Wow, it’s hard to believe that I’ve been here for a month and a half! I guess time truly does fly by when you’re having fun! It’s kind of tough to think of what’s been happening, it seems like everything just mashes together. Things have been progressing on the building project, though not nearly as fast as it would if the project was in the states. I won’t talk much about that as I created a blog for the project. If you would like to keep updated with the project, visit the building blog at www.bicmalawi.blogspot.com
I have also had the opportunity to travel with church leaders to Chikwawa for a food distribution. Chikwawa is about an hour south from here, and is on the other side of a mountain range, so it is very tough to grow the staple crop, maize. The Shire River is also there in the district; so the area frequently floods, wipes out the crops, then leaves a small amount of time for the corn to grow. So around here in Blantyre, the corn stalks are 6-8 feet tall whereas in Chikwawa they are about 18 inches tall. With the dry season coming in, there is not enough time for the corn to grow and produce a crop. We went there and distributed 80, 50kg bags of maize there for the 11 BIC churches in the Chikwawa district. They plan on having another distribution here in a few weeks to help the people, though it will still not be enough for the people to make it through the upcoming dry season.
A few weeks back I traveled with the Lloyds to Mangochi and Mpalume, where they used to live during their previous term here in Malawi. It is about 3-4 hours northwest of here, almost right at the southern tip of Lake Malawi. Jonathan and I worked on a few things on their old house, and then we all were able to go up to Lake Malawi for a nice and relaxing time.
Finally, I was asked to make a video for the kids at my home church, Carlisle Brethren in Christ Church, describing missions and what I’m doing here in Malawi. Here are the videos:
Oh, and mom - here's a very common meal if I go out for a bit to eat: 
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