Family. The people closest to us. Our society has changed drastically in the past 20 years and families are having a much harder time staying connected. Most families spend more time with teachers, friends, coworkers, coaches and their computers than with each other. So many distractions coming at all of us every day that there…

Yesterday was a day of down time. Phil left in the morning and then Lauren and I just hung out. We had some donations to sort and I needed to move out of my hut and into Lauren’s. By lunch time I was all moved in and we had all the donations sorted and suitcases…

Tuesday morning Liz was scheduled to leave. She is heading to Ghana to visit the village she lived in when she was in the Peace Corps. She was sad to leave Malawi, but excited for her next adventure. We had breakfast with Jess and before long it was time for her to say her goodbyes…