I introduced Mikelo in a couple other posts so I’ll simply say he’s a 5 year old that found me on day one and consistently found me every day.   We didn’t always go to his home village of Chipampha.  Some days we started at another village and then went there. He was always one of… Read more

Finally the frames got packed without any padding and they weren’t as tightly packed as when Nathan did it.  Halfway through the trip we got the message that they needed help sorting and counting frames since some of them got broken in transportation.  We spent a night and an afternoon sorting and repairing.  I knew… Read more

When The Grove first went to Malawi 20 years ago they were greeted by the women and children the same as today, but they weren’t able to meet with the chiefs.  The village chiefs are responsible for planning and managing their village.  As Live Love Malawi expanded their reach they were able to slowly build… Read more

When I look across the Malawian landscape it reminds me of the savanna, and the desert.  There are occasional wide, low trees.  Mostly it is small trees and brown fields.  How can anything grow here?  In June the water is all sitting below the ground, but in October the rains will come and soak everything;… Read more

These are the activities we have the least experience with, but I’ll talk about them anyway.   It seems like the medical team was very popular.  We brought a lot of medicine with us to restock the supplies in the village.  Plus we brought a doctor and two PAs.  There was a big team that could… Read more