Time flies by!

Today is the day i should be packing my bags and heading home to Australia. My flight home has been booked for this date since April this year, and up until a few months ago, i thought I'd be the one saying the goodbyes today. And i am saying goodbye- to the mt pleasant team who left today after being in Lichinga since last thursday- they were such a joy to have around. Im also saying goodbye to my friend Beth, who flies back home to Michigan after spending three months working with SIM.
It feels so good to be here- to know my time here is not done yet. And i become more and more grateful each day for what i get to experience, and who i get to experience it with.

Its been a full on few days though. Kath and I, along with Robyn (from the Mt Pleasant crew) visited our friend D's mom out in her village on Friday. It was a fun day. Although there was the slightly awkward moment when they made us food and ushered us inside to eat on our own. They couldn't join in as they're fasting because of Ramadan...awkward...
Then on sunday Kath and i drove to Namwera in Malawi. This is because every 30 days i have to leave the country because of the visa i am on.. We stayed with our friends Debbie and Arthur. It was a nice little get away. The plan was to head off to Blantyre the next morning to pick up some things but on the way we got a call from Cam to say that his language helpers dad had passed away. We turned around and headed back home. An adventurous journey which led to us almost being killed by a crazy truck driver who's back end slid out infront of our car! But thank God we made it back in one piece.
Today was the funeral for J's dad. It was a sad occassion and an interesting experience.. Kath and i were seperated from the guys and we sat with the grieving daughters for a while before going outside to see the men carry the body away. We were then ushered back inside again and given food which we ate with some of the grieving family... While everyone else in the room watched... Being an uzungu seems to give us some priviledges that i have to admit made me feel just a little bit uncomfortable!

So now its back to the normal routine. It seems since going to south africa every week has held something different and new. It's been good but i'm looking forward to getting back on track with language and the kids routine!

Thanks again for all the prayers and support!
Til next time.. Ciao :)

Below is a photo taken at the village on friday with D's daughter and brothes in law. The other photo was taken when we took a short stint to the lake to show our visitors the beauty of Mozambique!