Ntchisi and other stuff

We traveled to Ntchisi, up in the mountains, to visit Wezzie and Marie Maseko (two sisters to Anne, Eddah, Maggie and Mebble). We picked up the other sister, Angellah, and her little boy Tristen for the trip. Wezzie has a job at the district assembly and there is a house that comes with that post. A nice house! She very much wanted us to come visit her and see the house. We had a great time, even drove to the Ntchisi Forest Lodge to see it, also. Unfortunately, the weather was rainy, foggy and downright cold! We had planned on one last village clinic tomorrow (Sat.) but our contact has malaria AND turns out there is a wedding in that particular village. So, we are canceling our plans. We will leave our left over medications with the nurse at ABC, Becky, and she will pass them on to teams doing village clinics. A special thank you to all who helped in buying medications. We used almost all of ours, but were able to add to our supply from teams who were leaving.

Yesterday I gave a very brief talk to the new missionaries (arriving daily) on ABC campus about 'staying healthy in Malawi' - mainly - don't get bit by anything and watch out for cars! Jose and Becky taught a CPR course, and Jose has turned over those reins to Becky to continue after we leave. We then picked up Mr. and Mrs. Whiskas - he was our housekeeper whenever we stayed at the Assembly of God guest house, and he is retiring at the end of this month. We wanted to see the house where he will be living after retirement and to take them to dinner. He is a wise man, has two houses that he owns, both currently rented. He will move into the bigger house when he retires, and will be re-doing the kitchen and bathroom (both outside), repairing the joists in the roof (termites have eaten through the wood), and repainting the house. He was excited to show us his future home and discuss all his improvement / remodeling plans with Jose! Then we took them to Mama Mia's - the nice Italian restaurant here in town. They had not been there and seemed to enjoy it, even though they ordered chicken and chips, not Italian! Oh well, it was for their pleasure and they love chicken! We had a great time with them, as always.

Pictures: Wezzie's house in Ntchisi, with the girls and I on the front porch and Tristen in the front yard. Jose and Tristen playing in the living room of the house - looks like they are both having fun! Mr. and Mrs. Whiskas on the front porch (konde) of their retirement home, with the current renter and two of her children next to them. Lastly, Mr. and Mrs. Whiskas with Jose at Mama Mia's.