2. 2015

Malawi

A missionary trip to the country of Malawi.
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A mason's tools sit at the ready during the testing of a batch of plaster.
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A mason's tools sit at the ready during the testing of a batch of plaster.

2015Malawi

  • No foreign trip is complete for me without some interaction with the local fauna. Our chameleon earlier was fun, but I spent some time in the bushes Sunday evening and found this millipede, which we then spent a few minute playing with. Tabitha bravely stepped up and gave the hundred-plus legs a feel.
  • A small gecko lent us some mild entertainment, crawling around between interested people for a while.
  • A small gecko lent us some mild entertainment, crawling around between interested people for a while.
  • A small gecko lent us some mild entertainment, crawling around between interested people for a while.
  • A small gecko lent us some mild entertainment, crawling around between interested people for a while.
  • Bro. Joe and Bro. Mitch mix up a test batch of colored cement to try out on the exterior of the church building. If the colors are good and don't fade too much when they dry, this mixture will be used to coat the exterior in two decorative colors.
  • Bro. Joe and Bro. Mitch mix up a test batch of colored cement to try out on the exterior of the church building. If the colors are good and don't fade too much when they dry, this mixture will be used to coat the exterior in two decorative colors.
  • Contractors work alongside church members to plaster the exterior of the church sanctuary.
  • A mason's tools sit at the ready during the testing of a batch of plaster.
  • Bro Mitch applies a test coat of plaster while the rest of us watch. This test will give us an idea of what color and texture we would like the final coating to be.
  • Bro Mitch applies a test coat of plaster while the rest of us watch. This test will give us an idea of what color and texture we would like the final coating to be.
  • Our test patch of darker cement sits drying on the wall of the church.
  • Bro. Ben grins at the camera during preparation for coating this exterior wall of the church sanctuary in plaster.
  • Workers shovel sand to mix with cement for plastering the exterior of the church walls.
  • A bucket of plaster rises toward the half-finished exterior wall of the church sanctuary.
  • A sister cleans the floor of the church, a never-ending job in this environment of dust and dirt, and one that I have seen church members do quite a few times in the few days I have been here.
  • We put on our tourist hats for a day's excursion to Nyika National Park, where we drove through the landscape spotting animals of a variety of types, including elephant, zebra, roan antelope, bush buck, and a few other small deer varieties.
  • We put on our tourist hats for a day's excursion to Nyika National Park, where we drove through the landscape spotting animals of a variety of types, including elephant, zebra, roan antelope, bush buck, and a few other small deer varieties. Here our guide Bwana William goes over the safety proceedings of our day's activities.
  • We put on our tourist hats for a day's excursion to Nyika National Park, where we drove through the landscape spotting animals of a variety of types, including elephant, zebra, roan antelope, bush buck, and a few other small deer varieties.
  • A large African Elephant meanders across the Malawian landscape during our tour of Nyika National Park.
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