When the bus stops, people come selling food and snacks which you buy by opening the window of the bus and ordering.
The above photos are from our trip up on the bus Tuesday but today is the first day I thought the internet was fast enough to upload then.
Malawi continues to be an amazing experience. Being back on the Livingstonia plateau is amazing. Everywhere we turn we see old friends from our time here in 2008 and it is wonderful to see them. The early principals of the University of Livingstonia spoke at the 10th Anniversary celebration meeting this morning and it is truly a miracle that it has worked out the way it has.
The first class that we saw graduate in 2007 had 25 students or so, and the class tomorrow will have over 100, but there are challenges. Having a private University like Livingstonia is a wonderful thing to educate people who can help Malawi lift itself out of extreme poverty, but the economy is not growing fast enough to employ the graduates. Most of the graduates tomorrow will have teaching degrees. The government is the largest employer for teachers, but they do not have the money to employ all who are graduating despite the fact that elementary schools regularly have more than 100 students in a single classroom.
Our friend David Mhango came to call this afternoon with his wife and children, including my little namesake Susan and I am exhausted so will rest now and post more later.
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