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The Problem with Having “Teenage Drivers”

So, if you remember back to one of my earlier posts, we decided to part ways with Davie, our Gardener/Driver. We found a replacement gardener/driver relatively quickly but unfortunately he crashed our SUV on his 6th day of employment. It wasn’t terrible and is still driveable, so...

Lilongwe Happenings

Hello everyone — This post was supposed to go out Saturday, September 2nd but never did for some reason. I decided you probably won’t mind that it’s a little late, so I’m still publishing! It’s another glorious day in Lilongwe and I continue to be oh-so...

Nia Goes to “Big Kid” School!

Ladies and Gentleman- We officially have a Kindergartner in the family! Nia loved going to preschool, so we made the assumption that the transition to Kindy would be easy peasy. Man were we wrong! We started to notice her behavior deteriorating rapidly about two weeks ago, as soon as...

African Ingenuity at Its Best

I remember when we lived in the Philippines I was impressed by how resourceful people, especially children, could be. One of the memories that sticks with me most was from my visit to Tondo, Manila’s trash dump, where 1.5 million people lived. It was here that I truly realized that...