House calls

From time to time, the volunteers and the Sisters try and visit the houses of some of our students that are Dayscholars.  This allows us to meet their family, find out what their situaiton is like, and to build the relationship with the community, etc.  This Sunday, we went to visit a student's family that lives a few Kilometers away.  It was pretty typical meeting.  We were introduced to her parents, and her five other siblings filed through shaking each or our hands.  We talked about the parent's jobs, where the other kids are going to school, and anything else that came up.  Afterwards she went with us to visit her uncle just down the road.  I am not sure why, but we were there and she asked if we wanted to, so we did.  We met more of the family and sat around talking for a little while.  He was a teacher at the local primary school and showed us a big hole punch that was given as a gift from the Canadian government to all the primary schools in Malawi.  They use it for the school books that are falling apart to tie them together with string.  The best part was when we were leaving and they decided to give us a gift for the visit.  He sent his kids to catch one of the chickens in the yard.  They spent the next five minutes or so running around the yard with the dogs trying to catch one.  They finally caught one, tied its legs together, and put it in the back seat.