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. Unfortunately her work ethic continued to deteriorate
and I had to send her a message telling her to vacate her job immediately. On Monday, she failed to prepare breakfast for the children. In fact, she wasn’t even at the Day Care centre when the
children arrived for breakfast. Kelita was home sick with malaria. The following day Mabvuto went back to ensure things were running smoothly. He found Maemory sharing food with a friend and her
friend’s baby. I wrote to her telling her that the food is for the orphans not for her friends. Upon receiving this note Maemory told Mabvuto she’d go and take the issue up with the people at Social
Welfare. We both thought this was fine since the S.W. people don’t pay her salary and would be furious at her recent behaviour. They have very strict rules about how the centre should be run.

Meanwhile MP found two pieces of land for me. They are side by side and together total about 1.6 acres. This enough to grow maize, beans and build a small building to house the Day Care. I have not yet been able to send the money. I am trying to find the most economical and safe way to send cash to Malawi. Does anyone have any ideas?

Needless to say, I broke open my bottle of “Wild Africa” liquor last night. Grade 1, back from Africa… The need was great.

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