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I wish I could say that hearing her story was unusual, or in any way surprising.  It was too commonplace, too normal to even shock me anymore.  She had wanted to be an accountant, maybe[…]

We spent 10 days living in a rural Malawian village in July, as part of our desire to learn the culture of the people here. You can read more about that stay and what we[…]

After 3 and a half weeks in Canada, Jason is thankful to be back, and Shannon and the kids are thankful to have him too! Read more about how it went in our newsletter this[…]

Take a look at our latest email newsletter to read about the elections in Malawi, Shannon teaching a trauma healing course in the refugee camp, an update on our kids, and more.

With a hollow sounding thud, the wooden box hit the earth at the bottom of the hole. With it came a collective groan across the crowd, followed by mournful wails.  The weary-eyed crowd watched in[…]

Check out our email newsletter from April. In it, you’ll read about a friend of ours who had a storm blow the roof of his house, things we are learning about how the locals grow,[…]

Check out our email newsletter from March 2019, talking about the flooding and storm damage in Malawi from Hurrican Idai and other storms, along with other news.

Check out our email newsletter from February / March, including stories about how we are settling in to life in Malawi, interesting facts about Malawi, and a video update (also posted below).

Stage 1: Honeymoon We arrived all bright-eyed and firm-footed here on African soil and we started off in the full power of our energy and optimism.  We would not have culture shock! We were brave[…]

I want you to meet someone.  I won’t call him his real name, but let me tell you about this amazing man.  He grew up in the DRC and speaks 17 different languages.  He was[…]