A visit to Malawi
One of the fun things about being a computer programmer is coming up with goofy little programs like the one on the right of this page. At the moment it says “there are 11 days till we leave for Malawi!”
It’s going to continue to count down till we leave. Then it will count down hours till we arrive. Then it will count down the days we have left in Malawi. Then again it’ll count down the travel time back to Charlottesville.
Enjoy!
We’re very excited about our trip. Tici’s dad’s been in and out of the hospital for about 5 months now. It’s been very hard for her to be away from him and hear a weak voice on the other end of the phone. We hope he’ll get a some more strength back before we arrive. Ether that or Isobel and Cecilia’s energy will rub off on him. Tici’s also bought him lots of high-calorie foods to bring to him. He needs it!
We’ll also hopefully get to visit friends there like the Malakets, the Massa family, the Mazloums, Hakimis and especially Janine. And there’s a chance we’ll be meeting up with some of the high-tech blogger’s Malawi’s produced lately (see the side bar under “contemporaries”).
In Charlottesville, Virginia (US) for a few more days:
Jeff Lavezzo
January 6th, 2006 at 9:14 am
What does your itinerary look like? Will you be in Lilongwe??
January 6th, 2006 at 10:46 am
You should go to Texas instead, because Texas is awesome.
January 6th, 2006 at 10:53 am
The current plan is to stay in LL for a few days after we land. We’ll get a cell phone set up, though Tici’s folks already have one so I could send out that number for now. We’re going to stay with friends in LL but I’m not sure which ones and I have no knowledge of neighborhoods…. We’ve talked to Joanne Jorison about meeting up with her. One of our trip goals is to find out how to get a non-profit recognized as an NGO in Malawi. we’ll see what happens….
January 6th, 2006 at 10:57 am
Hey John. That’s pretty funny makin’ that comment pretending to be Nancy Snyder… Cause she’s from Texas. That’s funny.
wa wa wa…..
Jeff