Our first view of Malawi looked like a page from Google Earth. The clouds parted as we arrived and we had a great view of the lake from the plane. Three of our four check bags arrived with us; and we filed a search for the fourth. We were warmly greeted by Henry and Chance from COTN.
Our first stop was at Njewa were we wer
e greeted by the senior management team in Malawi: Yobbe, Tom, and Lillian. We settled into the adjacent housing accommodations called "Salima Village".
The Salima Village facilities are fabulous they are modeled after a Malawin village. Cement floored "huts" with electricity, running water, and comfortable bunk beds for four covered from the sun and rain by a thatched roof. The center of the Salima compound has a covered op
en sided meeting area. The centralized restrooms are decidedly not from an authentic Malawian village: they have flushing toilets, private showers - with hot water. The entire grounds at Salima is beautifully landscaped with flowers and newly planted trees.
Our first stop was at Njewa were we wer
e greeted by the senior management team in Malawi: Yobbe, Tom, and Lillian. We settled into the adjacent housing accommodations called "Salima Village".The Salima Village facilities are fabulous they are modeled after a Malawin village. Cement floored "huts" with electricity, running water, and comfortable bunk beds for four covered from the sun and rain by a thatched roof. The center of the Salima compound has a covered op
en sided meeting area. The centralized restrooms are decidedly not from an authentic Malawian village: they have flushing toilets, private showers - with hot water. The entire grounds at Salima is beautifully landscaped with flowers and newly planted trees.John and Jeremiah, the gracious and talented cook and his assistant had prepared a wonderful meat filled pastry for us as an afternoon snack in the community kitchen and dining room.
Next we were o
ff to meet the children at Chitipi. They greeted us with song, dance, poetry, Bible recitation, and prayer. This was a great blessing to us as our Sunday had been gobbled up by travel and time changes. These children brought us into God's presence through their singing and we worshiped together.
ff to meet the children at Chitipi. They greeted us with song, dance, poetry, Bible recitation, and prayer. This was a great blessing to us as our Sunday had been gobbled up by travel and time changes. These children brought us into God's presence through their singing and we worshiped together.Lastly we were back to Njewa/Salima for dinner, conversation, hot showers, and bed.
3 comments:
Sounds very interesting.....glad to hear you made it there safe
Glad you made it there...sounds great. I'm sure Bryce is taking tons of pictures.
The photos are snapping away; up load speed is quite slow so.... we will be glad to show you photos when we return.
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