November 9, 2013 Tukuyu shopping trip – Coffee! Butter! Napkins! Life is good!

Saturday was a trip to Tukuyu with Martin, our minder, helper, Swahili interpreter, friend and all around go to guy, and Neverson, one of the English teachers at the school and Goshen, a young boy of about 9 or 10 who had never been to Tukuyu.  The road is not paved so some of it was slow going but we made good time and got to Tukuyu before 10 – after banking and mailing some letters we went shopping and wonder of wonders I found real coffee and napkins…..things were on the upswing for sure.

 Martin has a favorite place to eat where they make fried fish and plantains…turns out it is everyone’s favorite place in Tukuyu.  It’s called Baba Love and it is a real fish shack with an open air kitchen and the cut pieces of fish out on a table waiting to be chosen by the customers – I did not take a photo of the actual fish table but the kitchen is below with one of the friendly and efficient cooks along with Neverson, Martin and Goshen.  Fried fish and plantains are surely job security for cardiologists but it was delish!

 Next the search for a good quality football [soccer].  We had gotten 2 in Lwangwa but neither one lasted and I wanted to see if we could find one of higher quality that would last this year and maybe even next year….the boys have a match scheduled on the 22^nd with the Form One boys – the girls will play netball – and they wanted to be practicing.  We did find one, but the best part of that stop was that my new best friend and financial officer at the Manow Lutheran Secondary School, Neema, caught up with us and gave me a package of butter she found in Mbeya!  ….toast and butter, real coffee and a napkin…..be still my heart!

On the way home, we stopped at a beautiful lake - name unknown but it was lovely as you see....