Today (Sunday) we went to 'our' church while we are here in Malawi - Flood. An awesome church! The preacher, Sean, is a national and a graduate of African Bible College. The band is mostly Malawian, but with expats that join in, too. The sermon was great (as usual), with Sean's theme being God's Winning Team - he has been preaching on this for a few sermons, it seems. With the coach being Jesus, the ball being the Gospel, that we through out to others, the uniform is the uniform of a servant, as Christ came as a servant, and the field is the dark and perverted land of the 'world' (that was the sermon today). He made one really great point that I wanted to share - that 'church' on Sundays is like half time in a game - it is the place you rejoice over the successes and plan the future, but not the place you make touchdowns / goals - that is done 'on the field'. I think sometimes Christians think that church on Sundays is all they need to do.. as Sean said, people don't come down from the stadium to join in half time talks, it is the players.. something for all of us to think about! We also met some old friends at church and are getting lined up to do more work in the villages! Seems like God puts just the right people where we can met them!

We then decided to go to Buchanan's for lunch. It is located in the Four seasons shop area. We have heard about Buchanan's for years but never have been before. The food was great and they had a 'band' of 3 Malawians on guitars - playing (and singing) such songs as Down Home Alabama, Hotel California, Knocking on Heaven's Door, and other unexpected songs. We had a great time and Jose will be posting some videos on his facebook. If any of you are following this but not on facebook, we will try to get some videos on Youtube - just search my name and look for the Malawi mission one to pop up. Uploading videos here is a wee bit challenging at times!

We drove around Lilongwe a little - there is a new section of road that is modern, 4 lane, and very nice - built by the Chinese. I took a photo because it was amazing! I am sure this only means something to those who have driven here, or on other third world country road! I will try to post a photo of the new road, and some of the older roads (which is a main road and actually looks better in this photo than it is!) and the entrance to Buchanan's. We came home to no internet for hours, but it is obviously fixed now! We planned to both do some studying for upcoming clinics, but ended up taking a nap! Thanks for all the prayers, we can feel God's protective hand on us while we are here!