sorry I havent updated.
last week was a rough week. I was home sick...A LOT. I've never been before and i realized that i dont do well when i am homesick...i litterly get sick...and then i had to get a malaria test because i was so gross...calling my parents at all hours in the night (for them) it was just brutal. so...i decided to stay at the canadian missionaries house. Got over the homesick feeling really quick that way. but i got to meet a lot of people, a lot of canadian missonaries (one couple which were newfie, it made me happy)
and...the boy i am working with with the signing is going sooo well! i am making him a mini book right now with signs so he can bring it home and keep learning. he is doing so so well with it!! we now learnt toilet! amen! I am enjoying my time at the center so much, but my time is slowly starting to leave and it made me sooo sad yesterday! but i know i have touched some lives in the short time i have been here
well folks, friday i am leaving to climb a mountain with my host family...we are going for 4 days, and the mountain is mount zomba, then a week and a half later we are (myself, edith and one of the other girls ) are going on a safari, 3 days is in zambia and 3 days are at victoria falls!! so i might not write on here in awhile, if you want updates on how i am doing, email my dad: stevebest64@hotmail.com
thanks for all your prayers, i know when i am homesick and feeling down i feel a total power of prayer surrounding me!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
immigration...lovely experience
I decided that you can not go away like this and not have some things stand in the way...but let me tell you, God has his hand in everything I am doing.
when I arrived in Malawi, they gave me 30 days here and then I had to go to the immigration office to renew my stay another 30 days (the highest they are allowed to give)...so this date was april 12...however, my mistake, i forgot about it until today...and i told kat about it, and this happened to her and she was told to leave the country. so she had to drive to mozambique and just walk a bit, grab a coke and hang out for 20 minutes so she could come back again and get another 30 days...so i was slightly in a panic today thinking this was going to happen to me, so we prayed in the hospital (we were there with a child) and so we prayed...i get to the immigration office shaking and sweating, and the guy looks at the stamp in my passport, and said i should of came in yesterday...so blessing one: he didnt count the correct amount of days...and blessing two: he gave me 60 days instead of 30! thank the lord!!!
the child we brought to the hospital is a kid with epilepsy and he fell into a fire years ago. but the way the burn healed made him unable to use his right hand as it was bent over and healed that way, so 3 weeks ago we brought him to the hospital so they cna perform surgery on it so they could cut it so his hand can have the proper range of motion a hand should have...and today, the child needed redressing to the wound, and he was crying such huge sobs..it was heart breaking, and then we were asked to leave cause it was such a bad thing to see, and they needed to hold him down to they could re dress it. these poor kids.
either this week, or next week we are going to go back to the child that was tied up. pray for that! that child really needs prayer!!!
when I arrived in Malawi, they gave me 30 days here and then I had to go to the immigration office to renew my stay another 30 days (the highest they are allowed to give)...so this date was april 12...however, my mistake, i forgot about it until today...and i told kat about it, and this happened to her and she was told to leave the country. so she had to drive to mozambique and just walk a bit, grab a coke and hang out for 20 minutes so she could come back again and get another 30 days...so i was slightly in a panic today thinking this was going to happen to me, so we prayed in the hospital (we were there with a child) and so we prayed...i get to the immigration office shaking and sweating, and the guy looks at the stamp in my passport, and said i should of came in yesterday...so blessing one: he didnt count the correct amount of days...and blessing two: he gave me 60 days instead of 30! thank the lord!!!
the child we brought to the hospital is a kid with epilepsy and he fell into a fire years ago. but the way the burn healed made him unable to use his right hand as it was bent over and healed that way, so 3 weeks ago we brought him to the hospital so they cna perform surgery on it so they could cut it so his hand can have the proper range of motion a hand should have...and today, the child needed redressing to the wound, and he was crying such huge sobs..it was heart breaking, and then we were asked to leave cause it was such a bad thing to see, and they needed to hold him down to they could re dress it. these poor kids.
either this week, or next week we are going to go back to the child that was tied up. pray for that! that child really needs prayer!!!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
IM ON!!!
its been awhile since i have been on! the family that has the youth group at there house have been so amazing to let me use there computer/internet today, and let me tell you, its as fast as if i were at home. well, things have been really busy...yet not? haha. things during the day go really really quick, but evenings go by really slow. so my house mates and i went and bought some books and movies to entertain us and let me tell you, they are coming in handy!
