Monday 11/7 Chimvu parish

Mphatso and Chief picked us up at 9am and we headed to the Byantyre Deanery to pick up acting Dean Raymond Jumbe and his wife, Pauline. The had to ride in the back of the pickup truck. Did I mention that our transportation this time is a pickup truck? It's a little snug but we are making do. Our first stop was Namaona preaching point. When an area has less than 50 congregants, it is not big enough for a church building so the preaching points hold services. Our second stop was Chilemba the oldest congregation. The building is falling apart and is in the process of being replaced. This may be that Glen Cary can help! We visited Nagombe congregation where the women have started a pig project. They saved money for 3 months and bought a piglet for US $30. It is now old enough to breed and is in fact pregnant. They will keep some of of the piglets for breeding and sell some for profit. Then we visited our old friends at Chamosowa. We had a chance to see the progress of the sewing project. 10 women have been trained now! We had a chance to see not only the school uniforms they have sewn, but also the items of clothing they are sewing for profit. We presented two soccer balls to the church and 2 to the head master of the school. We found out that the school has 1600 students and they did to have any soccer balls. They were sooo excited. Pastor Paul and Susan got to see the well for the first time. It's such a blessing to not have to 1/2 a mile to the dirty river to fetch water. We arrived back to the hotel by 5pm.