We have 'survived' another day! We served over 200 people today at a lovely church surrounded by cotton, corn, bananas and sugar cane. We left our hotel at 8 a.m. and returned to Blantyr by 6:30 p.m.

The picture is our 'grandpa' Glen Geissler with one of his many 'adopted' grandchildren. Every child is precious and some leave each day with glasses that will help them learn to read and lead a full life. Each day we experience the heartache of sending people away we cannot help, but our new motto is "we are doing the best we can."

Last night our weariness began to show in a little testiness toward one another but we began today with prayer and giving our relationships over to our God, and God was good. Our meal tonight was marked with laughter and new friendships with our drivers and interpreters. God is good... all the time. Pastor Rick was invited to give the sermon on last Sunday and taught the people of Malawi our phrase that God is good... and through the interpreter they repeated it just like we do at Central, only in Chichewa, which is their language... by the third time through, they had smiles that brought light to the room!

Tomorrow is another full day clinic and more new friendships with our hosts.

Continue to pray for us and those we serve... pray for our safety as every journey on the roads carries it's own dangers, but our drivers are good.

All of us continue to be healthy and are growing to love the meals of rice, chicken and the local food called nsima... today, as it is each day our noon meal is prepared by the 'church ladies' outside over small fires. Today we got to witness the 'harvesting' of the chicken that was served, which to our hosts, is a great sacrifice. The poverty is overwhelming, but God has blessed these people in ways that can never be measured by financial wealth.