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  Blantyre, Malawi
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Hi.  Yesterday, I had to take Ireen to the hospital because she's been very sick for about the last 5 days and was getting worse and worse every day.  It took a lot of convincing to finally get her to go, and it turns out she has Malaria (again).  Now, I've been hanging out in her room most of the time to be sure that she's alright.  She said this time is much worse than it was when she had it just a few months ago.  Hopefully she'll be alright. A couple of returning volunteers had a party for everyone at Open Arms on Tuesday.  We had nsima, chicken, and some green leaves.  I actually ate nsima for the first time!  It wasn't bad, but it was so difficult to eat it because it looks like mashed potatoes, but you need to eat it with your hands.  First, you roll it into a little ball and then you dip it into the greens and try to make it all stick together, then eat it.  That night, the same people threw a party at Neville's house for the matrons and volunteers.  It was nice.  We had a bbq outside with chicken, rice, salad, sausage, steak and bread.  We each had to pay mk2,000 in order to go to the party.  It's about $10.  Well, I need to go to the market now to buy some fruit and other things for Ireen, so I'll try to write again soon. 

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