Jesus is the Sema of Life

You may all wonder what we are eating? I know Denise was worried for me about that. First off, Leanne Burns is a fantastic cook. We eat all breakfasts at her home, along with all dinners. Tonight we had sloppy joes with fresh cooked veggies and a scalloped potatoes dish. All very yummy. Snickerdoodle cookies were for dessert. So along with the gorgeous weather (75 degrees) and the good food, we are not really suffering for Jesus!

Each day for lunch however, we are eating Malawian food. Their main staple is sema (see-ma). It is corn maize that is ground and then cooked into a paste. It is white and looks a lot like very firm mashed potatoes. Malawians eat it twice a day! They combine sema with some meat and usually cooked vegetables (often times cabbage or shredded pumpkin leaves). Malawians use their hands to roll the sema into a ball and use it like a scoop to enjoy the other side dishes.

Okay, I’ll be honest. We all don’t think sema is amazing. We tolerate it. And what makes it rough is that they fill an entire plate with it! But I think they understand that zungus (that’s the word for white person) don’t appreciate it like they do.

We know Jesus as the Bread of Life. Malawians would definitely say that Jesus is their Sema of Life. He is the one that they rely upon for daily sema.