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  Blantyre, Malawi
Monday, November 24, 2008

Today, I renewed my visa, which was a rip off because I needed to pay MK5,000 for just 5 days.  Then when I leave, I need to pay another $30 just to get out of the country.  Strange rules here.  Oh well!  I went to Ireen's house yesterday to say goodbye to her friends and family.  I had so much fun with her kids.  Sadly, they haven't got a single toy, so we played the whole day with the top to a laundry detergent bottle.  We played catch, hot potatoe, and took turns spinning it on the concrete.  I also kept them entertained with my camera.  They loved that I could set the timer and actually be in the pictures with them.  For lunch, we sat on a straw mat on the floor in the living room and ate Nsima, pumpkin leaves, and little fish (which I skipped out on).  Everyone washes their hands in a bowl of water and then eats out of one bowl in the middle of the circle of people.  They did however, give me my own plate to eat off of which was very kind of them!  Tomorrow, I am going to Mulanje with one of the Americans living next door to Open Arms.  He is doing a project for severely malnourished children.  It is called "Project Peanut Butter" and what they do is, they go out to certain 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. 

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