Caring for the Caregivers
“After working in Malawi for 17 years, I have seen many good programs that need a hand up. Nothing has excited me in quite the way ‘Care for the Caregivers’ has peeked my interest and excitement,” says Suzi Stephens, the Director of Medical Services for the Malawi Project. “I have never been more proud of [...]
A Master of Dreams
Smith Howell – A Master of Dreams
In the 1960’s the congregation was not called Goodman Oaks, and it was not located in Southaven, Mississippi. The membership met in the southern part of Memphis, several miles north of its present location. At the time many in its membership were comfortable with the way things were going, [...]
Ishmael Can Dream Big Dreams
Ishmael Tchale Can Dream Great Dreams
Mwale Village, Malawi… The new school year is beginning, and children in western nations often start it with moans and complaints. For them summer is over, and it is time to get up at the break of dawn, gather up their homework, and head out the front door toward the [...]
Prostitute HIV Positive
So Many Cases of HIV among Malawian Prostitutes
So Many Cases Like 21-Year-Old Dyna
Senga Bay, Malawi… “The gardener came running, explaining that a young woman was at the gate looking for help. He had advised her today was not the day for Clinic at the Gate, unless this was an emergency. He told me she just [...]
When A Kitchen is Not A Kitchen
Thondwe, Malawi … In the village areas of Malawi the women bend at the waist in order to stir black pots filled with white maize mixed to a porridge consistency. Fire blackens the old pots as the flames lap up from the wood or charcoal cooking fire, and smoke fills the eyes of those [...]
Feeding A Book Starved Library
It was a 68-minute drive down a pothole filled road on a very hot, rainy, Thursday afternoon. The trip carried us west from the Namikango Mission, in southern Malawi, down into the Maera Valley between the Mabula chain of hills. The Mwinje hills were off to the west. From the top of one of [...]
A Dark Night Emergency-Part 1
Can We Cross in the Dark of Night?
Samantha Ludick, Clinic at the Gate
It was 7 in the evening when the call came in.
"Is your boat working," came the question from the other end of the line? "Yes", I replied.
"Can you go across the lake to Mkanjila and pick up a patient? There has been [...]
Two Trailers Reach Namikango Hospital … At the Same Time
When it rains it pours. It is a saying that often has a negative connotation in the circumstances of life. Another saying is that "two are better than one." In this case two instead of one is a really good thing. Although they were shipped with space between ship dates, two trailers filled [...]
The Amazing Maize Field
“Failing to prepare is preparing to fail,” it is said. So many people know this, but only a few know and practice what it tells us. Among the few who manage to prepare for better results is the American Tom Rich. He is the man behind the V-tractors, whose first trip to Malawi in August [...]
Indiana Church Contributes Nearly 5,000 Pencils
Evansville, Indiana … An appeal for pencils for the school children of Malawi was posted on the Malawi Project web site on February 2. Responding to the appeal the elders of the Oak Hill Church of Christ in Evansville, Indiana immediately presented the need to their membership for pencils for Malawi. By the end [...]
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