Back Home

Well after a short week in Bowe I prepared to fly back to the USA.

There was not much going on during the week until Thursday.

I was in my room packing and not doing much when I heard a guy calling my voice from outside.  I got up and went out and he told me to go unlock the clinic because the people from the Ministry of Heath were there to inspect it.

So I rushed over and unlocked it just in time for Big E to show up with the people.  I had not had time to change so I went back to my room and put on some nice clothes and went back and talked with the people.

Big E took them through each room showing what each one was made for.  They made their recommendations for things to improve but overall they were very impressed with the clinic.

This was great to hear and is one step closer to making it an operational independent clinic.

Friday morning we left for the airport and I started my timer at this point.

Big E dropped me at the airport and I just did the regular travel thing and hopped on the plane.

We went from Lilongwe to Congo to Ethiopia.  From there we switched planes and went from Ethiopia to Rome to Washington.

When we landed in Washington I stopped my timer and it was just over 24 hours.  This made me happy because it was a quick flight for me, compared to the one which I took the previous time.

I had a 7 hour layover in Washington so I took advantage of that and went into the city and walked around checking out different buildings.

Finally I hopped on a plane back to Dallas where Kellie (sister) and Araceli (girlfriend) were waiting for me.  We went home and I took a nice hot shower and we went and ate and then called it a night.

Although there is relaxing time here there is still a lot which needs to be done.  I am not sure when I am going back to Malawi but it will be in no more than 3 weeks.