First Cooking Attempt!

What an adventure this is!!  My small Flat has a small living room, with a galley kitchen~~sink, small cupboard, one small counter space, and stove.  Here there are "on" and "off" switches on all the outlets.  When I turned on the switch for the stove, all the burners heated up without actually being turned on!!  What a dilemma!  Hopefully an electrician can check it out soon.

Thanks to Margaret Tagwira, the Vice Chancellor's wife, I had some delicious, specially-grown mushrooms, some carrots and onions from the Kies' garden, and some tomatoes from the market ~~ so after boiling the mushrooms for an hour, I put them all in the skillet and fixed them as a stir-fry!!  Quite delicious, actually!!  And nutritious!  I used only a little olive oil, as most everything here is cooked in oil, and my stomach has been complaining a bit!

Trying to stay on the healthy side, though, I am logging between 10,000 and 12,000 steps/day around the campus.  If I'm short on steps, I take the relatively short hike down to the AU Gate and back again!  On the way there is a soccer field, and next weekend there will be many soccer players on campus for a competition among surrounding countries!  Everyone seems to be working hard in various ways to promote AU.

Next Wed. the campus will host a conference on World Tourism Day Commemorations, with representation from around Africa, as well as the world. This is in connection with several United Nations organizations working together to promote tourism. So, we're on the map!!

This Fri. and Sat. I will be attending the orientation and induction of all the members of the Student Representative Council (SRC).  This will be held at a hotel in Mutare, with presentations being made throughout each day that will be helpful to those serving in this capacity.  The SRC consists of representation from all 29 countries that are represented in the student body, and they are charged with huge responsibilities in keeping the lines of communication open with faculty, staff, and administration.  Dr. Machinga, with whom I work, will be doing a 30-min. presentation on "Negotiations."

The AU Choir sang at Wed. morning chapel ~~ I plan to video them on Sun. when they will sing again.  The Chaplain's message was "Celebrating Successes!"  He encouraged students to be the best they can be, with new ideas, creativity, and excellent character.  Dr. Chifaku has been here for 14 yrs. as Chaplain.  Even with his many responsibilities of overseeing all the spiritual activities on campus, he also teaches two classes in Old Testament.

Today is dawning bright and sunny.  Til next time ~~