Day 12 in Malawi

After doing a few errands, we headed to Dzaleka. Just before we got there, we stopped to tour a ministry called There Is Hope. I will make a separate post about it as i took lots of pictures. We delivered the belts for the sewing machines, then headed to the YWAM base. On the roads at various spots, there are policemen, seemingly randomly stopping cars and pulling them over. Today, Roberta was stopped, and they asked where she was going and where she was coming from. When she said Dzaleka, they said, " Oh, that is very good of you. You are driving very good. We are proud of you" and waved us on.
I was able to give out another Bible to Fiona, a young woman on the YWAM staff. She was so excited as she showed me her paperback Bible that was galling apart. This afternoon was Womens Bible study, and I was asked to lead the study. We were supposed to start at 2 pm, but didn't arrive until almost 2:30. Its called Malawi time, Africa time, Guatemala time....it basically means they show up whenever. By 3pm, we had 8 ladies, including us. We drove from the base deep into the camp. Again I cannot say enough how narrow, rutted, slanting, and crowded the roads in the camp are. Not really designed for auto traffic. Back to Bible study. I chose to talk about John 4, the woman at the well. There were many things to draw out of the passage that these women could relate to, and there was good discussion. Then we headed home. I took out another zipper from the old cushions and marked and cut fabric for cushion number 2.Read more