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Another week and our topsy turvy world is more the same. Two weeks ago Nora and I were looking forward to a Canadian visitor over the Easter break and now we are starting to get anxious about being able ourselves to return to Canada any time soon. In Canada (and the rest of the world)Continue reading “Going Home”

We will be coming home next week. After the Canadian government announcement on Monday, it’s hard to do anything else. We feel that soon the prison will need to close to visitors, and in fact should be by now. There have been no confirmed cases of the virus, but this is little comfort since noContinue reading “The fat lady can sing now”

We had a typical trip to the prison this week. But, it started with a photo of a couple of little birds cooing on the razor wire. I used my cell phone, so the picture quality isn’t too good. For the last week or so, we wait in our truck until our escort, a guardContinue reading “Wednesday’s trip to the prison.”

On Thursday, South Africa announced its first case of the deadly virus. That’s getting awfully close to us. When I returned from my medical appointment in Johannesburg, the Malawi authorities asked me to wash my hands and they used a temperature gauge to take the temperature of my forehead. I’m not too sure what wouldContinue reading “Health”

I have been a little remiss this week and slow to think of what to write. The trip to and from Johannesburg was uneventful, but still wearying and took time from the usual schedule. The school was very nice about letting me have Friday off. In fact, when I returned today, Monday the 2nd, theyContinue reading “Anti Climax in Africa”

Yes, it’s true. I got behind the wheel of our SUV for the first time. It’s really the church’s SUV, but the ownership is in my name. Getting me on the road involved many trips to the licensing bureau. To transfer ownership, all the former owner had to do was show his fingerprint and presentContinue reading “The streets of Blantyre are a little less safe today”

Our cultural experience this past week was attending a 5 hour church service in Chichewa. It was an induction service for a new minister. The first 2 or 3 hours were not too bad, with lots of music and dancing. I figured out the scripture passage from Ezekiel, so I know what the sermon wasContinue reading “Happy St. Valentines”

It seems like every time we left the house, we needed Google to get there and back. Monday and Tuesday, we stayed in. We were given the impression that the streets would be full of protests over the release of the judgement over last year’s election. In fact, the judgement was not released until TuesdayContinue reading “Lost without Google Maps”

Groundhog day doesn’t mean much here, only in part because there are no groundhogs. We will gladly take another 6 weeks of this weather. Although it has occasionally been very wet, it is also a comfortable temperature. I think it has ranged from 20°C to 28°C for a few weeks now. On our day offContinue reading “Groundhog day in Blantyre”