When Lewis and I embarked on this adventure I had six complete pages totally empty in my passport book; surely six would be enough. We received our one year visa and assumed that would be that, but what we didn't account for was the fact that we would have to get an extension on our visitors permit every 30 days or leave the country to get a whole new visitors permit (along with accompanying exit stamps from both countries). I am down to two pages. I was hoping I...

It feels like ages since I've written a blog; though it's been just over a week. We've been busily getting ready for the Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread, so it's been a bit quieter than usual; which is a nice change of pace. So, besides the dreaded tyrant mosquitoes, the number of creepy crawlies has been pretty minimal; most centipedes and the occasional gecko. But Saturday morning held an unpleasant surprise. As I sat on our couch waiting for the rest of ...

On Sunday we drove to Mzuzu to visit the Kachali family and other members in the area. The Kachalis fed us a delicious lunch after our six hour trek. Then Lewis held a Bible study before we made the long journey home. I have to explain about the roads in Malawi (and I'll do so through two incidents that occurred this week). You see, only about 20% of the roads are paved. The rest are (generally) packed dirt that occasionally turns into mud rivers during the rainy...

Well readers... I've been pretty conscious of what I write and try and balance the very real challenges of living in one of the poorest countries in the world with the many wonderful things that Malawi has to offer. This week... well this week has been tougher than most. We knew coming into it that power would be problematic; particularly in the dry season. Since we arrived in the midst of the rainy season the power situation hasn't been awful; though we would re...

Monday night fell into the category of "Funny, not Funny." So, we're sitting around our living room (minus Lewis as he had a counseling session with a young man from the congregation) just before getting up to make dinner when the power went out (per usual). At this point Brennan heard a mosquito buzz by his head. I immediately thought I had left the bedroom window open. I ran in there with my trusty cell phone flashlight. I had indeed closed it, but returning to...