Category: Family

The whole time we were in town we were around people with bad colds, flus and intestinal bugs. We figured it was only a matter of time before we came down with the same things. Sure enough, the day we left town the kids started to come down with bad colds and now all of […]

Here is a picture of Elias and his best friend Nelitu. Nelitu is an orphan who lives with his uncle , one of our neighbors. He and Elias spend most of their days together. Here they are building sand houses for their favorite game “bomba” (bomb). One person builds the house and the other uses […]

Every now and again daily soccer gets a little boring so Elias decided it was time for his buddies to learn some American football. “Hut, um, dois, tres…” We enjoy watching from the window. Let’s just say it is hard to recognize what we saw as being American football. The sport is complicated enough anyway […]

Callie decided to make a layered wacky cake in the shape of hearts and decorate it. Then she and Elias decided they needed to be wacky in order to eat it so they dressed up a little and had their own “wacky” party.

The latest big hit with Elias and his buddies are Matchbox cars. When they get tired of soccer (which happens quickly in this heat!), he pulls out his box of cars and the fun begins. It usually means a loud afternoon for us (lots of beeping, “varooms” and crashes) but they enjoy it very much.

While we were in Malawi we took the kids to the Museum of Malawi. One of the cool displays was of a meteorite that fell within the country. Many other parts of Malawian culture were displayed at the museum. The first picture is of Callie standing next to a traditional xylophone. The second photo is […]

Our trip to Malawi went well. One of the really beautiful sights in Malawi are the tea estates. Here are some pictures of one of them at the foot of Mount Mulanje just over the border from Mozambique. We even got to see a plane doing crop-dusting.

We are currently in neighboring Malawi to renew our passports and for a little rest and relaxation. We are enjoying the change in scenery and climate! 🙂 There are lots of nice shops and restaurants and we were able to get our truck in for some general maintenance. In a few days we will be […]

The kids said something the other day that I thought was revealing. We were talking about how people talk and the kids asked “Do we have an accent?” Of course our immediate response is to say “No”. We assume that our way of speaking is normal. It is always the others that have an accent. […]