Category: Malawi

  • Malawi Safari

    Malawi Safari
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    I’ll start out with the lingering point.  It feels wrong to me to take two days out of the trip to go on safari.  Even after the experience I think it would have been better to stay on campus.  The trip leader was pretty adamant that we should go on safari.  This is where life… Read more

  • Wahida – Children of the Nations

    Wahida – Children of the Nations
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    Today was a nervous day.  Are we going to an orphanage?  What can I say to an eight year old girl I’ve never met and may not speak any English?  I told my boys that I want them to meet her too.  Does that make it more or less awkward?   There was a sign up… Read more

  • Evelyn – African Bible College

    Evelyn – African Bible College
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    In case you haven’t caught on there are quite a few cultural differences between Malawi and the United States.  Evelyn taught me some more.  I am very soft spoken and relatively shy.  I sat next to Evelyn in the back of the bus on the way to the village one day.  She is also soft… Read more

  • Empowering Education at African Bible College

    Empowering Education at African Bible College
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    I want to support Malawi, but there is so little that I can do myself.  Even while being there in person there is so little I can do without a translator.  The people that can really make a difference in Malawi are the interns.  They have so much potential after they graduate with their education… Read more

  • Letting Go

    Letting Go
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    For me the biggest learning from the trip to Malawi was to let go.  This has been a theme in my life for a couple years, but for this trip I felt like I could actually feel what no anxiety means.  Not because it was easy, but because of the mindset and support from the… Read more