DAILY LIFE 5:30am Family starts to shuffle out of bed (sometimes Jeff is up as early as 4:30am) Wilson and Fina are already working in the yard and cleaning or starting laundry 6:30am Jeff takes kids to school with lunches, school books, gym bags, and show and tell, as needed [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Daily Life
Posted in family, Mission, Pictures on November 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Ti’me pa malonjezanowo a Mulungu
Posted in culture, Mission on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ti’me, ti’me ti’me pa malonjezanowo a Mulungu; Ti’me, ti’me ti’me pa malonjeazanowo Standing on the promises of God Standing on the promises. This is a favorite hymn at Galilea UMC and our section meeting (Bible study). It’s fun to sing, has a good rhythm, and a heart connection with the people. Sometimes these promises of [...]
I want to blog
Posted in family, Mission on November 15, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I want to blog. I really do. I want to tell you about the amazing welcome we received at Balaka yesterday. I want to tell you about the quiet and powerful leadership of the pastor, of the flowers hung in the tree where we worshipped, of the sound of singing that gave us new life [...]
Thank you Thank you by Claire Marin
Posted in Uncategorized on November 12, 2009 | 10 Comments »
O Malawi, your sweet scented rain that helps the flowers to be bright as your sun. Your sun that makes lizards come out. Your lizards that hurry and scurry away when I walk on your lands every day. Thank you O, Thank You for being there for us. Thank you or Thank you for being [...]
Breathe Deeply Into Us
Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The adrenaline rush from all my travel and the mountain top experience of my time in Kenya is wearing off. I have spent the past half hour sorting through to do lists scribbled on half a dozen papers and organized work into piles on the desk. The kids no longer bounce out of bed, but [...]
