From http://www.inwardoutward.org/ Mission is revealing to others their fundamental beauty, value and importance in the universe, their capacity to love, to grow and to do beautiful things and to meet God. Mission is transmitting to people a new inner freedom and hope; it is unlocking the doors of their being so that new energies can [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Our Mission
Posted in Mission on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Monkey Bay
Posted in Culture, Family, Pictures, Uncategorized on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
[written Friday morning at Monkey Bay while on holiday after our travels to visit churches in Mzuzu and Livingstonia] I was awakened this morning by the sound of mangoes being thrown onto the tin roof by a gaggle of monkeys. Although it was just 5:30am, I got up to check on everyone in our three-bedroom [...]
Anachronisms
Posted in Culture, Mission, Pictures on October 26, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Today at about the 10th of the 22 hairpin turns down the mountain from Livingstonia, we passed a man with a handhewn hoe balanced on one shoulder and a cell phone held to his opposite ear. It’s like that here. The primitive alongside the most modern technology. We climb the mountain in our 4-wheel drive [...]
Changes
Posted in Culture, Family on October 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I’m sitting in Mzuzu just three months into our Missionary commitment reading of another’s woman’s departure from Uganda as her family’s three-year commitment comes to an end. As I read her description of the farewell party, tears rolled down my cheeks. So quickly this place has become my home. And these people, my people. Speaking [...]
an email home
Posted in Uncategorized on October 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I wrote this email home this morning between unpacking and repacking… seemed might be a good way to catch everyone up. Hello Friends and Family! Just wanted to send a quick email before we head off again… Jeff survived the week but is pretty exhausted. It was Science and Technology week at Claire and Carter’s [...]
