Stories of Hope and Empowerment from Malawi
Seeing is believing!
“Seeing is believing.” The 17th century pastor Thomas Fuller was the first to use that phrase. Most people don’t know that what he really said was, “Seeing is believing, but feeling is truth.” I have just returned from three weeks Malawi. From first-hand experience I...
Farming God’s Way
No one seems to know who really said it first. Lots of people have taken credit. The majority of people seem to think it was Albert Einstein who said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Whoever said it, there...
Not a handout, but a hand up!
She was born into a poor family of 6. Her parents worked the fields for day wages. They did the best they could, but life was very hard. Despite the challenges, Veronica was able to attend school. Then in grade 8 everything changed. She became pregnant. It...
Knitting a Better Future
With the winter months approaching in Malawi, blankets and warmer clothes become greater necessity. Like some of us, Malawian’s don’t much care for colder weather. When the thermometer drops to 60 degrees, that’s cold in Malawi. Folks start to shiver. Recently, a...
Lifegiving Water
The famous ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau said, “We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.” It’s a true saying in that life as we know it cannot exist without water. In the United States we can tend to take water for granted. We are accustomed to...
Who told you so?
When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, they hid themselves from God. When God came to them Adam told God that they hid because they were naked. God’s reply? Who told you that you were naked? In other words, who have you been talking to? We might say in...
Got Soap?
When most of us go to the sink or the shower or the tub, there it is. It’s just there, we don’t even think about it. But what if it wasn’t? What if that little green or brown bar of soap wasn’t at the sink any longer? How effective would your hand washing be...
Abuja
They call it Abuja. Since the early 1960’s it has had a reputation for trouble. A community known for fighting and every evil thing you can think of. A man might enter another mans house and abuse his wife without any recourse. There are stories of people being...
Goodbye Abuse
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 changed everything, for everyone. Just like in the United States, schools have been closed in Malawi since March. The closing of schools brought alarming challenges to continued learning, especially since few have access to internet...
A Changed Chief
40 years ago, the area Y-Malawi is working in was declared a “no go zone.” No churches or Christian organizations were allowed to work in this area. That all changed two years ago. Traditional leaders and government officials saw that what Y-Malawi was bringing would...
COVID Bible Quiz Competition
Every year our partner Fishers, Trainers and Senders (FTS) hosts a Bible Quiz and Sport Competition for thousands of children who attend Kids Clubs. That was all before COVID-19. Important government meeting restrictions and good social distancing practices sidelined...
From goats to who knows what?
Need more proof that economic empowerment works? Read Samuel Chadza’s story, his own words. “I and my wife were privileged to benefit from the goat pass-on program. The goat that we received gave birth to an offspring. When the offspring was weaned, we passed it on to...