2. 2015

Malawi

A missionary trip to the country of Malawi.
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The view from the backyard of one of the families in the church in Mzuzu, which was not unpleasant at all.
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The view from the backyard of one of the families in the church in Mzuzu, which was not unpleasant at all.

2015Malawi

  • 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.
  • The view from the backyard of one of the families in the church in Mzuzu, which was not unpleasant at all.
  • Street views in a small residential neighborhood of Mzuzu.
  • Street views in a small residential neighborhood of Mzuzu.
  • We were lucky enough to get a tour of the local Mzuzu Coffee factory, which was a very cool and educational experience. Here our guide describes the coffee plants themselves at the beginning of the tour.
  • Piles of coffee beans fresh from the farms sit in stacks, waiting to move into the processing in this facility.
  • Piles of coffee beans fresh from the farms sit in stacks, waiting to move into the processing in this facility.
  • A worker loads beans into a huller, a machine that removes the shells from around the beans themselves.
  • A part of a very large huller in operation removing the shells from coffee beans.
  • Ladies work to screen the company logo onto the burlap sacks that the coffee beans will be shipped in.
  • This room was remarkable - this is where some eighty or so women work all day sorting the good whole coffee beans from the debris and broken beans, by hand.
  • This room was remarkable - this is where some eighty or so women work all day sorting the good whole coffee beans from the debris and broken beans, by hand.
  • One side business around the coffee core business is that of producing honey. This room contains several thousand pounds of honey waiting to be processed and bottled for sale.
  • Workers bottle and label the honey for sale.
  • In the factory's lab, technicians described the process of analyzing each batch of coffee beans for factors including smell, taste, and a few other obscure details that these dedicated professionals are very particular about. Feedback makes its way back to the farmers themselves, as well as ensuring a quality product from the factory.
  • A man runs a sewing machine alongside the public market in Mzuzu.
  • A section of store fronts in the Mzuzu market.
  • Bro. Joe checks out a bike to ensure it is of the best quality, prior to purchasing it to give to a local missionary.
  • A mechanic accepts the job of readying this new bicycle for use by a local missionary brother.
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