Our time here in Malawi so far has been excellent. We've accomplished many things but many things still need doing. We've handing about 1200 Bags of Hope, helped a man with medical bills, provided Hiv medications for a lady for about 2 or 2 and half years. We've travelled to many villages distributing maize and Jaako has been speaking to the children.
Tomorrow we head to Mangochi and Chikulo which are very remote villages near Lake Malawi. They are the forgotten in Malawi. We will be spending a few days visiting some projects started by Catherine our good friend as well as visit sites for new plans by our friends Tracey and Mick. We are very excited to go and see how we can help. We will be spending time in Chikulo with host families and getting to know village life. We will also spend a night in their huts with them. I can't wait to go and truly experience how these people live, to be a part of their community.
Eat what they eat, sleep where they sleep and just be as they are each and every day.
I'm not sure if we will have any internet connection while we are gone so we may not be able to report back until then.
Sue
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Time is going by so fast.
Time is going by so very quickly. We leave for Malawi in just over 3 weeks!! I can't believe that we are actually going back. It still seems so surreal still. We have a team of 7 people going this time. Jaako and I, Clint and his son Sydney, my friend Lily and 2 university girls Laura and Carrie. I'm so happy so many people wanted to join this mission and help the people in Malawi. We have so many extra suitcase this time to bring stuff over with!!! We are bring over Bags of Hope for the children again as well as underwear for the girls and various health items like vitamins, soap, shampoo, toothbrushes and toothpaste.
While in Malawi, we will be doing 3 different things.
1. For the first week we will be going to visit villages close to Lilongwe where we will be based. We will distribute the Bags of Hope to the children, and food supplies.
2. The next 4-5 days we will spend visiting different schools in hopes of securing a partnership with one of them that we could send our scholarship students to.
3. The rest of the time will be spent up near Lake Malawi in remote villages that don't receive much aid. Our friend Katherine has some projects on the go up there and we will check them out and see how we can be of help.
Both Jaako and I will be reporting on our blogs as often as we can so keep checking back.
We are very excited to be going again. I can't wait to see my friends again. Thank-you to all of you that have helped the kids in Malawi. We make a difference. We really, really do.
While in Malawi, we will be doing 3 different things.
1. For the first week we will be going to visit villages close to Lilongwe where we will be based. We will distribute the Bags of Hope to the children, and food supplies.
2. The next 4-5 days we will spend visiting different schools in hopes of securing a partnership with one of them that we could send our scholarship students to.
3. The rest of the time will be spent up near Lake Malawi in remote villages that don't receive much aid. Our friend Katherine has some projects on the go up there and we will check them out and see how we can be of help.
Both Jaako and I will be reporting on our blogs as often as we can so keep checking back.
We are very excited to be going again. I can't wait to see my friends again. Thank-you to all of you that have helped the kids in Malawi. We make a difference. We really, really do.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
We are going back to Malawi!!
Our travel dates are confirmed and our tickets purchased. We leave on June 3 of this year to Malawi!! We are so excited to be able to go and see our friends and help them out again. We will be in Malawi for 3 weeks again this time around with 3 different missions on the go while we are there. We will begin the first week by going to villages close to Lilongwe and we will distribute maize and the Bags of Hope, then we plan to check out schools that we can possibly join forces with and provide scholarship funds directly to the school. Our focus will be educating into the medical field and hopefully some day soon be able to build a medical centre and staff it with our own graduated students!!
Next we will hook up with a local women's group that is teaching women how to earn their own income in order to support themselves and send their children to school. At this time we will have a chance to visit their orphanage they have up in Blantyre. We are so looking forward to going. We are going down as a team of 5 and possibly 7!! That's almost 10 suitcases of needed supplies that we can bring to Malawi with us!!!! Yeah!!
As our departure date draws closer, I've been in contact with many of the Malawian via email and again it's starting to hit home just how much need exists over there. Children and adults are dying over there. They die of malnourishment, AIDS and many other treatable illnesses. It's time to work our hardest at helping them turn their country around. I feel blessed to live in this amazing country where even though we don't earn a huge income or anything - we are completely and totally provided for! Our every physical need is met and much more. We really have no complaints even though those complaints come from my lips very often! It's time to refocus and concentrate on those that really need my help. I know that here are many in Canada and all over the world that need help, but right now Jaako and I feel called to help Malawi and we will do our best to help change it by educating one person at a time, feeding one family at a time and just being there for them.
Take Care,
Sue
Next we will hook up with a local women's group that is teaching women how to earn their own income in order to support themselves and send their children to school. At this time we will have a chance to visit their orphanage they have up in Blantyre. We are so looking forward to going. We are going down as a team of 5 and possibly 7!! That's almost 10 suitcases of needed supplies that we can bring to Malawi with us!!!! Yeah!!
As our departure date draws closer, I've been in contact with many of the Malawian via email and again it's starting to hit home just how much need exists over there. Children and adults are dying over there. They die of malnourishment, AIDS and many other treatable illnesses. It's time to work our hardest at helping them turn their country around. I feel blessed to live in this amazing country where even though we don't earn a huge income or anything - we are completely and totally provided for! Our every physical need is met and much more. We really have no complaints even though those complaints come from my lips very often! It's time to refocus and concentrate on those that really need my help. I know that here are many in Canada and all over the world that need help, but right now Jaako and I feel called to help Malawi and we will do our best to help change it by educating one person at a time, feeding one family at a time and just being there for them.
Take Care,
Sue
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