“The Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your land, your family, and your father’s household for the land that I will show you.” Genesis 12:1 In 2009 we received an email from Rev. Daniel Mhone quoting this scripture. In response to our request to come and serve in Malawi he told us to come to the [...]
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Genesis 12
Posted in family on July 26, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Ndapita
Posted in culture, family, Mission, tagged family, Friends, God, Goodbye, Malawi, Tears on July 12, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Well I reckon this is it. Right now, it’s 5:30AM. I’m in the sitting room warming up next to a blazing fire with my cup of Mzuzu coffee. The jeans I hope to wear to Nashville are laid out in front of the fire drying. In the distance I can hear the morning rooster roll [...]
laughter in the morning
Posted in family, Pictures on July 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
All the lattes in the world can’t compare to the sound of Wilson whistling and laughing in the morning.
fewer and fewer blogs
Posted in family, Mission on July 3, 2011 | 3 Comments »
over the past six months I have written fewer and fewer blogs. the time and experiences have touched me in such deep places, troubling me in ways that I can only hope is the Holy Spirit stirring within me but I can’t sort out the rhyme or reason. sometimes interactions make me so angry. sometimes [...]
well, that was embarrassing
Posted in culture, family, Mission, MUMC on June 27, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Yesterday morning as church ended, Pastor Kaunda told the congregation that next Sunday will be our family’s last Sunday at Galilea UMC. He invited me up to say a few words. When I got to the front and turned around to face the congregation no words would come. My eyes filled with tears and I [...]
