Many thanks to Tim Jefferson and Greg Cozad whose cell phones have made it possible for the team to occasionally stay in touch with us! Every few days, we're getting calls (that usually last about a minute) with super quick updates.
Here's the latest.
The group spend yesterday and part of today with Opportunity International. This is the organization through whom we are providing micro-financing to people in Lisanjala grow their own businesses. Our team got to meet together with the trust group (the group of 15 or so local people who received loans together and who meet together for spiritual support and business mentoring). Our team also got to experience the training seminar that the Opportunity International clients receive. It's pretty exciting to know that our partnership has allowed a whole group of families to work themselves out of poverty and to increase their ability to provide food for the families, education for their children, and many other things.
This evening, our team was headed to a wildlife preserve where they are hoping to catch up rest and showers and also will get to see some of the beauty and natural wonder of Malawi.
Tomorrow the team will be visiting a few other villages to learn about some of the ways that churches are healing their communities through health clinics and clean water programs. The team is hoping that these experiences will reveal new ways that God might be inviting us to partner with our new friends in Malawi.
Keep them in your prayers. And keep praying for all of us who are waiting expectantly (if not so patiently) for our loved ones to get back home!!!
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