Mzuzu Stories


The Zowe Community Development Project

It was another long drive over rough dirt roads to get to Zowe. The village is about 30 miles from Zambia and may seem like it is at the end of the world. To get a cell phone connection, one must walk to the top of a nearby mountain and place the call from there. It is also an area where traditional religion is strong. Some amazing things are happe...


On Top of the Mountain

Monday morning we drove out of Mzuzu on our way to Livingstonia. The first two-and-one-half hours of driving were on decent tarmac roads. An hour into our drive we were driving high up in the mountains. After two hours of travel we were able to look down and see Lake Malawi. The beautiful blue water and the picturesque shore line caused us to ask Leste...


A Mission Church with a Mission Outreach

The Mzuzu United Methodist Church has a temporary building on a plot of ground next to the parsonage. The congregation was less than ten people four years ago. It has grown but many families in the church care for foster children due to the HIV/Aids pandemic. Some of the children are orphans and many have lost one parent. Some of the children are HIV p...


The Trip to Mzuzu

With our new driver, Lester, at the wheel we got a full tank of gas and headed north on the M1 toward Mzuzu. Once we were past the Kusumu (Lilongwe) airport, we encountered little traffic and few towns for the next five hours. After approximately two hours from Lilongwe the terrain began to change. Mountains began to appear. At the three-and-on-hal...