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It has taken me about a week before I can write this post.  It took me a bit to re-calibrate myself to life here in Texas.

The last day (Sunday) in Kalembe I went out with Father Joe to mass.  It was in a village not too far away but the problem was that the rainy season had started.  I am sure many people have driven in mud so they know what it is like, it was an interesting trip none-the-less.

We finally reached the village and everyone was waiting outside for us.  So we parked and went in and began setting up.  People started to come into the church and sit down and the mass began.

Here is Father Joe during his homily.

There were also baptisms that day so we had a whole ceremony for that.  I think there was around 20 kids to be baptized.  I was laughing the whole time watching the kids get all nervous to be baptized.  But it was a lot of fun and we were glad to get them all baptized.

Here is one girl looking forward to be baptized.

After we finished mass the villagers cooked some lunch for us and gave us a bunch of food.  It is mango season and we got 3 basket fulls of mango's, along with a bunch of other food.

On the way home we stopped and bought some goat because we were going to barbecue that night.  We went home and finished up the night at home just hanging out.

Here is Father Livinus, Me and Father Joe in front of their new rectory.

The next day Father Joe took me to the airport and I was off.  The plane rides were not too bad but my plane from Ethiopia to Toronto was delayed 2 hours.  So we finally got on the plane and what they had decided was to skip Rome on the flight schedule so we left from Ethiopia straight to Toronto.

The great thing was that the plane was almost empty and I got to lay down the whole time across 3 seats.  It turned out to be a very quick plane trip because of that.

I made it home and my mother and I went and got a burger right afterwards.

It is not a few days after Christmas and everything here is fine.  I have not been doing much, just planning the wedding and eating as much as I can.

It turns out that after this 2 1/2 months in Malawi I lost 8 lbs. which I was not happy about so I am trying to eat a lot.  I head back to Malawi near the end of January.  I was advised by the Priests to spend time with my fiance here, so I am.

Anyways everything else is going good.  It is raining now in Malawi and the crops are growing.  We are preparing to drill more Bore Hole's this year along with other projects.

I thank everyone for their support and prayers.