Yes!! I Fly Back to Malawi, Tomorrow!!

Mawa, Tomorrow!! Only a day away!!

So, you can tell I am excited! And a night owl! I am up with excitement, joy and procrastination. I hope I have everything, its only 2 weeks, but I am thrilled. The time as come, and I pray you can join in my peace!

The prayers my team needs are the following:

Packing & praying our bags make it to Malawi…We are bringing art supplies, and donated educational items, books, as well as shoes, underwear and soap!

Safe flight and good health… Holly, one of the girls on my trip, is flying for her first time EVER!! Pray her body react well, and that we all stay healthy!

My leadership..God has trusted me to lead, pray I can make good moves, and smart choices for the group. Pray I can guide, and not be in my own happy world. 🙂

Pray we can serve effectively… pray we can possess positive attitudes when we are tired, or hungry, that we can be creative with our book making lesson and our self confidence ESL lesson!

We will be in the village for 8 days, observing and serving in the RiseMalawi summer camp, as well as serving in Blantyre, giving to needy families. More to come, from Malawi!

Also, a friend, Nina has been in Malawi, since July 3rd, see her blog too.. http://ninanagib.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/choosing-between-a-blanket-and-an-education/

ohhhh I’ve got to finish packing and sleep!

Zikomo!!

City Girl Goes Back to the Village; With another Poem in her Pocket

Yesterday, I left Blantyre. It was a bittersweet day, but I wanted to keep my promise to my kids in Madisi, and to my staff at Rise Malawi Ministries.
One of my new friends, Gilbert, who lives in Blantyre offered to drive me to Lilongwe, then from there, I caught a bigbus to Madisi.
Think of it as a little roadtrip, with friends and laughter, a fun truck stop for drinks, and then stories as we drove into the dark of night.
As we were driving, sadly I did not have my pen and paper…but in my head I came up with some ideas as I saw the sun setting.
Today, I came up with this poem inspired by what was seen….

Close your eyes
count to ten
The Sun has Gone to Hide
as we drive
the scenes have changed
The Sun has Gone to Hide
glimpses of light
pop out of the clouds
The Sun has Gone to Hide
time elapses
light gets dimmer
The Sun has Gone to Hide
Open your eyes
say “ready or not”
try to seek…
The Sun has Gone to Hide
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Happy to be back in the village, I hope to continue exploring my creative side. I pray you all find your creativity inside you too!
ziiiiiikoooomoo!!