Our new home

Sorry to leave such a sad depessing post up for so long! Now however we have moved! So we can show you around the place...

This is Sarah one of our neighboring volunteers who knows the people we are now working with so she escorted us to our new place and stayed the first two nights with us... that was fun, the three of us sleeping on the floor together under the one net we remembered to grab! The baby on her back is Ana, the happiest malawian child ever!


This is our house... 2 bedroom one other room...


Behind the house is the bafa (place to bath and kitchen


Looking in the front door at the back door which is by no means secure... we are haveing a new door and frame made this week... hey at least it keeps the monkeys out!


The front office... where we play scrabble (in English) and they ALWAYS win!


The front gate...


This is Louis he is our helper... We pay his secondary (high)school fees and he works for us like sweeping the yard, getting water... whatever he can do. He is a cool kid!


last Sunday we were told a hippo died and they were to go see it and invited us along so of course we go... They had just confinscated a large net on their way in...


When we arrived to the spot they said an elephant had killed the hippo... four scouts had spent the evening/night chopping and smoking it... so when we arrived there was a pile of meat three feet high!


The rib cage... it was so big! I decided not to include the photos of the head and well the rest... sorry if it grouses you out.


A white breasted Cormerant


Baboons near our house!


We are so happy to be moved and working with these people who are awesome! Our house has recieved a white wash as high as the tops of the door frames... and our furniture is in the house... we have ordered bunk beds for our guest room so that Fezzick has a place to sleep when he comes! We will be around for a few days... maybe more pictures will be posted!

In Memory of Jenifer

Last week the Liwonde's youngest, Jen passed away from rabies. She was bit by a dog that they did not know was rabid. We arrived to Malawi and a baby Jen but how she grew over the last two years, learned to walk, not shy away so much and actually chant and sing our names. We missed her funeral which was large in attendees. I am glad the family is supported so much. This death was hard for us to deal with since we had grown to love and take this child as our own. We know that she is in Gods hands now. But how we and her family miss her. Here are some memories we have of her...

The whole family when we first came in April 2007. Jen is the baby being held by her mother the standing women.


With her sister Mary


With her Mother


With her Father


All back home affected Jen too, these huge playing cards were sent from the states and the children loved them, even Jen.


Jen being traditionally carried by her sister




The last photo we took of her playing in a tub!


Bryan's Mom found this song that helped us with this loss, it is beautiful, maybe you already know it...

Building 429 - Always
From the album Building 429
I was standing in the pouring rain one dark November night
Fighting off the bitter cold when she caught my eye
Her face was taught and her eyes were filled, and to my surprise
She pulled out a photograph and my heart just stopped inside
She said, "He would've been three today
I miss his smile, I miss his face"
What was I supposed to say, but

CHORUS
I believe always, always
Our Savior never fails
Even when all hope is gone
God knows our pain and his promise remains
He will be with you always

He was living in a broken world, dreaming of a home
His heart was barely keeping pace when I found him all alone
Remembering the way he felt when his daddy said goodbye
Fighting just to keep the tears and the anger locked inside
He's barely holding onto faith
But deliverance is on its way, cause

CHORUS
I believe always, always
Our Savior never fails
Even when all hope is gone
God knows our pain and his promise remains
He will be with you always

Friend, I don't know where you are and I don't know where you've been
Maybe you're fighting for your life or just about to throw the towel in
But if you're crying out for mercy, if there's no hope left at all
If you've given everything you've got and you're still about to fall
Well hold on, hold on, hold on, cause

I believe always, always
Our savior never fails
Even when all faith is gone
God knows our pain and his promise remains
Always, always, He will be with you always