21 May 2010 Opening of the mew parliament building in Lilongwe I am at the capital for mid-service medical and training. I was dropped in area 14 for my dental exam, which I passed with flying colors, and found that it was just a few blocks from the new parliament building. Thanks to the lovely people of China, we now have a massive building for all of the members of government to work and gather. Anyhow, it just so happened to be the day of its grand openi...

17 May 2010- A Spiritual Reflection When one lives close to nature an understanding between you and the flora/fauna which surrounds you is crucial to survival. We must learn to coexist or overcome that which surrounds us, in the case of ants and scorpions I have chosen the later of those two options; while lizards and I are working on a mutual understanding and cooperative lifestyle. All the same, living out here you learn which plants to nurture because they'...

17 May 2010- A Spiritual Reflection When one lives close to nature an understanding between you and the flora/fauna which surrounds you is crucial to survival. We must learn to coexist or overcome that which surrounds us, in the case of ants and scorpions I have chosen the later of those two options; while lizards and I are working on a mutual understanding and cooperative lifestyle. All the same, living out here you learn which plants to nurture because they'...

19 April 2010 (youth training) About a month ago I had the local Youth Area Development Coordinator come to me with a bit of a problem. It seems that the district youth workers have done nothing to help in the coordinating of the groups in our area. Thus, we have tons of clubs which are not functioning, unsustainable, losing members, and unorganized. He wanted a solution… so we started from the beginning. I got about 100 USD to have an one day training wi...

March 29, 2010 Our local governor is under suspicion for something I don’t quite understand. It seems that for some reason he was putting too much work into helping to develop the area, this means they feel he might try and compete for the MP position in 2014… therefore he needed to be dethroned. African politics, even in one of the most peaceful countries on the continent, are not always very fair. Anyhow, I was at the community hall (waiting for a meeting ...