A Travel Diary In Photos...

Bambo ndi Mayi
*I love that the word for "Dad" is Bambo!

Posing infront of the Baobab tree...

At the tea plantation... ymmm!

In the village ... Mom loves to take pictures!!

Lunchtime in the village! Goat and nsima...

Of course Dad liked it more than Mom!

Lake Malawi... the most beautiful place I've ever been!

Safari time!! We had hippos standing on our front porch during the night!

Sunday afternoon fun... football with the kids...

Cooking nsima with friends...

Eating nsima with friends...

Mom and Dad made new friends as well...

Of course I took way more pictures than this! As soon as I can, I will try and upload them to Flickr. But, I didn't want to deprive you any longer!!

We're Still Alive!

Just to cut down on all the hate e-mails that we are getting for not updating my blog while my parents are here... I figured I would say a little somethin. (just joking... my mom is freaking out that people are gonna be offended by that last part).

All is well... EXCEPT THE INTERNET!!

I would normally be more conscientious about updating regularly and such... but, I have been going whole days without even turning on my computer lately. This is unheard of for me! Times are really tough.

We have barely let our feet hit the ground since they have arrived. Without getting into details, we have seen:

Hippos
Crocks
Birds
Amazing views
Unbelievable freshwater fish at arms length
Gorgeous sunrises over Lake Malawi
Tasted tea straight from the tea plantation
Visited an orphanage that a friend of mine runs
Fallen in love with little Malawian kids (and the occasional Germans)
Survived a day in the Blantyre market
Clinched our seat belts while praying for God to save their demon possessed son from his driving rampages

... and that's just the first few days!

Still to come...

We will be heading down to one of the villages that I work in on Monday to see a different side of Malawi. Mom is sweatin' bullets over this... little does she know that this is only the beginning of the sweat!!

When the internet gods look down on us in favor, I will be sure to add a little more for the viewers.

To show you how bad the internet truly is... I am actually putting up a post without a photo! I think this may be the first time for that...

Much love to everyone... I promise I'm keeping them alive and kickin' (pray for a little less "kickin")

They want to thank everyone for their prayers!!

Look Who's Comin' to See Me!

They are here safe and sound!

Now it's time to pray for jet lag... it's a killer!!

Well... If you ever read the comment sections of any of my posts, you probably picked up on the fact that my mom and dad are coming to visit me!

In fact, they are in the air right now, zooming across the Atlantic on the world's longest flight (no joke... 18 hours... Washington DC to Johannesburg).

I am really excited to be able to share some of my experiences with them and have my mom do some cooking for me!!

Please keep them in your prayers as they travel. Pray that all their bags will arrive so we don't have to worry about that.

Welcome to Malawi Mom and Dad!!