While driving around the city of Lilongwe, Malawi, there is a common bumper sticker that I laughed at the first time I saw it. It seemed to be a random place for the phrase. The bumper sticker simply states “Relax, God is in Control.” There it was—the best advice stuck to the back of a [...]

I was just reading a devotion taken from the Beautiful Feet, Meditations For Missionary Women, when I came across a Bible verse from 2 John 12: I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to [...]

All around us the maize is getting taller and the rains are becoming sparse, a telltale sign that the end of the rainy season is near.  This year we are especially excited for the rains to end, but not merely because of the muddy roads.  We love how lush and green everything looks and how [...]

The final Twins / Triplets distribution of 2008 occurred this month.  It seems like we just finished the last one when this one began.  We barely had any clothes to distribute and decided to purchase a bale of children’s clothing from a local organization called DAPP.  We still had a large quantity of bulgur wheat [...]

One of many changes I had to get used to when I moved to Malawi was sleeping under a mosquito net at night.  At first, it seemed so confining, but the net has grown into a type of security blanket for me keeping out not only mosquitoes but also every other creepy crawly creature that [...]