My neighbor is moving into a new house so Charles (and me, some days) are helping to move bricks from the place where we burned them to the new house.
This is me at a wedding, can't you tell? You dance around a big plate and toss in your money. The bride and groom sit in chairs off to the side and try to look at unhappy as possible.
Clement and Charles playing on my front porch
Charles. Love the purple pants!
This is my agogo (grandfather) sitting on top of his grain stores. You can't tell, but he looks quite smug!
We found this guy walking around the Lilongwe market--in bright red ski boots! I just HAD to take a picture.
Clement (in red) and Charles learning how to play with yo-yos. This lasted all of two days because they weren't really that great at it and I got tired of rolling up yo-yo strings every two minutes.
Apparently people in Malawi love to pop bubble wrap too!
There are lots of people close by at my new site: Jen, Caitlan, Danny, Cathy, Joe, Tim, and our new site mate Danielle. So we get together every few weeks and have a party! It's a lot of fun and a great way to relax without actually leaving the village. This week we made mexican food complete with homemade tortillas (you get really good at making everything from scratch in Malawi).
Caitlan (my closest site mate) and I have tea in the tea house at least once a week. Thankfully it's a really cheap form of entertainment.
Sharpevale Crew (well at least when the Payne's were here). Don't we look smart (and clean in this picture if I do say so myself)
I decided you really need to see what cooking nsima looks like. This is me making porridge which you pour in about half the flour, cook 10 minutes, then pour in the other half and stir like crazy so you don't get any lumps. I eat dinner with my family next door every week on Tuesday nights--it makes me feel like I'm actually part of a family. I get to learn how to cook nsima and its lots of fun just to hang out.
Once it is cooked you have to spoon it out into patties. You dip the spoon in water so the nsima doesn't stick. This requires hands made of asbestos.
This is Clement, Charles, and Mordy eating dinner. We all eat together on the grass mat.
This is my favorite meal in Malawi! Whole-grain nsima, pumpkin leaves with groundnut (peanut) flour, and white beans with lots of tomatos.
Jen is taking her chickens back to her house via bicycle.
Jen's mom came to visit and we go to see the Guli WamKulu! I got to see some spirits that I had never seen before!
This guy was on stilts! 
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