Highlights of today:
6:30a - 9:00ish am: Got up, drank coffee, ate a homemade lemon scone (thanks Leanne) with homemade lemon custard (thanks Tracy), cleared new emails, zapped mosquitoes with totally cool hand-held bug zapper, checked Facebook, made scrambled eggs for the girls.
9:01ish am - 3:30ish pm: Hung around the house, sorted clothes for Annie's Closet, looked online for Olympic highlights and results, ate traditional Malawi meal of nsima, boiled egg, greens and relish, took a nap, zapped mosquitoes with totally cool hand-held bug zapper, read 60 pages of Jerry Maurer's book - From Jer to Eternity.
3:31ish pm - 6:15ish pm: Nyala Game Park (see photos)
6:16ish pm - 10:45ish pm: Visited with Greens and Paul Gill by candlelight (two hrs without electricity is not uncommon), zapped mosquitoes with totally cool hand-held bug zapper, had amazing dinner including roast chicken with stuffing, huge homemade rolls (thanks Leanne), cabbage and tomato salad, mashed potatoes and gravy, and fizzies (soda) to drink, downloaded photos, talked with Paulette on FaceTime (after electricity was restored, checked email, uploaded more photos from yesterday to Facebook, wrote (writing) this blog, will upload photos with captions, and get to bed by 11ish pm.
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Alexis can hardly contain her enthusiasm!! |
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The girls had at work preparing for the first ever Annie's Closet distribution. |
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Lots of clothes, ready to pack for Monday distribution. |
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We got out often, to see how close we could get. |
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Lots of funny monkeys. |
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We only saw one zebra. She kept her backside to us but was kind enough to look my way for a photo. |
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These guys were just chillin' until we disturbed them. |
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This Giraffe was so close and so big, I could not fit his whole self into a photo! |
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He bent down and looked into the window of the RAV 4. |
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Cooking by candlelight. |
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Playing cards by candlelight. The boy is neighbor, Benjamin, 10 year old son of Paul and Tracy Gill. |
Tomorrow: totally excited to be back in a village church, will pack up clothes for Mon and Tue distribution, and drive two hours to the Miqlat house in Limbe.