Received an awesome slip of paper yesterday from a company called "Watchdog Security".. they are this amazing security company that carts their workers around in full riot gear in the back of pickup trucks... They offer basic security as well as "added" security.. Yesterday we received this paper.. On it , one of the services they offer is they will "Door to Door Patrol and wake up your security guards at different times"... Only in Malawi... You can pay 50$ a month to wake up the guards you already pay...
Michelle was on call yesterday and worked at the hospital until about 10 30 last night. Sad stories abound.. In her absence I caught up on my MASH season 2, while the kids were able to catch the American Music Awards 24 hours later... I don't miss the ridiculousness of these shows... My father would curse at the television if he witnessed the level of inappropriateness on these shows.... He would flip to another show immediately, but usually always ended up back to the thing that he found inappropriate .. As long as he vocalized his disgust, it was ok.
We have our turkeys for Thursday, now we just hope for snow!!! Thanksgiving isn't really celebrated here, so it's business as usual.. We plan on having several people over for dinner that night... so preparations will begin tonight.. The turkeys are normal size.. so no giant turkeys stuffed with steroids here.. Nor do we have a deep fryer.. Too bad.. I've never been a big fan of the thanksgiving holiday, but knowing I will miss out on the huge amounts of food and delicious drinks and family(in that order of course) .. We are missing home.. We are debating whether or not to take off for the lake on Saturday..
Many thanks to those people who have shared their well wishes and donations to the cause here and the hospital.. It's amazing, greatly appreciated and greatly needed.. We are so fortunate back home..
Below are a few photos.. The frog was found outside my classroom yesterday.. Many have told me it is poisonous.
The video is of the giant fruit bats that come out above the Catholic Cathedral.. We were leaving church and were greeted with thousands of bats.. The video doesn't do the scene justice.. the bats were huge and there were plenty of them.. Not much else to report. Hope everyone is doing well back home. It's incredibly hot here... feels nothing like thanksgiving.
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| Apparently a poisonous tree frog |
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| A security company that will wake up your security Guards!!! Only in Malawi |
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| Taking in the AMA's 24 hours later |
