Night #1 in Malawi!

Greetings from Blantyre, Malawi! We have all arrived safe and sound in the warm heart of Africa, and we are eagerly anticipating the awesome things God is going to do over the next couple weeks. Thank you for all the ways you have already blessed us with your prayers.

A couple pics and brief anecdotes:

This is a picture of our first meal in Africa. You may note that it looks... very much like a meal in America. As many of our kids discovered, the Johannesburg airport (and its attached hotel) is not really as "Africa" as they may have expected. Certainly not the impoverished third world they are experiencing now that we have arrived in Blantyre.

Here is a group pic (sadly, not complete, as we didn't quite have everyone gathered yet) from the Blantyre airport. We may be exhausted and slightly oppressed by the humidity, but we are joyful nonetheless.

We love you and miss you all, but God has tremendous things in store. We will do our utmost to keep you updated as often as possible.

(P.S. If you leave comments on the blog, we will try to pass them on to the kiddos as little bits of encouragement through the trip!)