Tag: truth
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To Zehab and Home Again
August 27th-28th, 2023 “Lewis! Let’s go climb that hill!” I heard Nick’s voice clearly through the heavy wooden door. I had woken up just moments before after finally falling back asleep. We had talked about climbing the hill just in front of the church property, but I wasn’t sure if we should. I figured we’d…
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Gathered for the Sabbath in Blantyre
August 26th, 2023 “If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, and shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, then you shall…
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Guitar Shops in Blantyre
August 24th, 2023 Nearly out of the instant coffee we brought from the US, and not quite willing to spend money on the ridiculously expensive instant coffee in the grocery stores (or to settle for the cheaper version mixed with chicory), Nick and I opted for some locally-grown coffee. When it comes to coffee, fresher…
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Chilobwe, Church History, Jungle Pepper
August 23rd, 2023 The rain that fell in Blantyre while Cyclone Freddy sat above had very disastrous effects. As the rain continued to fall, the soil on the top and sides of Mount Soche (and other mountains that surround the city) began to loosen. In the middle of the night as the residents of Chilobwe…
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Malawi Ministerial Conference
August 22nd, 2023 One of the tasks I had hoped to accomplish on this trip was to hold a mini ministerial conference in Malawi. I had hopes of also including the pastor of Zimbabwe, Mabasa Chichaya, but the timing didn’t work out well. He is currently overseeing the work done on the new property there…
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Mayaka
In early February of this year, Tropical Cyclone Freddy began to collect moisture and strength as it made its way from the Indian Ocean towards East Africa. The storm officially received a name on February 6th. Freddy made landfall in Madagascar on the 21st and crossed the Mozambique Channel and hit the mainland on the…
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Entering the Sabbath With Praise
August 18th, 2023 Spike decided to join me on my usual seat for a cup of coffee. The problem is, he doesn’t want to sit and drink the coffee with me. He would much rather jump on top of me, try and bite my fingers, and stick his nose in my coffee cup. I tried…
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A Day in Nkhwazi
August 16th, 2023 There have been times when Nick reminisced about the beans served at breakfast in Zimbabwe. Lena and I sometimes recall the porridge served at the youth camp in Malawi in 2017. If I remember correctly it was a rice porridge, slightly sweetened with Malawian sugar and flavored with groundnut (peanut) flour. This…