May 2, 2013 | Malawi Stories
In the spring of 2010 Don was invited to travel to Malawi to wire buildings in a clinic in the bush country. The missionary couple who hired him was seeking to bring electricity to their project through wind and solar sources. Today this clinic is phenomally...
May 2, 2013 | Building the orphanage
The start of every building is a foundational structure that will hold everything that rests upon it. These men know how to build a strong foundation with forms made of bricks that reach down deep into the soil. The...
Apr 23, 2013 | Malawi Stories
As I walked with my interpreter and another pastor back to our waiting chariots ( bicycles), they worked to keep the children from under foot. I heard someone say, “Would you please come again?” in perfect English. I turned and faced the crowd of young...
Mar 24, 2013 | Wells for the Orphanage
GOOD NEWS….the well drilled on the site of our future orphanage is flowing and villagers from all around that area are so happy to have closer access to water. The smaller well that was drilled a few miles away has collapsed and is due to be re-drilled in April...
Feb 21, 2013 | Malawi Stories
This past week we heard the minimum wage has increased to $9 an hour. That sounds great and I hope all will benefit from this. As I thought about the increase, I could not help but allow my mind to race back to where I had just returned, Malawi. How blessed we...
Feb 14, 2013 | Wells for the Orphanage
My wife wrote in the last blog of the waiting period we experienced after our first mission trip and the need we had to find funds for a well at the orphanage site. Through ways and means that I still do not understand, the funds came in and I, along with Pastor David...
Jan 30, 2013 | Malawi Stories
There are many children who live in the bush country who have to deal with the “darker” side of life at a very early age. Notice the necklaces that adorn many of these children. I learned that these necklaces are a sign of “belonging” to...
Jan 30, 2013 | Malawi Stories
Hope for clean water: I am told a child dies every fifteen seconds from polluted water in Africa. Most water is drawn from a hand dug well and only surface water is used. There is rarely a covering over the hole. My hope is that one day all hand dug wells would be...
Mar 18, 2012 | Wells for the Orphanage
Greetings: We are launching our presentation for fundraising for Leples Orphanage. Among our agendas is fresh water for the fatherless children before the work of the orphanage is complete. Yes, without fresh water in this village accessible to our home for children,...
Dec 4, 2011 | Our First Mission Trip 2011
Hello to all of our friends, Today was our last Sunday in Malawi and what better place to spend it than with the congregation that Don spent so many Sundays with last year. We woke up to a slight chill in the air as the sky looked as if it would pucker up and rain at...
