Lilongwe Part 1

              Today we went to Lilongwe for the weekend. We took the truck again because the BFI van still wasn’t quite ready and the whole situation of who takes us where between SAFI and BFI is a little confusing, at least to me. There were a lot of people coming this time. We fit nine people in the back of the truck along with lots of corn and a little bit of luggage. We ended up putting almost our entire luggage in the cab because there was more room in there for it. It was a long drive to Lilongwe and we had to stop a couple times for gas and to drop people off so we would get a little more comfortable then. I ended up getting sunburned but it’s not super bad, I can deal with it.

                We’re staying in the Korea Garden Lodge tonight and it’s alright it’s a little like SAFI except there’s two beds in a room and the mosquito net has some holes in it. After checking in we went on a walk to explore Lilongwe a little. On the way there we ran into Moses who was picking up the van and then we ran into him again at Spar which is a grocery store. Later we ran into Ken at the ATMs and his driver, who is also Moses, gave us a ride home.

                We went to a pizza place for dinner because I think we were all ready to have something besides chicken. I think one reason chicken is so popular is because it’s easy to raise and lots of the people are Muslim which means they eat Halal. I don’t quite remember what the restrictions on Halal are but I know one of them is no eating pork.  

                After dinner we went to the Spar to get food for tomorrow and then to Shoprite because most of us forgot shoes to wear to church on Sunday. Then we got a ride home and just hung out until we went to bed.

Outside of our room there are two cats that fight and it can get kind of scary. When we got home after dinner I heard a cat meowing at us and he seemed like he was in a nice mood so I looked out our little window and saw a cute little black kitten so I told Whitney and she got really excited. She went outside to go see him and we came right up to her. Then the cat kept trying to go past her into our room! He wouldn’t leave. He was cute but I really didn’t want to get any weird disease or have his mom come after us because the cat fights are serious business. It’s not like when Spy is bugging Noxy, it’s an all-out turf war.

 Tomorrow we are spending the day in Lilongwe again and seeing what there is to see. I would post pictures for you all but for whatever reason; I lost them, for reals. They are gone for forever. I guess I’m going to have to download my pictures every night so I don’t lose them. You’ll just have to look at Whitney’s blog to see pictures of what we’re doing. Hopefully my new memory card will come before too long so I can have something a little more reliable. I think my memory card is wearing out.