We're thankful for our growing support team, for those who are backing our mission financially and those who let us know they are praying for us. Thank you for your encouragement and support!
Our van is already fixed and back on the road. Thanks Dad!
WestJet has a great seatsale for flying Wednesdays this summer. We are leaving for Toronto on August 6 for our final EI pre-field training and departing for Malawi on August 18. Also, WestJet has the same generous luggage allowance as British Airways for humanitarian aid workers so there should be no problem taking all our luggage to Toronto.
IN THE NEWS: Despite Malawi's problems with poor roads and storage and uneven food distribution that leave many hungry, there have been overall grain surpluses. Rains have been good for two years, and subsidies have helped farmers buy seeds and fertilizers. President Bingu Mutharika says Malawi must lessen its dependence on charity. [PBS 9 May 2008]
President BINGU WA MUTHARIKA: "We now have had the success -- two successive years of surplus. When I took over, we were told Malawi was poor and that we must go to the rest of the world and beg that we are poor, and the world will feel sorry for us. I said no, that's not the way the world in globalization works. People will come to Malawi to invest in opportunities if we are helping ourselves and they want to be part of that success story. Nobody, nobody wants to be part of a failing story."
the VanWoerdens in Malawi | Emmanuel International
IN THE NEWS: Despite Malawi's problems with poor roads and storage and uneven food distribution that leave many hungry, there have been overall grain surpluses. Rains have been good for two years, and subsidies have helped farmers buy seeds and fertilizers. President Bingu Mutharika says Malawi must lessen its dependence on charity. [PBS 9 May 2008]
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