Well, it turns out some actual details got lost in translation when we were talking with Melissa on the cell phone, with speaker phone, held up to my microphone at church.
The Malawi team has not had a shortage of drinking water. There has been enough of that. What they've been missing is running water. Which means showers and flushable toilets have been temporarily sacrificed. But I talked with Melissa today and she said the water is running again and everything is great.
In case you missed this in earlier information, the team spent Sunday afternoon and all day today "shadowing" a family in the village of Lisanjala. This means they just spent the entire 2 days living life with a family. I know that as the team prepared for the trip, these 2 days of shadowing were the part they were most nervous about. What would they eat? Where would they go to the bathroom? What would they spend their time doing? What would they talk about? HOW would they communicate? The amazing thing is that from everything we've heard, these 2 days of shadowing may just turn out to be everyone's favorite part. We are hearing so many amazing stories of our team members just being so incredibly embraced, welcomed, and loved. It sounds phenomenal. Can't wait to hear more about it!
Keep the team in your prayers!
I think you misheard again. What Melissa said was that she was not able to get a chance to go "running" yet. Which she is very eager to do being that she is a marathoner and all.
ReplyDeletepraying for the visit to the mission hospital right now.
ReplyDeleteI think her real struggle is whether or not to eat the rats on a stick. Which might result in a different kind of running.
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