May 2009 Pics

Traditional dance by students at Namasalima Primary School

Thomas on Zomba Plateau

Monday nights is nsima and stew! Yum!

Students looking into a classroom

Josiah loves hockey - notice blue stick (Leafs fan)

Thomas insisted on carrying the back pack on a hike

Family fun at a place where we had lunch

Caleb on top of Zomba Plateau

Bug bite season is in full swing!

5 little bunnies born in April

Grasshoppers - just like in the movies!

A picture can’t really do justice to the actual experience but it’s the best I can give you. A couple weeks ago we had hundreds of grasshoppers flying around after dusk and through the night for a couple nights.

It was just like out of a book or movie about the plague of locusts brought on Egypt in the bible. These grasshoppers likely weren’t as big but they were everywhere! They were attracted to the lights inside the house so a number of them got into the house and were jumping and flying around. Our mosquito nets now also served as grasshopper nets as well! Just another bug adventure in Africa…

Our cat enjoyed trying to catch them and add to her supper!

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.

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.

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.

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.

January Pics