Today some of the children brought coloured pencils and crayons. It made life a lot easier. One boy, Ernest, went to a shop and bought a Mickey Mouse art kit. It has crayons, paints, pastels scissors and a ruler. This is a boy who goes all out. This same boy told me that there is a public swimming pool. I need to go find it. I’d love to swim a few times a week.

The kids went for gym this morning. When they came back, one boy, Madalitso, gave me a hug. You know I love the spontaneous hugs. After his hug I got two or three others. That made the day better.

Yesterday morning I woke up to find the biggest cockroach I’ve ever seen lounging in my kitchen sink.

Almakio came and killed it only to tell me that it wasn’t that big and there are others in our house. This thing was the size of my thumb. I thought that was bad so I went to town to buy some powder for killing them. Unfortunately I was unable to find the “Blue Death” I was looking for. I bought some insecticide that plugs into the outlets. Unfortunately the plug is not the same as the outlet. Why would they sell a product that does not work in this country? I have to go back to town to buy an extension cord with an adapter for that kind of plug.

Last night I was sitting enjoying a piece of bread with peanut butter and honey when something suddenly appeared in my shirt. I screamed and whipped off my shirt (luckily I was wearing 2). It was a cockroach. IN MY SHIRT. No this is not good.

That is the news from Malawi this week. I am in better spirits now having had a productive weekend and having seen my friend Denis. It was nice.

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