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Malawian Mission Trip - Day 3

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Today found me in better spirits and I decided to put a smile on my face and enjoy this experience, this opportunity that has been laid before me. After breakfast, we all head to the center of Malawi.  We need to exchange our Rands for Kwatchas, and get Malawian sim cards.  Jethro and Micah begs me to stay at the house with Joyce and Patience.  I am a bit hesitant but both Joyce and Patience assure me that they will be fine.  I oblige, but still feel a bit uneasy.  "It will only be for a little while," I tell myself and we leave. The dusty streets of Lilongwe are filled with people wherever you look.  Lots of people walking, riding bicycles, moving goods on bicycles - one guy had a stack of wood piled on his bicycle probably about 3 meters high!  We even saw a carcass of a cow being transported on a bicycle.  The shops' sign boards are interesting, clever and humorous.  Bustling, little markets all over the place, selling anything you can...