Friday September 8, 2006
We made it!
Our trip here was pretty seamless with the exception of loosing one of our bags and our tent. Our water filter and 1 of our sleeping bags were in that bag so please pray that it shows up.
Jodi and I both discovered that we do not sleep on planes. 58 hours awake – that definitely was the longest overtime stretch I have done. (HA – the guys from work will see the humor in that)
Malawi is awesome – I love it here.
Denny & Sandy Miller picked us up at the airport; wonderful people. They have been showing us around and have been a real God send.
We have also meet Cheryl Miller and her boys. She is also a God send. She spent the day driving us around town and to the grocery store.
Tonight Denny & I and a whole bunch of guys from the bible college went to a village to plant a church. It was a great experience. After driving down a very rough dirt road in the pitch dark and we ended up in a school yard. The village was very simple mud brick, grass roof, very low roofs.
Anyway we set up a screen in the playground of the school and showed 2 reels of the Jesus file, sang & preached. About 350 people from the village showed up and about 250 came forward and accepted Christ as savior. It was and awesome experience.
We will be back tomorrow night and Sunday to close the Crusade.
The house we are staying in is beautiful as are the grounds. We have 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. God is good.
We got internet service today – totally painless and totally dial up.
However we tried to get a cell phone today and everyone is sold out until maybe next week.
On a high point beef is way cheaper than chicken! 2 big t-bone steaks for $4.00. We will be eating a lot of beef. It’s a sacrifice but we are willing :)
That’s all for now.
For Christ
Scott
Saturday September 9, 2006
Correction – I thought we had internet – the guy phoned and said we did but alas no go on the internet.
Tonight we went to the Easter’s house for a traditional Malawian dinner. It was awesome! We had nsima – it is a boiled corn based food that is like an overcooked cream of wheat that forms into a big lump – very very good. We also had what could best be described as a boiled chicken with tomato and spice, beef stew, beans, rice, coleslaw with noodles in it and a chopped greens and onion dish.
The whole meal was fantastic.
You eat a Malawian meal with your hands. You take a lump of nsima and roll it into a 1 inch ball. Place the ball in the soft part between your thumb and index finger, then pick up some of the other food with your thumb and index finger (think lobster claw action). This can get messy, remember the stew and greens.
Irish was funny, his hands were completely covered with the white nsima paste.
Jael, Charity and I went with Denny to the village we were at last night.
It was another great experience. The girls were very popular as the village children have never seen white people before let alone a white child.
All the children wanted to shake the girl’s hands. Most just stared and stared at us.
The Crusade was well attended again with approximately 300 people. After the sermon we invited the sick to the front for prayer.
I was able to pray for healing of and HIV positive couple, a woman with a chronic headache and a young man taking an examination on Monday.
Please pray for God’s healing touch for the headache and the HIV couple.
Sunday September 10, 2006
Today we all went out to the village and I had my 1st experience driving on the left side of the road. This is a crazy country to drive in. There are people, mini-buses, farm animals, bicycles with at least 3 people on them or 50 chickens hanging from the handle bars, or a 7 foot stack of wood on the back or 2-45 gallon drums on the back of the bike. Anyway, no accidents but 1 near head-on. On the way to the village we passed and open air meat market – half a cow hanging off the front of a little brick shed. We also passed a guy selling mouse-kabobs (we looked for him on the way back for a picture but he was gone).
Church was a wonderful experience for all of us. This was a church plant and held in a school classroom.
Church in Africa is a lot different than in North America. The Africa’s dance during service and instead of a worship leader at the front someone in the congregation starts a song and everyone follows along.
The service format was normal: praise & worship, sermon (on baptism of the Holy Spirit) then in lieu of prayer and healing at the front we gathered at the front for prayer to fill all the believers with the Holy Spirit – very cool. Many were filled and began to speak in tongues.
The HIV lady from the night before was slain in the spirit and was done for a good 20 minutes. I believe God healed her.
The kids were very popular. All the other kids wanted to sit beside them. They just stared and stared at our “whiteness”.
After the service we went to an Indian restaurant. The food was good.
