Meeting, greeting, eating and tweeting

Today I went to the Lusaka office for the first time. I met lots of the Lusaka staff...everyone was very nice and accommodating. I met Lazarus who will be my driver while I’m in Africa. He and I will be "trekking" all over rural Africa together. He seems like a great guy and I can only hope that I can rely on him for everything from running menial errands with me to defending me from the unknown “elements” while in the bush. He speaks English as well as Bemba and Nyanja (2 of the widely used languages in Zambia), so he's got us covered on the communications front. He seems to be incredibly patient with all of my ignorant questions and lame attempts at some semblance of “universal humor”.

In the Lusaka office they have just notified me that they will expand the office into a second building. What was potentially going to be a day and a half of meeting, greeting, eating and tweeting is potentially going to turn into a lot of work in Lusaka. We will run underground cables to connect the two buildings, install network wiring in the new building, rewire the old network wiring in the existing building and install a new wireless network that will offer supply wireless network coverage for both buildings. Gulp. Lots to do!

My trip to Samfya scheduled for Tue 16 Feb might have to be postponed!