Patience
Last week we wrote about the first impressions. This week as we think about the next set of impressions, the first thing that comes to mind is “patience.” Everything takes time, and lots of it. In Malawi they say: “The white people have the watch, and the Malawians have the time.” We are finding this to be true. We witness it on the jobsite in front of the guesthouse.
Welcome to Malawi!
First week for the Oomen family in Malawi.
It is hard to believe that it has only been 7 days since we have arrived in Malawi. It seems like a lifetime ago that we boarded the plane in Toronto. Some things are being adjusted to very easily, others not so much. The weather is probably the easiest to adjust too, as it is unimaginable that it is winter back in Canada. Here it is warm everyday, and it rains every other, and the thought of snow actually doesn’t cross any of our minds. The slow manner in which things are done around here definitely does take some getting used to.