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Britney & Patrick Wood

They are married!  On a beautiful day, July 3, our oldest, Britney and Patrick Wood got married in Lander, Wyoming.  They had an outdoor wedding at a nearby ranch with the Wind River Mountain Range as the backdrop.  There was a wonderful turnout of dear friends including folks from Malawi, Mississippi, California, etc.  We had a wonderful time showing off the beauty of Wyoming to these friends.

Brit and Patrick are now living in Chattanooga where she is finishing her last year in Elementary Education at Covenant College and he is finishing his last year in Music Theory & Composition at University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.  Their hopes and plans are to get to the West as soon as possible...though both sets of parents would love to have them nearer by in Africa or Florida!
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July 27, 2010 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
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ABC GRADUATION & OTHER ASSORTED

Whew!!!  We have had a VERY busy 2 weeks.  We just returned from another wonderful trip to one of Pastor Tembo's prayer houses.  Connie came this time and when the women saw she was there they went and got buckets of homegrown peanuts, oranges, guavas, bananas, sweet potatoes and a pretty cloth.  They then danced and sang up to her and placed all of them at her feet. It is rather overwhelming the kindness we receive in the village. 

Yesterday, ABC graduated their 16th Class. The Masalimo (Advanced) Band, Chorale and Mingoli performed and did very well.  It was a banner year for guests.  We had the Malawi Deputy Minister of Education, a member of the President's cabinet (Religious Affairs), the former Minister of Justice and several others. 
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June 9, 2010 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
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Guli Wankulu

The Guli Wankulu, also known as Nyau, is a traditional cult that has extensive influence in certain parts of Malawi.  It is part of the Chewa tribe and according to folks does not have power over other tribes or those who have no blood relation with members.
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May 24, 2010 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
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Spiritual Emphasis Week

This week begins "spiritual emphasis week" at ABC.  Normally, a pastor from the United States comes and presents a bit of a retreat for the students and staff with services all morning and evening during the week with no classes!  It is a nice break for them. At 8 am we have 14 students come to our house to have tea and pray together and then the services begin.  This year Pastor Bob Botsford is coming from San Diego, CA as the guest speaker.  

However, he and his team (music) could not get here until the afternoon of the first day, so we had a graduate from ABC (local pastor) preach during the service.  It was a study in how the scriptures came to the early church.  What I mean by that was as you read Hebrews (what I have been studying lately) you can't fail to note that for nearly 3 chapters the writer talks about angels and their relationship to Christ.  For us Americans in the 21st Century it is a little strange.  We have to work hard at understanding what was happening in the churches he was writing to in order to understand what he was speaking to specifically under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.  
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May 4, 2010 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
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