Here are some pictures and comments from our home stay. I don't know why they're so spread out - no college kids around to ask either! So keep scrolling down...Me trying to cook nsima - tough stuff! All the kids were gathered around the door to the kitchen hut laughing at my meager attempts.
Here is a picture from our hosts' family compound looking at the beautiful sunset over the tobacco fields. These women and children are the wives and grandchildren of the village chief and his wife, Mr & Mrs Lomos.
We worked in this village's school during our home stay. The PTA secretary helped coordinate our stay. We all drove to his hut and he gave us a tour of this part of the village. As we walked we gathered quite a crowd. He showed each group of 2 to their hosts' hut. Because we are married, they put us with the village chief.
This is such a typical site throughout Malawi. The women carried babies on their backs and EVERYTHING on their heads - from firewood like this to 5 gallon paint buckets full of water.
Our home stay hosts had a hut for their goats. This little baby was about a week old. He was so soft - like a puppy! The kids thought it was hilarious that I thought it was so cute. The man in the back is our hosts' son, Richard who spoke enough English for us to communicate.
Here the room we slept in during our stay. The Lomos' insisted that we take their room.
Here is Mrs. Lomos with the 10kg bag of nsima we gave them to thank them for hosting us.
Here is the Lomos' hut with Mr and Mrs Lomos out front.
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