so, i am living in a guest house with three other girls, shayna, nicky, and edith.
in the main house lives the rest of the family, in total there is 9 of us, plus all there friends that come through which is a lot of people every day, plus everyone that works at there house. they have a nanny, who cooks and cleans, they have someone that cleans and irons, and a gardener and 2 gaurds. and yes, we have gaurds and big gates, thats what almost everyone has. plus 2 dogs, one that i dislike very much and who does not like me, and a little one!
the past few weeks have bit a little crazy as kat has been sick with malaria so i had to get rides with kathy, so some days i havent stayed the full day.
yesterday i went to lake malawi which is beautiful. we saw monkeys! really close as well. i think the 3 of us girls are a little too adventurous haha.
tomorrow we are going to blantyre for 3 days, and next we are going to there grandmas village and staying the night, and the week after we are climbing a mountain and staying in a hotel mid way up!
now the center: my most exciting moment so far! the boy i tend to work with, he is deaf and he is behavioral because he cant understand people. so i have been teaching him sign language, not only has he sat in his seat for the entire morning one day without yelling at one of the girls he oesnt get along with...but he signed FOOD to me!! i was so exciting! then he ran out got some food and came back. we understood eachother. soooo exciting!! i was thrilled.
anyways, i better get going, one of the banda girls should be here soon to walk back with me...it's not safe to walk alone.
ps. as of tomorrow, i left ottawa a MONTH ago. wow!
so, i am living in a guest house with three other girls, shayna, nicky, and edith.
in the main house lives the rest of the family, in total there is 9 of us, plus all there friends that come through which is a lot of people every day, plus everyone that works at there house. they have a nanny, who cooks and cleans, they have someone that cleans and irons, and a gardener and 2 gaurds. and yes, we have gaurds and big gates, thats what almost everyone has. plus 2 dogs, one that i dislike very much and who does not like me, and a little one!
the past few weeks have bit a little crazy as kat has been sick with malaria so i had to get rides with kathy, so some days i havent stayed the full day.
yesterday i went to lake malawi which is beautiful. we saw monkeys! really close as well. i think the 3 of us girls are a little too adventurous haha.
tomorrow we are going to blantyre for 3 days, and next we are going to there grandmas village and staying the night, and the week after we are climbing a mountain and staying in a hotel mid way up!
now the center: my most exciting moment so far! the boy i tend to work with, he is deaf and he is behavioral because he cant understand people. so i have been teaching him sign language, not only has he sat in his seat for the entire morning one day without yelling at one of the girls he oesnt get along with...but he signed FOOD to me!! i was so exciting! then he ran out got some food and came back. we understood eachother. soooo exciting!! i was thrilled.
anyways, i better get going, one of the banda girls should be here soon to walk back with me...it's not safe to walk alone.
ps. as of tomorrow, i left ottawa a MONTH ago. wow!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Good morning Everyone,
LaDonna and I just talked to Melanie.
She is doing great, really busy and safe.
Her friend Kat is out of the hospital now, thank-you everyone for your prayers.
Melanie tells us that that she has not had many chances to use the computer.
And when she has the opportunity the systems are really slow, for instance, it would take a half hour to open one page. Also, many unexpected power outages.
Today she is at the clinic and having a blast.
Melanie said it's really cool in the morning and evenings.
She also told her mother she doesn't want chicken and rice for a few months when she returns.
This evening she'll be going for her treat of the week: an ice cream.
To be safe, Melanie told us she doesn't drink the milk therefore the ice cream is her calcium.
Thank-you everyone for your continuous prayers for our little pumpkin.
LaDonna and I just talked to Melanie.
She is doing great, really busy and safe.
Her friend Kat is out of the hospital now, thank-you everyone for your prayers.
Melanie tells us that that she has not had many chances to use the computer.
And when she has the opportunity the systems are really slow, for instance, it would take a half hour to open one page. Also, many unexpected power outages.
Today she is at the clinic and having a blast.
Melanie said it's really cool in the morning and evenings.
She also told her mother she doesn't want chicken and rice for a few months when she returns.
This evening she'll be going for her treat of the week: an ice cream.
To be safe, Melanie told us she doesn't drink the milk therefore the ice cream is her calcium.
Thank-you everyone for your continuous prayers for our little pumpkin.
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