Week 4--the Big Rain

Another week has passed quickly. We can hardly believe we've been in Malawi over a month! Last weekend was a bit eventful as there was a HUGE rain on Saturday night. The next morning I looked out our back window and the view had changed. I could see right into our neighbors yard and guest house. The rains had washed part of our property wall away. The wall of water then swept down the hill and took out two more walls. The house you see in the picture is the guest house of the Jansens and it's fortunate to be standing and not be filled with water. So we (or our landlords) are in the process of rebuilding the walls. The up-side is that we were able to meet some neighbors that we hadn't met before. It's hard to meet people when everyone lives behind walls with locked gates and guards. Hopefully it won't take another minor flood to allow us to make connections with some of our other neighbors.

The other picture is that of a moving truck. The caretaker of our property moved from our guest house to a house of his own. This truck showed up and piled all of their belongings inside and delivered it to the new house. As there wasn't room for the family, Mike helped drive them across town to their new house.


We also had our first sicknesses this last week--fortunately only minor gastrointestinal problems, sore throats and ear infections. We are all on the mend thankfully.

We thank you so much for you prayers as we continue to transition. Please pray for health and strength to be diligent about our language study. Praise God for the new friends the kids have made in school.