Day 26 in Malawi, September 9th

Chrissie Thoughts:

I would like to first apologize for the negativity in my last post. I could blame it on being sleep deprived, hungry, or grief stricken, but it really is self pity and lack of faith. Neither are fair to God who has blessed me abundantly while I have been here. I have seen so many miracles and God has showered me with blessings in every area of my trip. It is difficult to praise the Lord when you are busy feeling sorry for yourself, so I am done with the tears and I am determined to trust the Lord completely regarding his plan for Savannah-Hope. He knew she would be coming to Good Samaritan long before I even bought my plane ticket. He also knew I would be leaving her behind. God is able and can surely care for Savannah-Hope and her direct her journey without me. I feel honored to have been used in her life the way I have been. The pictures on the blog don’t show how really close to death she was when we found her. She is changing so much each day, getting stronger and blossoming.

Today’s Events

This morning I left Savannah-Hope for the first time. She stayed with Thandie at Good Samaritan while I went to the new Lighthouse Good Samaritan Baptist Church in Zomba. I was so strong and didn’t even shed a tear, until I got to the van and Owen from the Children’s Hope gave me a note. He is such a sweetie. He wanted to thank me for the new clothes he received. This time I cried tears of thanks giving for the opportunity God has given me to minister to these children. Seven choir girls from Good Samaritan with us to Zomba. They sang all the way to the church. They have heavenly voices.

There were 112 adults at the new church and probably 75-80 children. We sat on the ground under a couple of big shady trees. I was covered in ants and these lime type fruits kept falling from the tree coming pretty close to bonking me on the head. It really it me as I sat there thinking back about how easy it is to take things for granted in the States. Easy to complain about the carpet in our church or the air-conditioning or the bathrooms. And then I sit covered in ants and think wow they have no floor, let alone carpet. There is no roof, no walls, no air-conditioning, no pews, no bibles, no hymn books, no running water, etc. And they all walked to church. This particular village the people have to walk 3 kilometers just to get water from a well that they carry one bucket at a time back to their mud-brick hut. I am praying that God will provide the funds needed to build a church building. It costs $2500 to build a nice church with a baptismal.

Sunday night we went to church at Good Samaritan. Savannah-Hope came with us and was a perfect angel. Brother Chuck Miller preached.