I made it and I'm safe. On our flight from JFK, Whitney and I thought we wouldn't get to sit together because our letters weren't together and there were four people in the middle and we were both on the edge of the middle. As it turns out, we were on the only row that only had two in the middle so we got to sit next to each other and have some extra space. Our flight seemed like it would never end. There were personal TVs that had tons of movies on them that we could watch. I watched four and started Princess and the Frog before I got sick of watching movies. I also slept a lot which didn't help with my jet lag. By the end of the flight I was sick of movies and sleeping and sitting and everything else and I was really stiff.
South Africa was fun. We found a store in the airport called Out of Africa that had some cool stuff and we got our pictures with a guy made out of beads. I'll send some pictures later when I have more. Whitney also has a blog at http://whitanini.blogspot.com/
When we got into Lilongwe and through customs which took forever because we were the last in line. That was a common theme for everything. We met up with Akim, Ken and Moses and some other people. Akim drove us to SAFI while we just tried to stay awake. I didn't find a welcome sign to take a picture next to so I guess you'll just have to deal with hand made ones all over our hostel :).
The kids here are adorable. Every time they see us walking around they run up to us and hold our hands. They know a little bit of English and mostly speak in Chichiwa (or whatever language it is). We are learning
a little bit. I know how to say, "Hi, how are you." "I'm fine," and "snake" except I just forgot what that one. We already have meetings and things to go to this week but I only kind of know what they are. I
just plan to follow Emily for the first few days. We have a meeting with the Nutritionist tomorrow and on Thursday there's farmer training that we are going too.
Malawi is very small. On the way to SAFI I learned that there is one paved road and I really can't tell where cities begin and end. It was fun to see all the people. I saw lots of babies strapped on Mom's back and people carrying stuff on their heads. Lots of the women also were sarongs too which means I can have fun.
Anyway, I can't think of anything else that you're missing out on. Dr. Steele will be here on Wednesday
South Africa was fun. We found a store in the airport called Out of Africa that had some cool stuff and we got our pictures with a guy made out of beads. I'll send some pictures later when I have more. Whitney also has a blog at http://whitanini.blogspot.com/
When we got into Lilongwe and through customs which took forever because we were the last in line. That was a common theme for everything. We met up with Akim, Ken and Moses and some other people. Akim drove us to SAFI while we just tried to stay awake. I didn't find a welcome sign to take a picture next to so I guess you'll just have to deal with hand made ones all over our hostel :).
The kids here are adorable. Every time they see us walking around they run up to us and hold our hands. They know a little bit of English and mostly speak in Chichiwa (or whatever language it is). We are learning
a little bit. I know how to say, "Hi, how are you." "I'm fine," and "snake" except I just forgot what that one. We already have meetings and things to go to this week but I only kind of know what they are. I
just plan to follow Emily for the first few days. We have a meeting with the Nutritionist tomorrow and on Thursday there's farmer training that we are going too.
Malawi is very small. On the way to SAFI I learned that there is one paved road and I really can't tell where cities begin and end. It was fun to see all the people. I saw lots of babies strapped on Mom's back and people carrying stuff on their heads. Lots of the women also were sarongs too which means I can have fun.
Anyway, I can't think of anything else that you're missing out on. Dr. Steele will be here on Wednesday
Glad you are safe and all is going well. Thanks for the blog update. Glad you could go. Love you, Pops
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