Monday, April 20, 2009

April 2009 Pics

Many flowers are coming into bloom...
Thomas


Lego has been worth its weight in gold!


Easter Egg Hunting...


Sarah going into the local bakery.


Carrying wood to sell on the Zomba Plateau



Goin' for a walk.


Carrying 40L of water (and baby)!



Boys at one of the Shallow Well sites.










Wednesday, March 18, 2009

March 2009 Pics

A common site on the Zomba Plateau, this man is carrying wood that he will use for firewood or will cut and sell the wood.

Thomas getting ready to take a leap!

This swing is made out of one complete used tire.


This is a well packed pick-up - people, luggage and bikes on top!


Pumping water out at one of our completed shallow wells.


These four kittens were just about a week old when we took this shot.


Josiah


Going for a hike in the jungle!


Same hike with Obylix (sp?) the dog - not our dog.

Carrying firewood on the back of a bike.


Caleb finishing his school swim race.




Monday, February 16, 2009

February 2009 Pictures

At a completed Shallow Well with Victor, one of the Water Dept. Staff

Gettin' stuck in the muck!

The ever-serious Caleb...


Thomas responding "yes sir" or "yes mam" to every parental request.



The birthday boy -Josiah's already 2 years old!


Washing hands...




Carrying a 50kg bag of cement (with a baby on her back!)


Candlelight (not by choice) bedtime stories.










Tuesday, January 20, 2009

January Pics

Putting the cover slab on a shallow well.


A woman carrying her baby and two pots of sand to mix with cement at a shallow well site.


This is the Domasi River in late December - this river becomes just a trickle in the dry season.



At a river by Mulanje Mountain.
The boys going for a dip at Mulanje.


Who needs a mini-van!?




Thomas and his new flashlight.



Josiah and his new "motorbike".



Caleb and nice new black Spider-Man socks (Opa would be proud the way they are pulled right up!)



The three boys in the Zomba Botanical Gardens.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Monday, December 15, 2008

December Pictures

Thomas and classmate Wongani in a class play called Happy Hat Land.
Thomas with Rosy our rabbit.

Starting to dig a shallow well.



Playing soccer in the village.
Rain is a comin'!

Preparing the cement cover slab for a shallow well.



Woman carrying firewood back to her home.











Loading stones for shallow wells.




Caleb singing in the end of term assembly at school.