Author Archives: Sasha Wallace
Parties and Planes
Friday came, as the last day of instruction. We both went to class, to find that very few of the teachers were doing the same. One of the students, Leonard, is an aspiring DJ that goes by LDKAY. Sasha gave him some chemistry key points about the periodic table and paid him to make a …
Beginnings of Goodbye
On Sunday, we woke to find out that the Peace Corps have been pulled from all communities, worldwide. Before today, it was only China and a handful of countries nearby that were rumored to pull soon. But this was everyone. Our Peace Corps counterparts had 24 hours to pack and leave, with no chance to …
Final week of Peace
We are writing the following posts from home. We are finally home safe after a very stressful week, but here’s what we did before we knew we would be heading home. We started to take the cats outside on little adventures so they could begin to get used to life other than a built environment. They …
The Adventures of Sasha on Chizimulu
We have competed against the other two schools on the island- time to compete with the only other school in the district, the school on Chizimulu! For most of the teachers it was their first time. Ryan felt ill, so it was just Sasha that woke up at 4:45 to meet some other teachers at …
Ash Wednesday and Mzuzu
On Tuesday, we had just settled down to play some Civ when Andrew rolls by with a new person- Anna. She grew up in Lilongwe (the daughter of a Norwegian Diplomat) and was just visiting Malawi again after a few years away. We showed off our kittens and asked if they knew anyone who could …
The Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar; the story of the Mphalabungu and strange birds
An older student came in on Wednesday and told Sasha he had something he wanted to show her. She followed him outside, where he had a very fat caterpillar. One of many infesting the nearby mango tree. She asked if they were poisonous, and he instantly grabbed it to check. Luckily- nope! The history teacher …
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Valentine’s Day This term, we had organized midterm exams. One hour for each class Wednesday- Friday. 12 tests. All of the students were fresh and ready for Sasha’s Chemistry tests in the first and second time slots, but by the time it came to Ryan’s math test in the 12th time slot there was a …
Halfway
Its February and we are about halfway through our little adventure abroad. Sasha has a bag of new underwear saying “Do not Open until February 1st” on the advice of others, as good underwear is difficult to find abroad and new underwear makes all the difference. This is an exciting milestone, but we are also …
Cat life best life
We have just finished the fourth week of class. It is Friday, and so Ryan will spend an hour or so excitedly tweaking a very complicated spreadsheet he made to keep track of finances and forecast future expenses. The kittens have opened their eyes and are beginning to get playful. We can now take them …
Ticket to Anywhere 