the beginning of joy

Sunday; to church we go. A space usually used as a restaurant, today the upper floor of a supermarket was a place of worship. The message was about JOY, or Jesus Over You, a delight poured out only by his Spirit. Little did we know, this was about to become the theme of our trip. As our days continued on, our team was filled with joy, children in the villages were filled with joy, students of ABC were filled with joy, and adults in the city were filled with joy. 

The second floor is church!

Tonight we headed out to Kumbali; a cultural experiential village of sorts. We drove through winding dirt roads into the forest. There were huts full of souvenirs; wood carvings, beads, pottery, tapestries, you name it. Even this funny carving – that’s Richard, one of our team leaders posing with him.

We continue our walk and stumble upon this cute Volvo!

Just beyond the Volvo, there are tables…dinner time!!

 Here we were served an authentic Malawian meal…SO DELICIOUS.

 Dinner is topped off by a traditional singing and  dance performance by these villagers. At the end we were invited up to dance with them. It was so so so much fun.