 | Going Full Circle
2007-09-11, Lilongwe, Malawi. By: herbmather | | Tuesday was our first full day in the Bethel Circuit of Lilongwe. We spent Monday traveling from Blantyre to Lilongwe. It is a four-hour drive but it took us all day. We were on “Africa time”, which... |
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 | Health and Family Relations
2007-09-04, Kholosi, Malawi. By: herbmather | | It was another day in the Lower Shire. We headed out of Blantyre, to the edge of the plateau and started the 30 minute trip to the bottom with hairpin turns and beautiful vistas. We knew we were at t... |
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 | Pride of country
2007-08-31, Blantyre, Malawi. By: herbmather | | There is a national pride here in the “warm heart of Africa.” They like to “show off” their country. A spectacular lake that is over 500 kilometers (about 300 miles) in length separates Malawi from p... |
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| Marriage
2007-08-30, Blantyre, Malawi. By: herbmather | | Marriage
What is cultural? What is universal? What is uniquely Christian? Is there an official United Methodist stance on marriage? We were faced with questions about how to respond to these quest... |
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| The Funeral
2007-08-30, Blantyre, Malawi. By: herbmather | | Death is real in Malawi. It is not hidden. It is not “sanitized.” Today we had a chance to experience death and grief expressed in the Malawian way. It was a long day but it was a powerful day. We... |
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| Sunday in Malawi
2007-08-26, Blantyre, Malawi. By: herbmather | | The Sunday worship service at the Galilea United Methodist Church in Blantyre contained many familiar elements. Hymns were sung. Prayers were offered. We had special music, scripture reading, sermon, ... |
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| Malawi Roads
2007-08-25, Blantyre, Malawi. By: herbmather | | Some roads are tarmac. Some are rock. Others are dirt and some are only paths. On Saturday we traveled them all, heading out to the small village of Phala, down the mountain, for another day of leade... |
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| Patience and Bible study
2007-08-24, Blantyre, Malawi. By: herbmather | | Friday was to be a day of rest following the long day in the field. We spent the day trying to post blogs, pictures and email from café computers that were slower than molasses in January as well as t... |
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 | Shire Valley
2007-08-23, Blantyre, Malawi. By: herbmather | | Early Thursday morning we left Blantyre for the lower Shire valley. A few kilometers outside of this hilly city we suddenly began descending off the plateau on a serpentine road. We were happy to have... |
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| Tea and Sympathy
2007-08-22, Blantyre, Malawi. By: herbmather | | We took a drive from Blantyre east to within a kilometer of the Mozambican border. For miles and miles (kilometer and kilometer) the tea plantations were a brilliant sea of green on both sides of the ... |
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| We Have Arrived
2007-07-24, Blantyre, Malawi. By: herbmather | | We arrived Sunday to begin our adventure of learning about Malawi, the Malawi United Methodist Church, and ourselves. The weather has been cool but the reception has been truly warm. Mission Area Sup... |
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 | 'God is Great' grocery store
2005-07-15, Uqara, Malawi. By: carnivore | | Yesterday, I left from Mzuzu by bus and headed north up to the Tanzania border. I didn’t make it in time, arriving at the border crossing 15 minutes after it closed. So I spent the night at some see... |
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 | Black Mamba of Miss Fortune
2005-07-09, Nkata Bay, Malawi. By: carnivore | | Sitting at a local café for my breakfast this morning, it was difficult to enjoy my first cup ‘o joe. The song on the radio was skipping and everyone was yelling at the waitress to call the local DJ,... |
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 | Bellyfish & Beans
2005-07-06, Nkata Bay, Malawi. By: carnivore | | This morning, a group of us staying in the village took a boat up to a remote beach called Ruarwe. It was wretchedly overcrowded and we looked like a group of refugees escaping an oppressive regime, ... |
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 | O' the Rockets Red Glare
2005-07-04, Nkata Bay, Malawi. By: carnivore | | So on the Fourth of July, I did what all patriotic Americans do to celebrate our divorce from the Brits. I went to the nearest lake with a batch of low grade explosives and got drunk. I took a thatc... |
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 | Passing the Charmin in Malawi
2005-07-02, Lilongwe, Malawi. By: carnivore | | Reluctantly, I left Zambia and headed to Malawi. Not planning on spending more than a few days here just to travel through on my way to Tanzania. Border crossings in Africa are always a hassle. Aft... |
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 | Christmas at Malawi
2004-12-24, Chitimba, Malawi. By: jenandmark | | Malawi- 24/12
On Christmas eve, we crossed over the border into malawi, a country largely dominated by the lake its named after. Unfortunately we couldnt make it to the best campsite in time for ch... |
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 | Mountain bikes, more beaches, some grass
2004-04-24, Malawi, Malawi. By: nickvdp | | Hey guys
Well back in civilisation ie internet cafe....still pricey so not having time to write individual messages to everyone.
Leaving Zanzibar was hard, we had gotten very used to the luxurie... |
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 | Beach, Bike, Grass
2004-04-24, Malawi, Malawi. By: nickvdp | | Hey guys
Well back in civilisation ie internet cafe....still pricey so not having time to write individual messages to everyone.
Leaving Zanzibar was hard, we had gotten very used to the luxurie... |
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