Just a Comment on Comments

Seems we may have offended some of you who have left comments and not gotten a response back from us.  Sorry if you felt we didn’t like the comment or didn’t want take the time to address it.  We appreciate those that have taken the time to comment and encourage us.  One of the comments mentioned family members that work with orphans here in Malawi and we have since visited that family and enjoyed sharing ideas and experiences with them.

There are a couple of reasons why we haven’t commented on comments.  First is that we set up the blog to be mostly a means by which we could keep friends and family updated on what we are doing in Malawi without having to email everyone separately.  The second reason is that nothing in Africa works efficiently, including the internet.  For you, going to our blog reading it, and typing up a comment may take 2-3 minutes.  It takes us that long just to go to the blog and see if there are any comments.  Then it takes another 2 minutes to load the comments page.  While it’s certainly not impossible to reply to comments, it isn’t quick and we do have other things to do during the day.  Then there’s the phenomenon that a response to one comment generates another and so on, creating more comments to address.  Our intent is not to enter into endless debates on the merits of herbal remedies for sickness or Madonna’s adoption, since most of the time these have no real purpose.  In short, we will now make an effort to acknowledge comments and show our appreciation for them, but if you are looking for a forum to open a debate and convince others that your view is the right one, you’ve come to the wrong place.

 

 …keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings.  1 Timothy 6:20

 

Andy