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Awesome!
I can't wait to hear all about this over some beers, my friend. Phenomenal! Good luck in Zimbabwe!

photos
Lovely photos...what a great hike...how was it coming back down...gravity works wonders under the weight imposed on a shoe.... You shaved your head! Hope you had a happy 21! Yvonne

good stuff
Jonny boy, sounds like things are going well, I like ur email thing u wrote, I actually started reading les miserables, such a long book haha but good so far...I love the coca cola blurb, its great, some things never change huh... I was talking to my friends who were just in Malawai and they said the hospitals were terrible (they worked in them for 4 weeks) I was wondering if you had visited any of them? miss you bro

Thanks
Thanks, Jon. What exactly were you wearing when confusing the young child? Great memories.

Hey Jon kinda stumbled onto your blog via a friend who is working in India at present. I am an Irish lass working in Blantyre for the last few years, so I was very interested to read your thoughts on this wonderful country. Bless you as you continue to work and travel within it. I really do pray you make a difference during your tiime here. Ha it sounds like its defo getting under your skin. Take it easy. Sonya

Keep it up
Keep it up - I'm thrilled for you Jon!

I love it Jon
Oh Jon, I am not surprised one bit about this story, I love it though. Sounds like your having fun buddy and that work is going well...Try to stat out of trouble though huh haha

Well on your way
Jon, as close as I can come to going to a different restaurant is having dinner today with Dianne and Owen, and a young lady from China. But tomorrow we are going to your "old house" and have dinner with your mom and dad, however Uncle Scott is cooking for us and you know what an experience that can be. Stay safe and be careful where you sit, old coke cases are good. Papa

Just getting started
Jon, as you embark on this journey make sure you take the time to put all that you will see, hear and experience in perspective. Few of us have the opportunity to come face-to-face with another culture. To walk in the "other persons" shoes. Just keep everythi ng in balance. The project you are working on, Sustainable Development, is what it is all about. All to often we have a desire to "cut to the chase" and solve the problem right now, when the solution is a process that can be sustained, never more true that when feeding the population. Stay safe and keep that wonderful outlook, Papa

Bon voyage
Jon, We just returned from our trip to Atlanta, several activities during the week including a lovely wedding and a very green project of a parking garage Uncle Todd opened at the Botanical Gardens. It is LEEDS certified, the only one to date in Atlanta. Hopefully it will help with the carbon levels on earth! This will be quite an adventure for you, take care of yourself, our love and prayers everyday are with you. Oma

cant believe it
Jonny boy! I cannot believe you are in Africa, Im jealous... have fun man, do some good work over there, praying for ya

Infamous!
So, here I am thinking you are going to the ends of the earth to a place I have never heard of and then... I turn on the Today show this morning and wouldn't you know there is a reporter standing in the market in Malawi reporting on the whole adoption issue with Madonna!!!!! Seriously though - great to hear your almost there. Love, Aunt Jenny

What I'd Like to Hear...
I'd be very interested to hear what surprises you - on the flip side, what was it you expected or didn't realize you expected, until the situation surprised you. And...I wouldn't be a teacher without adding, "What did you learn?". We'll be thinking of you and keeping up with you. Thanks for committing to this and sharing with everyone your experience. Love, Aunt Jenny