Rainy Days

After a short time home, I'm back in Malawi (and I have been for a few weeks!) In Malawi, it's the middle of the rainy season right now. The rains in the central region have been fairly good and everything is beautiful and green. (Friends in tell me that Lusaka, Zambia has turned into a giant mud puddle, and sadly in the south of Malawi the rains have been very poor and the crops are dying).

It's quite a transformation since I left just before Christmas. There is maize everywhere, and I mean everywhere. The farmers fields are thick with young maize, people's backyards have become gardens, there is maize growing just behind the building where I work, and there is even maize between the road and corner shop next to my house. People are taking every opportunity to grow the food that will have to last them all year long. Since the rains have been fairly regular in the central region, farmers in the area are also preparing to grow food that will help to feed the other regions of the country that haven't been so lucky.