An update from Ekwendeni!

Greetings to all friends and family back home! I, Clay, am updating

the team blog and this will be the first actual post that is not

directly from Michael since we left Malawi. The culprit for our lack

of updates is in no way a deficiency in zeal, but a deficiency in

proper internet connection. Since our arrival back in Ekwendeni

village, we have found two wifi hot spots which offer the slightest

hope in providing you just a taste of our amazing experience here in

Malawi.

Our second week of Livingstonia was great! Austyn, Denise, and I

finished creating a much needed database for the University of

Livingstonia college of education. Now the secretary can easily

register students for classes, and pull up transcripts and grades at

the click of a button! Becca and Lizzy had a successful week at the

hospital and we ended our stay on the plateau with a visit to the

water source of the village. Some students took us on a 2 hour walk

up into the mountains and had a true jungle experience complete with

monkeys, waterfalls, tall trees and mud! It was a BEAUTIFUL hike and

we will show you some of the pictures here on the blog.

After church on Sunday (which we performed Be Thou My Vision and As

the Deer with vocals and sax) we headed down to Ekwendeni. After

stopping at Lake Malawi to rest from the bumpy road down the mountain,

we got a flat tire. Our driver is used to changing flats, so it was

no big deal.

Austyn, Lizzy, and I are currently in Ekwendeni. Lizzy is working at

the hospital while Austyn and I are working at the Livingstonia Aids

Program doing computer work. Next week we will be teaching at the

Ekwendeni girls school. Becca and Denise made it safely to Embagweni,

but we have yet to hear how things are with them.

Though I am not offering too many details due to time constraints, I

want to summarize everything by letting you all know that we are

having a good time, and learning many new things each and every day.

We are stretched, but it is all to refine us into the people God wants

us to be. I know we are each being molded each and every day and God

is showing us many things every second! I can speak on behalf of the

entire group that we deeply appreciate all prayers. I hope you enjoy

the pictures I have attached to the blog! (I hope they upload for

starters)

Keep tuning in. I will try to update one last time next week before

we leave for the lake.

God Bless,

Clay

P.S. The world cup starts tomorrow and we are so close!

The "Water System" of northern Malawi