We're back in Malawi

We arrived safely back in Malawi on Sat, March 27, 2010 with no issues. Praise God for that. All 12 pieces of our luggage arrived with everything intact!

We are staying with a friend for a few days. We had no water Saturday – Monday. It didn’t take us long to remember what it’s like to live with no water. When the water came back on, we didn’t care if we had to take a cold bath. It was worth it.
We looked at a place for us to live. It is smaller than the house we lived in before but it has hot water! I am happy. The person living in the place moves out this week so we can move in next week. It is mostly furnished so we will only need to find a few items. The kitchen is much, much smaller than our other kitchen so that will be a challenge for me but I’ll deal with it. As long as I can cook somewhere, even if it’s outside, I’ll be fine.

The international school we originally wanted to send Mphatso to was full at the beginning of this school year so we could not get her in there. Our new house is closer to this school so we stopped there to see about enrolling her for the last school term of this year, hoping they had an opening now. They do not have an opening in her grade but have one in the next grade up. We have an assessment schedule for her to see if she would be able to keep up with that class for the rest of the term.

Ray is happy. A four wheel drive minibus has been donated to Miqlat and we are allowed to drive it. He now feels like he’s driving a manly vehicle, not a mom-minivan.

Things are going well. We are trying to figure out what we need to move and get settled so we can begin doing the work the Lord has planned for us here.

Greetings to you all and Happy Easter!