A chicken, a rat she held in her hand. She’s beautiful, wise , adventurous, fun My sister. She is also so cool and a good poet too. I am so lucky to have such a sister but not by birth. By living with us and giving us gifts and a new family member.
Archive for December, 2009
Marie Claire, a poem by Claire Marin
Posted in Uncategorized on December 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Water
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
On Saturday we moved to our new house. The site foreman did not want us to move in because the house was not quiet finished. But we were scheduled to leave for holiday on Sunday and I didn’t want to ruin a 10-day vacation by coming home to move two days before Christmas. And we’ve [...]
email home
Posted in culture, family, Mission on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just sent this to friends and family at home and it seemed a good summary of where we are right now… Subject: If we go on holiday tomorrow… email: …we will not have access to internet at the lodge. We will return to Lilongwe on the 21st and back to Blantyre on Dec. 22. We [...]
Advent Sermon Luke 3:3 – 18
Posted in Mission, MUMC on December 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I told a friend that sermons feel like the most vulnerable thing to post on the blog. Too many of my friends are theologically educated, savvy and wonderful preachers themselves. But here’s what we have for today… The scripture for this week begins with “the voice of one crying out in the wilderness”. And again [...]
days in malawi by Claire Marin
Posted in culture, family on December 9, 2009 | 5 Comments »
On our last day of school my teacher gave out the first pen licenses. They were to my friend Ndumi and a boy named Osward. I an trying to get my hand writing in order. I am doing well, I think. Then on the last day of school, in the morning, we went into the [...]
