Friday, March 13, 2009

We're making our way back to Blantyre from Magaleta. Our visit was well recieved. The chiefs of four different villages came to welcome us as well as pastors six or eight of our churches. Mike Mountain is still there and apparently stll bears my name. Amazing.

We spent time with the orphans. Almost 100 of them now. They speak some english and are very well behaved. We are still providing them a meal a day. Not enough. But better than starvation.

We worshipped under a tree as we did in Dowa, Masenjere, and Monkey Bay. One of the pastors in Magaleta proposed that if we can buy corrugated roofing, they'll make the bricks. Sounds like a job for Pastor Rick and Scott!

As a whole the village is barely getting by. They will consume the corn crop long before the next growing season. Then they will all go hungry. One pastor said that without help, soon all that will be left will be the mountain...everyone will starve.

It is very hard to look in the eyes of men and woman desperate to feed themselves and their families.

1 John 3:17....James 2:17

"now that I have seen, I am responsible..." Brooke Fraser

2 comments:

Sherry B. said...

"...faith without deeds is dead." ~Brooke Fraser. :)

Yep, Rick and Scott have been talking...

Praying for your safe return. Thank you for your servants heart.

Unknown said...

Have a safe trip home, see ya Sunday.