These are called Chief's Chairs and were carved by locals. This is on the front porch at Masomphenya.
John and Elaine are leaving tomorrow to visit the country of John's birth - Zimbabwe. This will be Elaine's first trip. It has been interesting listening to John tell of having to leave his country when Mugabe came into power. It's obvious that he is excited to show his country to his wife, but is dreading to see what has become of his homeland. It's hard for me, as an American, to comprehend. Americans complain about the various administration at the time - it's too liberal or too conservative, but no one is imprisoned, murdered or persecuted due to political views. John has written several beautiful songs about Zimbabwe.
When we arrived back from Mulanje, Ellen was well rested and anxious to hear about our adventure.
Elaine and John planned a wonderful BBQ that was served outside for dinner. Mphatso and Ken joined us as well as Kevin, the MD from the UK. We had kabobs (veggie and with chicken), couscous salad, green salad (with veggies from the garden) and Filet Mignon. I was rude and asked Elaine how much the filet was as you don't see many cows. She said it was very expensive - about $5 per pound! While is seems so very low to me, it's way out of the average Malawian's budget.
back of Joe, Ellen, John, Elaine, Kevin (MD from the UK), Susan, Mphatso (he was cold and had his hood up) and Ken
Stewart was very proud of the Tiramisu he made for dessert.It was so very good!
John and Joe entertained us with their guitars after dinner. I'll be sad to leave here.
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