Wednesday, April 13, 2005
About the photos
Two more things I should mention: Keep checking back, because it might take me a bit to get all my photos up on the site. Secondly, I can't take credit for all of these pictures... Yewo taonga chomene to medical students that passed through Ekwendeni while I was there and allowed me to download their photos.
Photos now online!!
Not all of them, of course... but some of them are now available at photos.yahoo.com/lauracakes1. So peruse and enjoy! Sorry that I can't put captions with them; you'll just have to figure it out yourself :).
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
After 12 days
How strange it is to be home again! So many people, so many cars, so many lights, so many buildings. But... so many friends, so many hugs, so many smiles. My friend Heather told me, during my last week in Malawi, that my emotions must be feeling raw... And indeed, I think that is the perfect word to describe it. I cannot even begin to put into words the things I have felt in the last few weeks. But I know that I am glad to be home and that I miss Malawi. One of the strangest realisations I had was that very little has changed around Toronto in the past 10 months, but a lot has changed within me. I think the challenge for me will be not just fitting back into the place that I held in this part of the world 10 months ago, but using the things that I have learned in Malawi to live more consciously here. Hard!
Saturday, April 02, 2005
Home again, home again
Yes, I arrived yesterday safe and sound (with all of my luggage, even!), but I must say that I am not very impressed with the snow that is falling right now :). But it is nice to be back in my home and native land.
Monday, March 07, 2005
A weekend at the lake
Hello all,
So, yes, I am trying to make the most of my last month in Africa. I have just returned form a lovely weekend at the lake... This is also to ensure that my suntan is top notch when I return to the snow and ice of Canada. Anyway, we had a very nice weekend lounging around on the beach, reading books, swimming, eating, drinking, being merry :).
Now back at work, trying to get things sort of wrapped up before I come home. In 3.5 weeks!! Crazy.
Hope that you are all doing well :).
So, yes, I am trying to make the most of my last month in Africa. I have just returned form a lovely weekend at the lake... This is also to ensure that my suntan is top notch when I return to the snow and ice of Canada. Anyway, we had a very nice weekend lounging around on the beach, reading books, swimming, eating, drinking, being merry :).
Now back at work, trying to get things sort of wrapped up before I come home. In 3.5 weeks!! Crazy.
Hope that you are all doing well :).
Friday, February 25, 2005
Important email address update!
As my time in Malawi is drawing to a close, I am not renewing my internet account here... and it expires next Thursday - 3 March 2005! So... please don't use my laura@malawi.net email address any more, as I will not receive your messages! Please use laura.smith@utoronto.ca instead.
To sum up - DON'T USE laura@malawi.net. PLEASE USE laura.smith@utoronto.ca.
To sum up - DON'T USE laura@malawi.net. PLEASE USE laura.smith@utoronto.ca.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
"It's too hot!!"
... seems to be the phrase of the day these days. Good glory is it warm! Besides the fact that it is VERY uncomfortable, many people are worried that the rains have stopped. This is not good news - the maize is drying up (has already dried up in some areas) and people will be very hungry if they don't get good harvests. If you could pray for my friends who are worrying about that these days, that would be lovely. Yewo taonga chomene!
Monday, February 21, 2005
One more thing...
I got another package from my lovely church family today! You people spoil me! Yewo taonga chomene.
A busy week!
So, when your little brother comes to visit you in Africa for only 1 week, you have to cram everything in. We have done so much! We visited one of the hospital's mobile clinics, saw lots of farmers' fields, got chased by an elephant, went snorkelling in the lake, heard live music... and to top it off, we think Jim broke his toe. Nice. And now he is going home again! So quick. Jim says it feels like he's been here for a month. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not :).
And now the countdown is on! I am for sure in the home stretch. It will be hard to leave this place, but I am looking forward to getting back to my home and native land.
And now the countdown is on! I am for sure in the home stretch. It will be hard to leave this place, but I am looking forward to getting back to my home and native land.
