Saturday, June 07, 2008

Great to be back!!

I'm finally back!! It's my second time and it's just beautiful. We have gone to two villages, and handed out just under 400 Bags of Hope. We've bought 90- 50 Kilogram bags of maize and I've done some catching up with old friends. It's nice to have a bigger team and we have been making Bags of Hope night after night.

The villages were full of poverty, malnourished stomaches, ripped clothes and one man had a very bad infection on his finger and can die from it if he doesn't see a doctor. And he lives far out from Lilongwe, so that can't be good.

It's so nice to come back and hear all the same songs. There's not much more to say, I'll write to you soon. That is your Malawi update.......

Jaako

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I probably missed it somewhere, however, I must ask. What exactly is in those Bags of Hope?

Anonymous said...

They are for the children. They have a toothbrush, toothpaste, girls get underwear, small toys, socks, candy, stickers, notebooks, pencils etc.... And then they are stuffed into a little cloth bag that the children love.

Thanks for asking.

Jaako

Anonymous said...

Sorry, my comment above is a bit unclear, boys and girls get all of the above except only the girls have gotten underwear as there is a bigger need for that.

Jaako