A couple of weeks ago, Cindy and I returned to our cabin from a long hike to a glacier field far above Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies. Before I even sat down to rest, I took the opportunity to check my email, and learned that I had been selected by Lifewater to serve on a team to Malawi from approximately August 15 to 31! The startling contrast between the adventure just concluded and the adventure ahead left me shocked and speechless (which leaves all of you shocked and speechless as well, I'm sure!) I finally said to Cindy in a small voice, "I'm going to Malawi!"
Now that we're home, I'm finally embracing this exciting opportunity. Lifewater has been going through some significant program changes in recent months, and this is the first trip using a new curriculum with a new partner in a new country! The curriculum is sort of a hybrid of several that I've worked with before in Ethiopia and Kenya (community development, promotion, and hygiene), but some of the facilitation will be a little different. The partner is a new, small Christian NGO called Live Love Malawi. The training will be in Lilongwe, the capital, and the project area is a group of communities a short distance from there. Even the team will be new to me. Julie, the lead trainer, is a staff member whom I've known for several years but have never traveled with. The other three I have yet to meet but have heard great things about from others.
That's essentially all I know right now! I'll be posting more information and stories as the trip approaches, so please keep us - and our partners and their communities - in your prayers, and keep checking back!
Jim/Tesfalem
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