Africa Journal Day 26, May 18

Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Day 26
Lilongwe, Malawi

I began my day with a brisk early morning walk around the Africa Bible College campus. The grounds here are beautifully kept, the air was cool and fresh, the sun was just rising over the horizon—so a very enjoyable walk. I understand that most of the funding for this campus was raised in America. It reminds me somewhat of a paradise setting.

Later in the morning, Andrew and I played a set of tennis before it got too hot. The tennis court on campus is in fairly good shape, but a couple of cracks in the concrete occasional caused an unpredictable bounce.

In the afternoon, I joined Dave for some shopping. We visited one store, apparently owned by South Africans, which made me think of a grocery store at home. They even had the bar code scanners at the checkouts, so very state of the art. Many of the products here are imported from South Africa. There are also people of European descent settled here who were forced to flee Zimbabwe, so more of a Caucasian presence than in West Africa.

In the evening, I was asked to do a presentation for the Africa Bible College staff. Part of my day was spent preparing for that. It went well and was well received.