At the service, we met Daniel Mhone, who started the whole Malawi Methodist movement under a tree with his family and 1 church member. They immediately grabbed our bags (some of the women had babies on their backs and still wanted to carry our luggage) and we went off to the side of the parking lot and had our first church service right there. We got off the plane and we through “customs.” Once everyone was through, we stepped out into the parking lot and were greeted by the singing and cheers of the congregation from the local church. The next morning we finished the last leg of the trip with a 2 hour flight to Blantyre, Malawi. It was the nicest hotel most of us had ever stayed in, which I think was our pastor’s way of giving us the shock treatment once we entered the third world country of Malawi. We spent the night at the trendy Metcourt Laural, a hotel which was connected to indoor streets with shops lining the walls. After a 20 hour flight to Johannesburg, South Africa we got off the plane, excited to be on level ground again. If they choose themselves to feed, they are forced to watch their children starve to death, but if they choose to feed their children, they will die and leave the children to fend for themselves.Īfter over a year of planning, June 15th of 2009 arrived and we boarded our plane, ready to be changed forever. (The pastor, Steve, is very well paid at around 40 US dollar a month.) In Malawi, parents have to decide if they or their children eat. Over 50% of the country’s population is below the poverty line. Around 1 million people are living with AIDS. Malawi is consistently ranked as one of the top 5 poorest countries in the world. Although Malawi is landlocked, there is a large lake (Lake Malawi) which is one of the best places to go scuba-diving. It took over a year to raise the money to get our team of 22 people to the small country but all our hard work paid off.ġ5 million people inhabit the Pennsylvania-sized country. In 2007, the pastor at our church told us about a mission trip he was planning to Malawi, Africa which would take place in June of 2009.

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