Kamwendo

We just finished reading the book, “Kamwendo”, written in the 1960’s about a little boy and his tribe who lived near the hospital where we are going. Nathan, Ryan and Trevor  loved the legends and stories of ways different than our own and some of the things we will see in Malawi. We read about the village, stream, animals and some customs of the area. A description of the mountains in the book: “…everywhere in Africa are paths – paths leading everywhere. Paths this way, paths that way, till it is hard to choose the right way when you go on a long hike…Now, there is a mountain…a curious and wonderful mountain. It is high and rounding, as if one had turned a pot of white nsima porridge out on the top of a high mountain. Lying on the top of this mountain are many other stones – as big as the big grain bins we use to store cimanga in to save for the mealie meal that we must have for food. The mountain looked as if some giant as tall as the clouds had piled these boulders up like pebbles and laid them there on top of the mountain.”

We fly out of Portland on Monday evening, so this is probably our last post before we leave. Our flight goes to San Francisco, then to New York, then to Johannesburg, South Africa, then to Blantyre, Malawi. About 30 hours of traveling – lots of snacks, coloring books, reading and trips to the bathroom! We'll let you know when we safely arrive.