Reflections on Malawi

Feel like i should make some comment on recent Malawi trip...

16 people from Cardiff CU in Malawi for 14 incredible days

Actually have no idea where to begin, how to put down into words what we all experienced in the two weeks there.
God is amazing, He brought us so close together as a team, He gave us opportunity after opportunity to share His love with the people we met - whether it be children in the orphanages, villagers that gathered round our trucks to see why 17 white people had stopped in their village (we only needed the loo and to get drinks and ended up singing and telling them about Jesus - its amazing the way God has a purpose in every moment), people in very very remote villages off the beaten, pot-holed track, who we showed the Jesus video to, people in Hospital, people in Prison, God gave us the strength and motivation for everything we did - and we could not have done any of it without Him.
He also revealed Himself to us in the magnificance (is that a word?) of His creation.

What did i learn?
God is almighty, all powerful, awesome, beautiful, wonderful and so full of love and grace.
God can use weak and broken people to do His work.
God is the reason for my hope and my joy and i need to live in Him daily

How awesome! And how hard it has been to hold on to that hope and joy in this country where 'possession and self-interest' is everything and God and relationships and community have so little value.


There is the total of my reflections on Malawi (i'm in a reflective mood right now...you may get the comedy highlights another day!)
Hxx