During my last week in Malawi we went to the water board to sort out our bill. Even though we’d registered as a personal account the water board had us classed as a commercial tap. This means that the rate we pay is about 60% more than we should be paying. In [...]

There’s not a whole lot going on in my Malawi life these days. I sent the money to purchase the land via a bank wire. It was the least expensive way I could find. I’ll look into PayPal later. I’ve just set up that account.
Thanks for all of the donations. It is much appreciated. I [...]

I finally went to the bank today to wire money to Malawi. It’s my first time wiring money. I hope it arrives! I’m looking into other options for sending money. I’ve been told one can email a personal cheque. Does anyone know about this? Anyway, the money will pay [...]

I’ve been back in Toronto for 9 days now. More seems to be happening in Malawi since I left than it did while I was there!
I wrote earlier that we decided to fire Maemory. We gave her two weeks notice which meant her last day of work would have been September 12. [...]

Since I’ve been back home things in Malawi have not slowed down. I’ve spoken to Mabvuto several times on the phone and he continues to do a great job of supervising the children and the cooks. One frustrating thing has proven to be my love of sleep set against the 6 hour time [...]