The last few weeks have been very full. I have been shopping for the trip as well as getting supplies ready for making the musical instruments. Since I will be gone a long time between vacation and Malawi, I have been working on getting things in order for next years classes too. I haven 't sat down much or rested, but last evening and today offered the opportunity to get to know some amazing people. The Malawian fellows and interns from Urban Promise came our way last evening and we had a lovely time of fellowship at a friends house. The kids in the group as well as the fellows played a good round or three of Soccer and it was so much fun to watch them play with skill. Today we hung out at another house and had a BBQ and many swam.
Two of the young women came to stay at our house for the evening and they got the chance to sleep in and relax. We had a late breakfast and chatted for quite some time and I loved every minute of it.One of the gals said something so interesting. When she first came here to the states she was so taken back by the speed of life. It seemed as though people were being rude by not taking the time to get to know her or talk to her. After awhile she realized that they were not being rude, but simply going about life as they knew it in this faster paced culture of the north eastern part of the USA.
I must say that I often reflect upon the fact that we are all in such a hurry to get things done and checking items off of lists that we forget to stop and rest and just be. After all we are humanBEINGS. As much as I enjoyed the party last night and the party today, I really treasured the few hours talking with my new friends from Malawi. I am so excited to go and see the places they told me about and to meet the people they have mentioned. In a month from now I will be in Africa. The time is going so quickly.
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