Metacognition

Some say life is a Beautiful Struggle, and sometimes,  for me and my journey to and from the motherland, and Malawi, I’d agree.

The time back was beyond great, and especially amazing to see two friends fall absolutely in love with Malawi, RiseMalawi, and the culture that captivated me — I could not have asked for a better trip back. (lets do it again, anyone, want to come, email me, Mollymccormick.mem@gmail.com)

The beautiful struggle still sits in my head, as to how I can get back there, stay there, get paid to travel, get paid to work with children, get paid to actually make a difference in someone’s life and live a life that brings joy and purpose into practice.

Thoughts swirl round and round in my head, as I process the interactions we encountered, the people I missed, the impact I hope I had, the kids I got to see again, and the new opportunities that came with leading this trip.

What’s next?

Stay on the Journey with Me

Yesterday I was not feeling quite ready to leave Malawi….
Today, I was able to at least get more things done, say a few more goodbyes and actually come to terms with the journey here ending. I know the journey will continue, as I want to keep bloggin, and post photos, so you can really connect.
By 8am my time, I will be leaving the house, off to the 1st of 4 airports and leaving the door to this chapter ajar, as I keep relationships going, as I advocate for these children and as I keep learning from the Warm Heart of Africa.

zikomo kambiri for the prayers, comments, likes, emails, and phone calls. continue to journey with me.

ps. ideas for new blog names, are welcome.

HiGhLiGhTs!!

With 20 days remaining with no particular order, my top highlights from my journey here in Malawi: 

• Hearing P-square(look them up) from my bed, in my net, down the hall from Tinashe Saka’s room
• Laughing everyday!! Seriously, I think I’m a happier person, since I laugh everyday, thanks to friends, like Tinashe, Za, Movuti, Willie, John, Arthur, Isaac, Mwai, Malason, Mike, Maclean, Michael, Sarah, Rike, Clara and my kids
• Walking or riding a bike to get around! Also, the custom of using Minibuses!
• Speaking confidently in another language and getting respect for it.
• Eating amazingly tasting dinners especially when the power has gone out
• The Sunsets here in the Warm Heart Of Africa
• Teaching English, at the same time as discovering a HUGE passion of mine!
• Visiting families and villages to our youth. Today, we came with openness, and left with sugarcane, sweet potatoes, and groundnuts.
• Learning the fruits of the spirit, through the lives of the humble hearted people here.
• Being bolder than ever before! Making new friends with fellow volunteers!
• Dancing with “Uncle Bruce” and the Rise Malawi staff!! (video to share)
• Spontaneously meeting the German Ambassadors Family, and spending time at the house with his family, all on his birthday! Bonus, meeting Emma, the coolest 7 year old; daughter to the American Ambassador.
• Lake Malawi, what a sight!
• Interacting with monkeys without a cage!
• With slower paced life, I have been able to really rediscover myself,
• A birthday party in the dark, with all my favorite foods cooked with love over charcoal stove inside, due to the intense rain; not to mention the bike taxi’s that got us to the destination without us falling in puddles and a birthday surprise that can not just change my life, but almost 100!
• Growing deeper with God as well as friends
• Experiencing a major political change, due to the death of a president. Now the 1st woman president; my first experience with such kind of event.
• Learning to appreciate the finer things in life

Worship through Art

A day we came together to fast and pray

And we all cried out to the Lord. God has given me an artsy bone recently, & I am trying to be open to that. (I usually do not know what to do with ART?!?)

So, I went to my room, closed the door, continued to hear the prayers from down the hall, and wanted to share this simple yet complex picture. To the eye,  ya maybe it looks like a kid drew it, but God filled me with the Spirit, and I drew

with scriptures in my mind. 

So, we were praying for the lost

The cross has Jesus drawn on as the RED HEART. Without His blood, shed for us, death would be eternal.

The greens and blues represent the world, and all of us living in the world, the black is the sin, that we are consumed by and if you see the bit of purple you might think Royalty. Yes, Jesus is royalty, and the greatest part is, God sacrificed his son, purely for us, he wants us to be stainless and pure and God sees us as beautiful children and sweet to his sight.

The Light coming down from the top of the picture is not accurate of the day of Christs’ Death, but 3 days later when He rose again, and God’s promise was fulfilled. Also, I think it’s the Holy Spirit living among us…

There are hills and mountains, valleys and sky…. all that is for us to know that with or without Christ we will have good days and bad days. We will be high on the hilltops and low in the darkest of valleys. However, with Christ, there is Hope in those valleys, and thanksgiving too.

The path to the cross is wide and so are the many paths in life…but living a life with Christ is not easy, nor will everyone be there. So the road is thick before the base of the cross; and its colors the same as the people there below.

The road at the base of the cross is very narrow, and like I mentioned, it’s not easy or for everyone. It takes discipline, life changing decisions, repentance, Christ in your heart, the Holy Spirit in your life, and God as your guide. Again, the yellow is knowing, that the cross, and Jesus are “The way the truth and the life…” Also, you can see that narrow path is surrounded by the blackness of sin and death. We can either distract ourselves as Christians and fall into the darkness, or we can stay on the path and lean on Christ.

Please comment, correct me, ask questions and remember to pray for those who you know are living in that dark, dark world. We are so in need of the blood shed on the cross, ask about how new life is possible!

All the glory to God

The Power of Prayer

We gathered
we were open
Purified our hearts and
led by the spirit.
Time might say we are strangers
but, I’ll say we are exactly like what we were praying for; family.
Obeying the command of God to pray for the lost
We committed to one another, for the sake of our kin
we come from close-knit families to broken
homes…
I prayed for those who wait for the day, they can “kill the fattened calf”(Luke 15:23) for that ‘lost to the world’ sibling; lost and stumbling– return them
home
Lord, show them the Way. Let us celebrate! For when the lost have returned
Home.
God spoke to us, with knowledge from Isaiah,
let us do as it is written, (Isaiah 58:6)”I will tell you the kind of day I want–a day to set people free.
I want a day that you take burdens off others. (Isaiah 58:7) I want you to share your food with the hungry. I want you to find the poor who don’t have
Homes
and bring them into your own
Homes.
Dont hide from your relatives when they need help.”

Oh how I feel loved, encouraged and honored to be
“home”
with this family.
I pray this day will help me reconnect, love and add to a
Home
of such Foundation

I hope I never forget this day, the Power, the reality of all this life is.