Day 2

Looking back quickly to the airplane ride...

Me and Renee before our long flight!

The airline gave us free toothbrushes and toothpaste! I definitely used it...twice.

Me and Renee after the flight!

It was oh so long! But we look pretty good for how long it was!

Alright, enough about the flight, I just wanted to make sure there were some fun flight pictures in the mix. Oh, and yes we are both wearing tie-dye, and no we did not plan that.

 Today has been a good one. In Tennessee, the frogs usually are the surrounding noise when you are about to go to sleep, but here in Africa, it's the mosquitoes that buzz around your head that keep you awake, or comfort you to sleep when you get to that point. Good thing I have a mosquito net! With out it, I would probably have been bitten to death! Woke up in the morning to the roosters crowing and after breakfast, we went on a walk to explore more of the land owned by NuSkin and SAFI. These little boys were waiting for us and ready to explore with us!

Some of the cute escorts I was telling you guys about.

 On our walk, we would pass friendly faces and wave at pretty much everyone. The little boys would hold our hands, and sometimes when I had a free one, I would take pictures of the beautiful area. After you take a picture of the boys, they usually want to see it, so I showed them their photo. One of the boys motioned that he wanted to take a picture, so I let him. It was a really good one of everyone walking behind us. Emily was telling me that sometimes if you let them use your camera, they will set you up with all of the other kids to take pictures. Photographers in the making right there.

So pretty! I love Malawi!

 This building is full of little surprises, like the water not working frequently, so washing your hands, flushing the toilet, and taking a shower is often not an option. Solutions: I have hand sanitizer, we don't flush until the water is working, and we deny ourselves of showers until the water in the tank fills up. Hence, I still have not showered since Saturday morning. Don't worry, no one here worries about that too much. And we're pretty sweaty all day anyway even in their fall/winter season.

The building I live in.

 My room is pretty big for one person after living in a small apartment and sharing a room in their...even though I don't have a closet, or any furniture, this room makes me very happy...especially the mosquito net.

Here is my room!

My window would not close all the way, and so Emily had a brilliant idea of stuffing toilet paper in the cracks so that the mosquitoes and other bugs would not get in. My windows are going to stay closed because there is no way I am going to use more of my precious toilet paper. I survived last night without any mosquito bites, happy as can be! It's really refreshing to go to bed a little after the sun goes down, and then wake up when the sun comes up.

Lately we have been going to meetings and we met with Esther and will be teaching a lesson to the families in SAFI tomorrow morning with a translator. I am excited for this experience!