On Thursday night, I was invited to an old friend's house for dinner. Actually, Peter and his wife, Chris, are old friends of my parents. Laura came with me, and the 3 of us had a lovely dinner of traditional Malawian food peppered by engaging conversation about St. Louis, sports, HIV, and Malawi politics. This would not be much to blog about, but Peter plays a fairly important role in Malawi politics. In fact, the night we had dinner, he told us there would be very exciting news in the paper the following day, and indeed there was: Peter is likely to be elected as the next President of Malawi when his brother, Bingu, completes his term in 2014. Here's to having friends in high places (especially ones who can get you out of jail or out of the country if things were ever to take a turn for the worse...)!
On Thursday night, I was invited to an old friend's house for dinner. Actually, Peter and his wife, Chris, are old friends of my parents. Laura came with me, and the 3 of us had a lovely dinner of traditional Malawian food peppered by engaging conversation about St. Louis, sports, HIV, and Malawi politics. This would not be much to blog about, but Peter plays a fairly important role in Malawi politics. In fact, the night we had dinner, he told us there would be very exciting news in the paper the following day, and indeed there was: Peter is likely to be elected as the next President of Malawi when his brother, Bingu, completes his term in 2014. Here's to having friends in high places (especially ones who can get you out of jail or out of the country if things were ever to take a turn for the worse...)!
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