An Old Saw Finally Answered

I watched this chicken cross the road today on my way to work. I mean, stopped and really watched it walk all the way across the road to see if it had a purpose on the other side. And the answer is no, it did not have a reason for crossing the road. It jumped in a ditch, turned around and started back across the road.

So the accurate answer to the joke, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" is "to get to the other side."

George King wouldn't eat chicken. After living around them for as little as three weeks, I'm beginning to think that he had the right idea.

Road in Front of My House - Zomba, Malawi

 

Welcome to Odi - and to Malawi

I am a little late in getting this blog started and I know myself well enough to know that if I wait any longer, I may not do it at all. The blog really is something that I want to do while I am in Africa to share with friends and family my experiences, personal observations and inspirations.

I arrived in Zomba on Saturday, September 18 at around 5 p.m. in a van with a hired driver who brought us from Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, and where we had been staying since our arrival in Malawi, on September 14. The drive took about 4 hours and was hot and dusty. I traveled with the other IFESH volunteers, one woman who will be teaching Chemistry and another who will be teaching in the Communications Department at Chancellor College.

I will be working on the national eLearning initiative that is being strongly promoted by the Malawian government. The Chancellor of the college reports directly to the President of Malawi, Bingu Mutharika.