New Blog

Hi friends. We are no longer in Malawi, so I have started a new blog. If you are interested in following the adventures of our family you can go to www.tacheny.blogspot.com.

Thanks for your interest and your prayers.

Leaving Malawi

Our family at our last Ultimate frisbee game

I can't believe it's been a month since my last post. We have been busy with good-byes, end of the school year activities, more good-byes, packing our lives up and yet again, more good-byes. It's been a sweet time to reflect on the many blessings we've had living and working in Malawi. We are especially thankful for all of the friends we have made here. God is good.

This will be the last Memories in Malawi blog. I haven't decided what will be next. I have joined facebook and might use that as a way to keep people posted on our activites. But we'll see, I haven't quite figured out all of the ins-and-outs of it.

Our upcoming schedule is the following: June 16--leave Malawi. June 17--arrive in London and visit the Sanchez family. June 19--fly to Minnesota. June 28--fly to Costa Rica. June 29--Start language school.

It will be a whirlwind. Thank you for your prayers.

Working with AIDS patients

The beautiful ladies who care for patients and clients at PIH clinic

Do you sometimes get stuck in your routine and lose sight of how God is working in your life--in big and small ways? I sort of had a mini-revelation about that today. I was at Bible Study and Beth Moore was sharing in her study, Stepping Up, about her desire to work with HIV patients and how she had the opportunity to do just that in South Africa sometime back. I found myself thinking about what a wonderful and life-changing experience that must have been for her. And then it sort of hit me--every day I am at clinic I have the opportunity to minister to patients suffering from HIV and AIDS. It sort of boggled my mind, that each and every patient we care for in Moyo clinic has the HIV virus. When I stop to think of that it is staggering--and the Enemy can come in and make me start judging patients decisions that led to them contracting HIV or maybe I will get overwhelmed at the problem of HIV and the many barriers out there to stopping the spread of this deadly virus. But I forget that God is bigger than all of those obstacles, and that God loves each and every one of these patients enough to send his Son to die for them. And then the routine of my job becomes a divine calling--to demonstrate the love of Christ through caring for their medical needs. You might be thinking, "Isn't that obvious? Isn't that why you moved to Malawi?" It is true--but we, or at least I, too easily fall into routine and sometimes lose sight of God's greater purpose for my daily schedule. May you see God at work in your life today too.

The Azungu (foreign/white) staff at PIH: front row--Amanda Fielder, me, Mike. Back row--Jon Fielder (new doc), Jessica McMillan, Brenda Jansen, Perry Jansen, Becky Lengle(a visiting nurse). We were all celebrating Amanda's b-day

Presidential Elections

Yesterday was election day in Malawi. This is only the 4th time Malawians have had the opportunity to vote for president. Isn't that amazing! Here is a picture of the queue of voters. It was thankfully a quiet day--no rallies or political unrest. But keep praying for peace as the results are released today or tomorrow. If you want to read more about the election, you can click on this link. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8046766.stm

Thanks for you prayers!