2008 Already!

Happy New Year everyone! I know its well and truly morning 'back home', but here its 1.30am, 1st Jan 2008! Its raining, 30 deg, 82% humidity (in the kitchen), and there's whistling, cheering and music coming from next door, and everyone is in high spirits- including me :)

I had a lovely evening- we went to a south african guys (P-) place for a 'braai' (bbq?!), followed by coffee and apple and mulberry pie (yum).Then we played rummycub by lamplight (the power in his area blew a few months ago and the electricity company havent gotten 'round to fixing it yet) whilst getting delerious on the local Malawian toxic brand of softdrink called coco-pina. Half way through P- got called out to the gate and asked to take a malawian guy to hospital cos he had been 'play fighting' (yeah-right!)and sustained 2 machette wounds- one to the head, one to the face. They couldnt stop the bleeding, so P- drove the guy 15km back into Mangochi to the hospital.

We thanked our Father for 2007 and commited the New Year with prayer with some of our Yawo brothers and sisters, then went outside to let off some fireworks with/for the local youth who turned up drumming on buckets and yelling 'Happy!'. Then it started raining and we greeted everyone and headed home...wishing the drunk policeman/army dude? at the road checkpoint a very happy new year.

Ok- Ive gotta sleep cos I'm getting up in... 6hrs for interviews with 2 prospective language assistants (SO EXCITED!!!).

So happy New Year- May this year be one of growing love and understanding for others, inner joy, peace and patience (I'm getting heaps of practice on this one already!), fulfilling work and good relationships. yep.