Back to Lilongwe

We woke to the to the beautiful Malawi sun rising and the sounds of the waves- so peaceful. The Pastor for Monkey Bay came by and we had a nice conversation. He said that the mountain top church we visited 2 years ago is still not finished. That was not unexpected, but still sad to hear how they still don't have the resources to finish the building. The vendors were back so we bought a few more things and folded ourselves back into the pickup for the trip back to Lilongwe and the ELCM. The road goes through the mountains so it interesting to experience the switch backs and beautiful scenery. We stopped at a pottery shop that had a restaurant with European style food. The view was lovely and the food was very good. The prices were inexpensive by American standards. The came across a delivery truck that had taken a mountain curve too fast and was turned over. Mphatso said that there is no such thing as a towing service, so he will have to wait for a relative or friend to come and help him! Once again we saw long lines at the fuel stations, going around the block. Mphatso said there have been shortages for over a year but the situation in the last few months has been quite dire with people waiting in line for days waiting for their turn to get fuel. We arrived back at the ELCM headquarters in time for dinner and a power outage. Luckily the power came back on within an hour or so.