by Joanna Morrison, January 2012 I have my instructions: ‘Not too airy fairy Jo, so I can find pictures to go with it.’ So here I go with a down to earth update with lots of real live faces to go with it. I would like to give thanks for visitors who breathe life in
We mourn the loss of Daryl Dean Martin, who died tragically on September 7, 2011, from injuries sustained when elephants unexpectedly charged Daryl and his wife Rebekah while visiting a wildlife reserve in Malawi. Daryl, together with his wife Rebekah and sons Jonathan (age 16) and Caleb (age 11), have served as missionaries at the
It’s mid July and the Malawi winter weather is a welcomed relief from the typical extreme heat – a pleasant climate for church. Bangula was the venue for thousands of people hungry for the presence of the Lord. Even though poor, stung again by inadequate harvests after such little rain fell on farmer’s fields, desperate
I have a new appreciation for freedom. He’s no longer a slave – John’s been set free! Peter and I chased after him for over an hour in our Pinzgauer truck over bumpy farmer’s fields, along twisting paths through thick brush, trailing the herd of cows that John was leading. With the help of people
There is no one like you, O Lord, and there is no God but you. And who is like your people Israel – the one nation on earth whose God WENT OUT to redeem a people for himself.’ 1 Chron.17:20-21 In some ways, going out to Mozambique seems like madness. There is certainly no shortage