Out of all the times I have apologized on here for being late on a post now is the biggest one. It has been some serious time since I have posted on here.
There have been two things which have happened since the last post which has consumed all of our time:
1) We took a trip home for a wedding
2) We changed jobs
Earlier this year I was asked to be part of my friends wedding. It sounded like a great plan. As time progressed since we got back here in April we did not put much thought into it because we did not think we would be able to make it.
Around this time though there was also the transition which we were making to our new jobs.
So the last post was a couple of weeks before we left for the states and everything turned into a whole rush. We got to see some family when we were back home but not really that much. It was just a lot of speed and stress and before we knew it....we were gone, flying back to Malawi.
On our way back though we missed our flight in Canada and had to catch a later one and ended up spending a night in Ethiopia. Which did not turn out to be a bad thing. The airline put us up at a nice hotel and we ended up hiring a driver and running around Addis Ababa seeing all sorts of things. We went by and saw our old friend Lucy and also got to go sort through some different trinkets.
When we got back to Malawi we transitioned to the new site which was about 150 km away. And since then we have been learning the ropes of the new organization.
It is a different world out here. The president/director is from Texas and he brings the flavor of Texas here. The entire site is a sustainable development. There are about 30 buildings out here, a lot of them are healthcare related. There is a high focus on sustainable development here.
All of the buildings are run off of renewable energy (solar panels and wind turbines). They have their own wells drilled here and supplies all the water here. Along with that there is a huge agriculture program which helps feed the people here and 5 fish ponds which are used to breed thousands of fish which are sold to the community.
Along with this though there is quite the responsibility which is put on us. And ever since we have returned from the States we have been learning the ropes. I brought along a pedometer with me and without trying I get about 10 - 16 miles in of walking each day.
But we are enjoying it here. I am enjoying the new job and so is Araceli. We currently have 9 buildings which we are working on. Although we will not get all of them built this year we will get all of them up to slab level before the rains come, and then next year will continue building them.
So there has been a change of pace now but we are excited to be part of this new adventure. We continue to appreciate everyone's support back home.
There have been two things which have happened since the last post which has consumed all of our time:
1) We took a trip home for a wedding
2) We changed jobs
Before leaving Malawi, pegging site for excavation
Earlier this year I was asked to be part of my friends wedding. It sounded like a great plan. As time progressed since we got back here in April we did not put much thought into it because we did not think we would be able to make it.
Heading back home for the wedding
When June came around though we found out that we would be able to go back home for the wedding. This made us get really excited and getting home to see everyone would be great also. Around this time though there was also the transition which we were making to our new jobs.
Heading back to Malawi, this was while we were in Ethiopia
The trip was to come back in August and we conincided that with the transition to the new job. The new job though.....was still in Malawi. We signed on with another organization here called Child Legacy International.
At Child Legacy, we poured the slab during the day but the temperature dropped so we had to stay while it cured. It happened to be quite a cold night so we rounded up some branches and lit a fire
Making our way through the banana orchard
When we got back to Malawi we transitioned to the new site which was about 150 km away. And since then we have been learning the ropes of the new organization.
Looking at the newly poured slab for staff housing
All of the buildings are run off of renewable energy (solar panels and wind turbines). They have their own wells drilled here and supplies all the water here. Along with that there is a huge agriculture program which helps feed the people here and 5 fish ponds which are used to breed thousands of fish which are sold to the community.
Along with this though there is quite the responsibility which is put on us. And ever since we have returned from the States we have been learning the ropes. I brought along a pedometer with me and without trying I get about 10 - 16 miles in of walking each day.
Araceli next to another building we just finished building the foundation walls for
So there has been a change of pace now but we are excited to be part of this new adventure. We continue to appreciate everyone's support back home.
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