Who put us in charge and WHY?

Sat, Nov 22, 2008

Well, we have been in charge of the orphanage for the last few days as Esther & Stephano were in Mulanje then Esther went to her village for a while and Stephano went to Mozambique. Therefore, we are in charge until one of them returns, which may be about the 28th.

We’ve gone to several markets to ensure the kids have food each day and have been spending time reading books and working puzzles. The kids have never seen puzzles before and I had to explain to the kids, even the older ones, how to work the puzzle. They are still we having trouble getting the pieces lined up with the pictures but they absolutely love the puzzle. It was a new 24 piece puzzle that Jamie brought with her and with all the use it has been given the last two days, you would think it is about 5 years old, it is so worn out. When I pulled the puzzle out, I called some of the smaller girls over to show them how to work it, the older kids took over and I had to explain to them how it worked.

I’ve also been “tasked” (is this really a word?) with typing the examinations for each class. Wow. It’s difficult enough to type up something when you know the language. Maybe I’ll learn more Chichewa this way.

We talked to Andy, our son, the other day and he mentioned that gas in the US was down to $1.66 per gallon. Erle sent us a conversion chart, which we never should have looked at. We calculated the price of gas here and determined that we are paying $6.42 per gallon!!! Oh to be paying US prices right now.

Gotta run – back to the orphanage to check on the kids. (Maybe we should run instead of driving.)