The Namiwawa Blantyre

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Balntyre, We arrived and every restaurant and cafe that was in our guide was either closed down or nonexistent
We went to bed early as we were tired from travelling.

At 3am I awoke to the light being turned on in our dorm. As my eyes got used to the light I saw 8 policemen, some in full riot gear and with Uzis standing in our dorm ...

... of good courage" to do "big things." Just a little lesson I've learned on this adventure. Lilongwe members of UCG, LifeNets beneficiaries and I will say goodbye and celebrate our short time together on Saturday night. They have taught me so much about living and working in a developing country. About family and faith. And overcoming. There are still many more LifeNets scholarship and business grant recipients. In my next and final entry, you'll see a photo gallery and list of ...

... villages and distribute this supplement which is basically fortified peanut butter, to the malnourished orphans. They are also doing research and constantly trying to make the supplement better. I will be gone with him from 5:30am-7:30pm and it should be an interesting experience. I won't be able to write again before I go home, but I will do one last entry once I'm back in the States.

... do songs and greet each other in English, then they have school where they have all of the different subjects and they learn one subject each day. After that, they have an hour of free play, then songs and games, then lunch, nap, and more activities in the afternoon. If anyone would like to make donations, here is the contact information....Please e-mail them and double check the mailing address to be sure. Orphan Care Malawi PO ...

... me. He was so cute!! Then we hitched a ride with a group of Europeans that were on a tour of Malawi. They took us 2 hours to Liwonde where we spent the night in a horrible motel. Tuesday morning we took bicycle taxis for over an hour through rural villages to get to the boat that would transfer us across the river to the safari camp. The whole was through the villages, all of the kids were ...

... they think I look innocent and would not get caught. I shut that idea down VERY quickly. Crazy people! I am officially on a reggae recording for a band in Malawi! I went into a studio with one of my friends and he had me play some keyboard for tracks a band is using. None of them can read music so I helped them out and I will get to be on a cd! I almost stepped on one of the most poisonous snakes in the country over the weekend. My ...

... season has started-which means every time it rains the power seems to go out. Not sure how the two are connected, but the power does not like the rain! I have been very busy, I am looking foward to a nice, long rest in my fluffy bed when I return home with the animals! I am also looking forward to salad and "chicken" nuggets! I keep learning more about the world which then makes me feel very, very small, but also a part of something huge. It has ...

... told me to put her down because she is very spoiled. Kande started crying before I even put her down and the second I did, she peed all over the floor! Thank god it wasn't on me. Ireen made me rice for dinner last night (using tap water), so I am really hoping that I don't get sick. There are two other volunteers here now...Thomasina from Ireland, who I already knew, and Claire from England. Thomasina is now living ...

... so we went to watch Holland vs Russia at the Blue Elephant which was a good night out, unfortunately they ended up losing. As I mentioned earlier Malawi is a very poor country. Out of the 16 countries in Africa I had been to I felt that Malawi was the poorest or one of them. We had a few volunteers who were working in an orphanage in the middle of a township and my thoughts about the poverty were confirmed by ...

... of my family. When I tell them I have two sisters, they always
ask: "no boys in the family??" and then: "Oh... I'm sorry..."
(that must be really ******* you guys...) Yep, it's 'only' girls.... hahaha



Reverse culture shock

Upon arrival in Blantyre I got to endure my first 'culture shock ...