Friday, October 16, 2009

two days in a row!!!
















can you believe it? i was a little distracted yesterday writing the post, but i will try to make up for it. these are pics of our swearing in ceremony, wearing traditional swazi wear! that was on august 28th i think, so its been almost 2 months now! dang! some back ground. we live with the Myeni family in Nsubane which is near the south african border in south eastern swaziland. at our homestead there is our host mom and dad (make and babe) our brother and his wife and 5 kids. we have tons of cows, chickens and goats! including our lovely orphaned goats, annabelle and oliver. i love them, they are like our pets! we are getting close to the end of integration and will be able to do more "real work" soon. we are doing pretty well, there are definately ups and downs, but its becoming like home. ourcommunity is super rural... as in you walk for an hour and a half to catch the bus, and on the way you maybe see a person or two. not many people speak english, so we are practicing siswati quite a bit. we love hearing from all of you and miss you a lot! hope you enjoy the pics, love you! peace

3 comments:

Jason said...

Those pictures are awesome! I like the new ensembles.

lizcannon said...

is chris hitting your leg off? what is going on?
i love those pics, i esp love the one on the lawn chair things!!!
i wanted to get a book on siswati and learn some phrases to impress you, but there was only like 1 book on amazon, and it was $98.
sorry make and babe and sisi and brobro.

lauren and brad said...

amazing pics. you guys look amazing. just amazing. everything about it...that you are there, speaking a language i had never heard of, taking care of goats and chickens and a garden. That you have a family in the middle of nowhere africa who you love and who love you. you two are amazing.
we love you...