October 25th.

I met Heston at The Village Shop with Leila and together we biked for about three or four kilometers to a garden out by the Shire River. We would be going there to help out a woman with her garden. She's an elderly one, so it would be better if someone helped her because all the women from young to old get on their knees and work the grounds here. 

On the way there we had refill Leila's bike wheel with air. They just fill up the wheel instead of patching the wheel if it's a small one.

On the trail again.

The trail to the garden was horrible and really hard to drive on, but after about ten or so minutes of driving down the Malawian road, it finally became more flat and easier to drive on.

Getting close to the gardens.

Mangoes are a main fruit here and are grown everywhere. Only some areas have them because the monkeys like to steal them.

They grow tons of rice here. It and maize, also know as corn, are the main foods they use here. Rice and beans (or goat meat) and Nsima which is made from maize.

Corn. The most grown product in Malawi.

And here is the trail that we had to follow to get to the garden. See it?

And here is the trail again. You have to walk straight into the corn that is in front of this path that I am on.

Dead sugar cane.

We then worked there for about an hour filling in the dirt around the new corn (maize). I had to teach Heston how to take a steady photo, and he did a great job. So ya - Leila decided to join me this morning with the Outreach. She said she was told by God that she had to get out more and be with the people. She's pretty dedicated!

The Lone Mango Tree That Needs a Swing

This was the rest of the garden. We only worked on one-third of it, and then we were done.

Picture of the sun on Auto-Contrast

After the work was done, the elderly woman passed out some sugar-cane to everyone.

Heston and his cane

And now with the work and the sugar-cane done, we headed back. I got this shot on the way back.

I got back to the house to find Darren sitting in his chair. He said he wasn't feeling well, so he wasn't working then. What happened to, 'A leader never rests.' Lol.

After a lunch of grilled cheese with tomatoes - kinda odd, but good - I went to help out Enert again with family support. Same food and everything as last week again. Lol. But the conversations were different.

At five PM, Tom, manager of The Hope Village Shop, came by for a photo shoot. I am making a Facebook account for him since he asked me too. He can't figure it out. Lol. First I made his email, then his Facebook, and now we are taking photos for his cover photo and profile photo.

Cover photo of choice

Profile photo of choice

And two other photos that he didn't want.

SO that finished the events for the day.