Our House

Here are pictures of our house here in Zomba. It really has become our home away from home, and we are so fortunate to have electricity (when there aren't blackouts!) and running water. We live about a 10 min walk from my work and a 25 min. walk to the market and bus depot. There is also a bakery close by where we get fresh bread and buns :)

We live in the house on the right. On the left is where our security stays. The don't actually live in this house they just spend their time on the cement porch cooking, hanging out, sleeping etc. I'm happy to report that we have mastered good morning/good afternoon/stay well in Chichewa :)

Zomba is really lush and green. The picture on the left is the gate from our house that leads to the main road. On the right is the maize plot that the security people have planted just outside the house. It's really amazing how people use every inch of arable land here to plant.

As you walk inside you enter our kitchen. We just got a new stove because our other one broke, and this new one is luxury!

Below is our living room/dining room.

Our bedroom. We were really lucky that this bedroom came with a fan! And we have become accustomed to sleeping under the mosquito net every night but unfortunately we are pretty tall so our feet hang over the edge...

And last but not least I had to take a picture of the fruit on top of our fridge. The fruit here is amazing, and on Thursday Josh bought 90 mangoes for 3 dollars.. i'm not kidding. Not sure what we are going to do with them all!! Maybe our next purchase is a blender to make mango shakes??