much! Please ensure somebody is there filming you whilst you're giving your inspirational speech. In my eyes you're on the same level as the VP anyway. Loving the blogs, joanna xx

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  2. Unknown18 October 2014 at 07:45

    This is hilarious Mr Grott!! One David is as good as another - it never rains but it pours.

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  3. Unknown11 November 2014 at 15:41

    Please tell me you delivered that speech word for word...

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