Life, or something like it.

The ambassador hosts all of the Americans in Malawi (half of which are Peace Corps) for a nice 4th of July celebration, including hot dogs and hamburgers, yum!
We celebrated Maggie’s birthday on 6 July (Malawian Independence Day) with a cake and chicken.
With the help of my friend Adam, I decided to burn the field behind my house to prevent snakes, etc from coming too close. The quote of the day was “wow, this is really easy to get started”. Unfortunately, I live in a very windy location. My fence caught on fire but I was able to prevent any major damage. The only serious damage I really caused was to my singed eye lashes, brows, and a chunk of hair. Whoops.

I fell rather ill for the first time in a while with a nasty sinus infection. Luckily I have a lovely family here who made me hot cocoa, cooked rice, and heated bath water when I couldn’t fathom getting out of bed. I’m so blessed.

And signifying the approach of my return to the States we had a close of service conference at the lake. It was probably the last time my group will have been together. We entered Malawi as 22, with 16 remaining. We painted pottery as our last “team building exercise”. I decided to go for a teapot with an acacia and baobab while Adam painted a mug tallying all the days we have spent in Malawi.

Now it’s time to get back to Laha
and this little guy.

Oh and I guess this one, too.