Malawi Pics

    Two months ago, I promised in my post on my January missions trip that I would post more pictures. Time and a faulty memory kept me from doing that up to this point, but below are just some miscellaneous assorted pictures of random objects in Malawi that I figured were picture worthy. I have very high standards for what I will and won't take pictures of, as you'll see. My basic qualifications are 1.) I have a camera with me and 2.) it looks cool. That's about it. Yeah, really strict standards!

    Also, a quick disclaimer. I am NOT a photographer. At all. Before this, I had probably taken twenty pictures in my life. So, if photography is passion of yours, you may want to skip this post, since you may leave feeling nauseous.

    Again, a quick note. The first week was spent doing conferences around Southern Malawi, and I took two pictures the whole time. I'm not much of a photographer, and I was pretty busy and focused on other things. All but one of the following pics is from the second week at the orphanage, where aside from a youth conference and a couple evangelistic and school outreaches, there was much more down time.

This is a beautiful valley just across the Mozambique border.

This is a teammate teaching a Bible lesson in a village, Tambalika.

This is a typical fishing canoe on Lake Malawi. As a kayaker, I have no idea how they keep balance!

These are some of the kids from the orphanage. All of whom could beat me at soccer.

Another pic of a canoe. Can you tell I was impressed? How do you keep balance while fishing in that thing?

A friend stole my camera to take this pic. You can see the humble beginnings of my beard, which is much better today, I might add. Everything starts small!

This is Vitu (spelling ?). Definitely a friendly little kid, who lives with his widow mother on the mission property.

The sunsets were absolutely beautiful. Even more beautiful than Texas', something very hard for a Texan to admit.

Yeah, I liked the sunsets.

Can you tell I was impressed? God's creation really does point to Him, if we take the time to think about it.

Lake Malawi in the background. Not sure what was in the pan, but it made for a cool picture, in my opinion.

Might gives right. The cattle obviously had heard this principle before, since they showed no inclination of moving aside fr us.

Now you see the reason we gave them the road.

Once again, this is Lael speaking to the orphans in the mission church building.

This is a typical Malawian home. Thatch roof, mud brick walls, no door, and maize for a yard.

This is one of the better non-paved roads we walked on for an evangelistic outreach.

Marco, Vitu's older brother. Also a great goalie.

I think they're in battle formation.

It was rainy season, and this is one of the storms blowing in.

This is a picture from atop a termite mound.

Vitu thought it'd be funny to make a funny face, Oscar thought he should smile.

One last picture on the night before we left! We got a lot of faces we want to remember!

    All in all, an awesome trip. I hope the seeds God planted through us will bring fruit, whether I ever see it or not. And Africa, I'm coming back!

    Oh, and defyingdepravity, you're welcome!