Oct 17

Oct 17

Today was a lazy day. we intended to go to town and get sissors and needles and thread for the womens project tomorrow but its mothers weekend here so all the shops are closed.

We are also running out of food in the house, its been three weeks since we have gotten transport to go grocery shopping. We have had soupy left over rice all week, and as of now, the only real food we have in our fridge are 2 cans of powdered cheese, milk, 1 can of creamed corn, 2 cans of baked beans, a bag of frozen veggies and a pack of ground beef. no bread, no sugar, just a lot of chocolate and snacks from the team my dad came on.

I have been sitting all day trying to write my essays for scholarships. I loath writing. Hate it. So now I am going to take a break and watch greys anatomy (which successfully downloaded after 15 hours per episode) its only 631 MB, so I cannot even imagine trying to download a movie!

We packed one suitcase the other night for returning home. I plan on having a fundraiser for my trip next year sometime in the spring. The details of exactly what I plan to do are still stewing so I will inform you when they are concrete. But part of the night includes a silent auction of handmade items from Malawi. The other week, I went to the wood market, where little “shops” line the whole block. We go here to get to know the shop owners frequently and know most of them by name now. Well I felt God saying that this day I should share business with all 100+ shops. So I went to every shop and said I have 500 mk (3 US dollars), what can I buy. well, I got lots of little trinkets from all of these shops. These items will be used for gifts and fundraising when I return home. So we packed those up.