Hello there, peoples of America....mostly Mississippi.
My week has felt pretty uneventful, so I haven't blogged, but I'll bring you up to date on this lovely lazy Sunday afternoon.
Let's see...Monday and Tuesday we had orientation for all us newbies. This consisted of things like telling us how to reach campus security, how to change a lightbulb (not really), what to do if we we're in a wreck, how to figure out who on earth the person cleaning our house is and where she came from, where and how to get money, how not to use the internet and most importantly how many drugs we can get without a prescription at the clinic. Orientation also consisted of a brief history of ABC and what we're about here, as well as some important cultural and linguistic aids. Overall it was a quite a good two mornings, and they even fed us a traditional Malawian "Christmas Day sort of meal". It was delicious. Basically consisted of Grilled chicken, nsima (somewhere between grits and mashed potatoes), rice, and mustard greens. I ate it all. Yep, even the greens. Ima be a true southerner when I return home. (Irony? I think yes)
Wednesday was a day off. Demonstrations were planned in Malawi, and then cancelled, but everyone was cautious anyway, so the whole country pretty much slept in and watched tv all day. Joke! But really- it was pretty quiet, and we took a rest day too. I read a book for class, Aly took a nap, etc. It was a much needed break. Thursday and Friday I worked on lesson plans all day. Saturday we had new teacher orientation, and I finished lesson plans that afternoon. That evening (last night) they had a braii (basically a cook out) on campus to welcome all the new freshmen to the college. It was pretty fantastic. And we talked to our newest friend Samuel (he's Malawian) for a while on the way home. He also helped lead worship at IBF this morning, which was neat because he'd been telling us how much he enjoyed playing guitar and piano and singing.
Basically, that's been our week. The girls also made a shopping trip, but you'll have to talk to Aly about that adventure. I stayed home and worked on lesson plans.
Thanks to all of you back home for praying. We truly feel your prayers and will need them even more as we start school bright and early at 7ish tomorrow morning. (I'm still confused about when we have to be there...hmmm)
Love you folks! I'm sure I'll have much to tell this coming week as classes begin!
My week has felt pretty uneventful, so I haven't blogged, but I'll bring you up to date on this lovely lazy Sunday afternoon.
Let's see...Monday and Tuesday we had orientation for all us newbies. This consisted of things like telling us how to reach campus security, how to change a lightbulb (not really), what to do if we we're in a wreck, how to figure out who on earth the person cleaning our house is and where she came from, where and how to get money, how not to use the internet and most importantly how many drugs we can get without a prescription at the clinic. Orientation also consisted of a brief history of ABC and what we're about here, as well as some important cultural and linguistic aids. Overall it was a quite a good two mornings, and they even fed us a traditional Malawian "Christmas Day sort of meal". It was delicious. Basically consisted of Grilled chicken, nsima (somewhere between grits and mashed potatoes), rice, and mustard greens. I ate it all. Yep, even the greens. Ima be a true southerner when I return home. (Irony? I think yes)
Wednesday was a day off. Demonstrations were planned in Malawi, and then cancelled, but everyone was cautious anyway, so the whole country pretty much slept in and watched tv all day. Joke! But really- it was pretty quiet, and we took a rest day too. I read a book for class, Aly took a nap, etc. It was a much needed break. Thursday and Friday I worked on lesson plans all day. Saturday we had new teacher orientation, and I finished lesson plans that afternoon. That evening (last night) they had a braii (basically a cook out) on campus to welcome all the new freshmen to the college. It was pretty fantastic. And we talked to our newest friend Samuel (he's Malawian) for a while on the way home. He also helped lead worship at IBF this morning, which was neat because he'd been telling us how much he enjoyed playing guitar and piano and singing.
Basically, that's been our week. The girls also made a shopping trip, but you'll have to talk to Aly about that adventure. I stayed home and worked on lesson plans.
Thanks to all of you back home for praying. We truly feel your prayers and will need them even more as we start school bright and early at 7ish tomorrow morning. (I'm still confused about when we have to be there...hmmm)
Love you folks! I'm sure I'll have much to tell this coming week as classes begin!
Allison, HEY! :) I just wanted to let you know I am praying for you and the work you are going to be doing. I knew you were heading out but didn't realize you were already there! I ran across a picture of you on Jill Kyser's blog! So now when I pray for one of you I can remember to pray for both of you! :) I think what ya'll are doing is awesome and I just wanted to take a second to tell you I'm praying for you.
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