Coronavirus. COVID-19. We all have heard these words a lot in the past few weeks. How is it affecting Timotheos, our beneficiaries and our projects?
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On Thursday we visited the Nursery Feeding Program in the village of Phanga. We saw 95 children being taught under a tree, as they have not been set up with a schoolblock structure. The church building, which they were using during the week had collapsed as it only had a grass roof. They were working on constructing a new church building but were not able to complete it before the rainy season. Without a roof on the structure, the walls all collapsed again. Please remember this community in prayer and financial support.
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We are very thankful that Gerrit has received his Temporary Employment Permit.
Today we have come to an end of a long road with immigration Malawi. The road started back in August, when I gathered documents in Canada in regards to the application of the Temporary Employment Permit. By the end of October, we tried to set up an online account with the immigration department, as this was a new thing, and it was said to speed up the process. But all our efforts of a few weeks failed, as the website would not let us set up an account, and no one at immigration could help us. So at the end of November members of our team in Malawi went to immigration to apply. Every day they went and would again be told that they need one more paper and then it would be ok.
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It is March already. Back in Canada, things are warming up; the winter seems to come to an end. Here the thought of spring does not cross our mind. We are used to the warm weather, and find it hard to believe it is the beginning of March. This week we were telling the watchman that it was warm, and he thought that was amusing. He comes from Nsanje district, which is usually very hot. He thought it was very cold, although it was 27 degrees and no breeze.
Read MoreA little clip to show you the singing we get to enjoy here in Malawi. Singing is something that every Malawian does.
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As we have been in Malawi for three Sundays now, we have visited a different Child Care Centre every Sunday. The first one was Mbulumbudzi, the second was Namitambo and this past Lord’s Day it was Mulinga. All of these centers are sponsored by Timotheos Netherlands. We will tell you a little bit about that experience.
Read MoreLast week we wrote about the first impressions. This week as we think about the next set of impressions, the first thing that comes to mind is “patience.” Everything takes time, and lots of it. In Malawi they say: “The white people have the watch, and the Malawians have the time.” We are finding this to be true. We witness it on the jobsite in front of the guesthouse.
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First week for the Oomen family in Malawi.
It is hard to believe that it has only been 7 days since we have arrived in Malawi. It seems like a lifetime ago that we boarded the plane in Toronto. Some things are being adjusted to very easily, others not so much. The weather is probably the easiest to adjust too, as it is unimaginable that it is winter back in Canada. Here it is warm everyday, and it rains every other, and the thought of snow actually doesn’t cross any of our minds. The slow manner in which things are done around here definitely does take some getting used to.
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