We made it!
Our trip here was pretty seamless with the exception of loosing one of our bags and our tent. Our water filter and 1 of our sleeping bags were in that bag so please pray that it shows up.
Jodi and I both discovered that we do not sleep on planes. 58 hours awake – that definitely was the longest overtime stretch I have done. (HA – the guys from work will see the humor in that)
Malawi is awesome – I love it here.
Denny & Sandy Miller picked us up at the airport; wonderful people. They have been showing us around and have been a real God send.
We have also meet Cheryl Miller and her boys. She is also a God send. She spent the day driving us around town and to the grocery store.
Tonight Denny & I and a whole bunch of guys from the bible college went to a village to plant a church. It was a great experience. After driving down a very rough dirt road in the pitch dark and we ended up in a school yard. The village was very simple mud brick, grass roof, very low roofs.
Anyway we set up a screen in the playground of the school and showed 2 reels of the Jesus file, sang & preached. About 350 people from the village showed up and about 250 came forward and accepted Christ as savior. It was and awesome experience.
We will be back tomorrow night and Sunday to close the Crusade.
The house we are staying in is beautiful as are the grounds. We have 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. God is good.
We got internet service today – totally painless and totally dial up.
However we tried to get a cell phone today and everyone is sold out until maybe next week.
On a high point beef is way cheaper than chicken! 2 big t-bone steaks for $4.00. We will be eating a lot of beef. It’s a sacrifice but we are willing :)
That’s all for now.
For Christ
Scott
Saturday September 9, 2006
Correction – I thought we had internet – the guy phoned and said we did but alas no go on the internet.
Tonight we went to the Easter’s house for a traditional Malawian dinner. It was awesome! We had nsima – it is a boiled corn based food that is like an overcooked cream of wheat that forms into a big lump – very very good. We also had what could best be described as a boiled chicken with tomato and spice, beef stew, beans, rice, coleslaw with noodles in it and a chopped greens and onion dish.
The whole meal was fantastic.
You eat a Malawian meal with your hands. You take a lump of nsima and roll it into a 1 inch ball. Place the ball in the soft part between your thumb and index finger, then pick up some of the other food with your thumb and index finger (think lobster claw action). This can get messy, remember the stew and greens.
Irish was funny, his hands were completely covered with the white nsima paste.
Jael, Charity and I went with Denny to the village we were at last night.
It was another great experience. The girls were very popular as the village children have never seen white people before let alone a white child.
All the children wanted to shake the girl’s hands. Most just stared and stared at us.
The Crusade was well attended again with approximately 300 people. After the sermon we invited the sick to the front for prayer.
I was able to pray for healing of and HIV positive couple, a woman with a chronic headache and a young man taking an examination on Monday.
Please pray for God’s healing touch for the headache and the HIV couple.
Sunday September 10, 2006
Today we all went out to the village and I had my 1st experience driving on the left side of the road. This is a crazy country to drive in. There are people, mini-buses, farm animals, bicycles with at least 3 people on them or 50 chickens hanging from the handle bars, or a 7 foot stack of wood on the back or 2-45 gallon drums on the back of the bike. Anyway, no accidents but 1 near head-on. On the way to the village we passed and open air meat market – half a cow hanging off the front of a little brick shed. We also passed a guy selling mouse-kabobs (we looked for him on the way back for a picture but he was gone).
Church was a wonderful experience for all of us. This was a church plant and held in a school classroom.
Church in Africa is a lot different than in North America. The Africa’s dance during service and instead of a worship leader at the front someone in the congregation starts a song and everyone follows along.
The service format was normal: praise & worship, sermon (on baptism of the Holy Spirit) then in lieu of prayer and healing at the front we gathered at the front for prayer to fill all the believers with the Holy Spirit – very cool. Many were filled and began to speak in tongues.
The HIV lady from the night before was slain in the spirit and was done for a good 20 minutes. I believe God healed her.
The kids were very popular. All the other kids wanted to sit beside them. They just stared and stared at our “whiteness”.
After the service we went to an Indian restaurant. The food was good.
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