One More Thing...

So, here I am in the Kenya airport awaiting my flight to London. I have 7-1/2 hours to kill, so figured I'd sit in the Internet Cafe for a bit. :)

I forgot to include that we went to Lake Malawi the day before yesterday, which was really neat. It is very large, I'd say bigger than Lake Tahoe, but not quite as picturesque. I guess there are hippos in the lake, but usually much farther up from where we were. Monica and friends have been to the lake swimming many times, without ever worrying about the hippos. Well, guess what decided to cruise right up the shoreline that day? Yep, a big 'ole hippo cruised right in front of us. I haven't seen men in fishing boats try to get out of the water faster! They fear hippos more than we fear sharks, I think! I got a picture of Mr. Hippo, but didn't have my zoom lens on, so he's kinda fuzzy. I thought he was pretty cute though.

And we had an awesome night last night. We went back to Mtsiliza (m-SLEEZ-a), which is where we spent a lot of our time with the kids. Wednesday night is "Get together" night, where the villagers bring something for potluck, and they have some singing, and a little encouraging message from the pastor of the church. It was all by candlelight, since the village has no electricity, so it was quite an experience. The building has a concrete floor, with open windows and a high beamed roof, so the sound was just incredible. I couldn't have had a better final night!

I was very sad to leave Malawi this morning though. What an amazing time I have had! Every day was wonderful and I feel incredibly blessed to have been able to go and experience everything that I did. Every day was packed from start to finish. I am actually pretty excited about my 9-hour flight to London so I can catch up on some sleep!


It sounds like Monica will be going back to Malawi with COTN in June of 2008 (when school lets out), so I am really hoping that I can join her for that. I would love to go back and see everyone, and see how Violet is doing. Violet is the little girl we are now sponsoring in Mtsiliza, and I got to meet her. She's got SIX brothers, none of whom are sponsored, and her dad passed away, so it is surprising that I didn't sign up to sponsor all of them! ;o)

I look forward to seeing each of you soon. In fact, I brought home some goodies to prepare an authentic Malawian meal for you! We'll have to have a picture party and you can try nsima and some other African treats. No, I didn't bring home any of the mice on a stick, but I may make you eat with your hands like the Malawians do... LOL

Lots of love to you all!
~ Pam