Froot Loops>Fire

May 8th, 2013
Its been a week at my new site. While I do enjoy it, I do miss homestay ( the part that is suppose to be the hardest). Ummm I think homestay will be one of the easier parts....at least until I figure out how to start a fire. After one week I was able to start a fire with one match! However, God must of thought I was cocky or something because then it took me 10 matches the next meal and the next day, I just said screw it I'll make a peanut butter banana sandwich. I was only ever good at starting fires when I didn't want to anyway. In America, I've even managed to set the stove on fire while boiling water...and to think my life dream growing up was to be a fire fighter. A dream that I may still do as a volunteer. Anyways, when I was in town to stock up I found FROOT LOOPS! One less fire to start each day! I've also come to the realization that I am a pretty good cook.... when I have a cook book. The soya pieces that I loved so much during homestay are awful now. I did not pay attention when my amayi made them. My cooking skills will be good though in no time at all and I'd bet I'd be able put an Iron Chef to shame, okay wishful thinking. In other news, this past week I've dug ground nuts and I think I have the children calling me Lachero now instead of Azungu. Lachero is Rachel in Chichewa and Azungu is something like stranger/white person/ghost, I forget exactly. Since its harvest time right now, I haven't been able to meet with many people yet. Today I will be meeting with the Village Loan and Bank Cooperative and now I have a schedule of the various times and locations where many of the women's groups will be meeting. All thanks to Rose, a Malawian whom will be very helpful to me in the future. I've also been just wandering, greeting anyone I see. Yesterday when wandering through the woods on the farm, I heard bees and thought to myself RADAR (which stands for something I learned in a safety and security session). I better figure out where the bee hives are next time before I wander. Better go start/attempt to start my fire to make lunch now. Tiwonana!