Awoke early morning to the sound of silence, no ESCOM no fan
no sleep. As I lay there cooking in my own juices I thought great thoughts of
yesterday.
The day starts with me, Rackson and his brothers and Wyatt
in the front room where I read the Proverb of the day and a section of John to
start the morning right. It is a good way for them to see/hear English and
improve their ability to translate when visitors come. We were in the planning stages of the day and
had been trying to get hold of Joseph in Ntcheu all last evening and early this
morning and were beginning to worry and so was Harry as he was to go up and
spend the rest of his time there with the new construction.
While we were eating our nsima, bacon and toast Harry
called from the Fullfords and said Joseph called with a borrowed phone as his
was lost; we had new plans for the new day. After breakfast we went to pick up
Harry, Sarah along with Sheila, Wyatt, Rackson, Grace and last of all me. The van
was getting full but not full enough. We added 15-20 one gal. cans of paint.
Harry’s suitcase and a hula hoop. Now we were ready.
We took the Zumba road north from Njuli for four long hot
hours, hours that were full of laughing, singing and many, many tall tales of
past adventures. Rackson had a thumb drive full of Redeemed, Kurt LaBouve along
with the 4 Blind Boys of Alabama. We made several water stops or I should say
Fanta stops which meant we would get Coconut Biscuits (aka cookies). Life is good, God is
good.
We arrived at a little after high noon and lunch was waiting
for us. Rice and goat with bread and sweet butter and cold drinks. Joseph has a
very nice house but it is traditional living-no furniture so we sat on mats on
the floor, at 70 the floor was a long way down for me and longer getting up. I
used the fly method I crawled up.
Just a side note if you ever plan coming to Malawi and need
a generator don’t, I repeat don’t shop with Rackson you will go nuts. He will
haggle over 5 kwacha (nothing) all day. He got a great generator at the VERY
best price but I would have folded my tent and went home a long time earlier in
the day. To say he is frugal with the Lords money is an understatement. More
later, love and miss you all.
Because of the cross,
Bro. Chuck and the gang
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