 | Daniel and Moty
2007-09-10, Blantyre, Malawi. By: herbmather | | By special request we added a picture of Daniel and Moty Mhone to our travel blog picture album. Perhaps other readers have wondered about these two special people whose names appear many times in ou... |
|
| | |
 | 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... |
|
| | |
| 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... |
|
| | |
| 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... |
|
| | |
| 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, ... |
|
| | |
| 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... |
|
| | |
| 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... |
|
| | |
 | 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... |
|
| | |
| 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 ... |
|
| | |
| 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... |
|
| | |
