We're coming home! Well, temporarily at least. We are headed to Cincinnati, Ohio to attend the GCE and see our family there, and then we head out for a whirlwind tour to see some of our other family. Thankfully we had saved up a bunch of frequent flyer miles and were able to get tickets to visit our grandparents, our parents (and some siblings), and our dear congregations in Alabama (all for less than $75), before heading back to Malawi towards the end of the mon...

This week is one of those weird ones... you know, you have an overwhelming number of things to do, but you have to wait to do most of them... yup, it's the waiting game/finish all the things game. Sunday we had the opportunity to go and visit with Wordsworth and Rosereen Rashid. It was nice getting to know them and their story a bit better. And Brennan was feeling well enough to join us (his rash from our trip to Mzuzu lingered most of last week; so this was a wo...

In Chichewa uzungu is the plural word for white men (mzungu is the singular). We hear uzungu. a lot. Driving down the street children will yell it as we pass. The occasional adult will holler it as well. I've decided to start responding with "uzungu? Kuti?!" Which means, "white men? Where?" We'll see how it goes. On Sunday (after Lewis made an early morning run to the mechanic to get two new tires) we picked up Lancy and Juliana Kachali and drove to Mzuzu (about ...

Sunday evening was the Passover service in our building, and, for the first time we had power and lights! We were prepared to have the service by candlelight, which would have been special in its own way. Monday morning I had my appointment at the embassy for a new passport, it was quick and efficient. My application is submitted, my fee is paid, now we wait. They seemed fairly confident it would arrive by 4/21, but if not I am to make an appointment to get an em...

Guys! We have water! No really, this is huge. They fixed our water so that it actually comes out of the faucet all the time! And! They fixed our hot water tank, so not only do we have water, and water pressure, but we have hot water. I enjoyed my first hot shower in weeks on Wednesday. It was glorious! Seriously, everything is awesome. Sometimes you don't realize how something is weighing on you until it's fixed. We spent a pretty lazy Sunday getting some things ...