Safe Return Home

We arrived safely home yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). It was one long flight. I think our travel time was about 48 hours. We felt pretty grungy and desperately needed a shower.... but only after hugs and welcomes from family.

Our hearts are full of thankfulness to all our prayer partners. It was one outstanding missions trip. We felt so upheld by all of you. But even more, we had a sense of God's hand upon us.

Some key highlights:
1. About 400 church leaders from more than 5 denominations were trained in the Old Testament by passing the Walk Thru the Bible program.
2. About 200 childrens' workers go an in-depth study in preparing weekly lesson plans for Sunday school and other childrens' programs.
3. About 15 childrens' workers learned how to use puppets for childrens' rallies and camps. There were about 8 puppets that were left with them for their work.
4. About 50 Chichewa Bibles were purchased for a Scripture hungry people.
5. Great relationships were formed with a super missionary family! Kudos again to the Burns - Chet, LeAnne, Elsie, Peter, and Silas

Leaving This Morning

Rich preached at church yesterday and did an outstanding job. He taught from Deuteronomy 6 on the role of parents in the spiritual lives of their children. You can see that the church was simple block construction with no windows!

Tough to leave the Burns children. We have all grown very fond of one another.

We leave in just another hour from our home in Ntcheu for the 2 hour drive to Lilongwe. The Burns are taking us to a few shops and then we will all have lunch together (at a restaurant which is a rare treat in Malawi).

Then we jump on the plane for the return trip home.

We have enjoyed a tremendous trip and really good health. We are so grateful for all our prayer partners and "blog followers" at home.