Another first for the Malawi United Methodist Church! As you heard from Jeff in the last post, we traveled to Dedza last weekend for the Conference Youth Meeting. 35 youth leaders gathered from 18 of the 22 circuits to elect their leadership, learn about the structure of the UMC, begin building their foundation and putting [...]
Archive for August, 2009
1st Meeting of the Malawi Conference Youth
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Pang’ono Pang’ono
Posted in culture, family, Mission on August 17, 2009 | 10 Comments »
About a week and a half ago, I found myself in a mood I couldn’t shake. Grumpy. Tired. Frustrated. I wanted the things I couldn’t get here. I wanted to be with the friends back in Tennessee I know and love. Linda Johnson hit the nail on the head — the culture shock has been [...]
Safari in Zambia
Posted in culture, family, Pictures on August 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
***Day 1*** We set out for Lilongwe Sunday morning not really knowing what to expect on a safari. Thanks to the GPS and directions from our friends in Blantyre, we arrived safely at the Kiboko (Swahili for “Hippo”) Hotel around 4pm. Carter and Claire climbed on the “playground”, a LandRover converted to jungle gym, and [...]
Ramblings – all I have today
Posted in Mission on August 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Moving through the days. Eyes open. One foot in front of the other. Fingers on keyboard. Bible open. But still a dull film seems to cover it all. Like the dust that covers our bodies and car. Our vision is obscured. The newnewss is fading. The reality before us. So much to do. Yet difficult [...]
A Busy Day (Monday, August 10)
Posted in Uncategorized on August 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A BUSY DAY 1:30am Thieves jump the fence, knock out two lights, steal the water spigot (again) 6:00am Guard calls for Jeff to survey the damage 8:00am Our Pastor arrives to survey the damage, get the full story, and begin making a plan 9:00am Plumber arrives to fix spigot 9:30am Joiner arrives to continue working [...]
