MALAWI 2010 - 2nd Visit to Malawi

Bangula, Malawi
Thursday, April 1, 2010
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2nd Visit to Malawi
It came time for us once again to obtain visas for us to stay in Mozambique. We were so blessed three months ago as the Immigration Office here in Lichinga granted us another three month visa without having to travel to Malawi. But this past week we headed to the Mozambique embassy in Malawi to apply for residence visas, in hopes to obtain DIREs, which will give us residency in Mozambique. Then we will only have to renew our DIREs every year, and can travel freely in and out of Mozambique as residents. We went to Malawi knowing that the embassy could very well take the two weeks allotted to process the documents for this kind of visa, yet we were pleasantly surprised to find that it only took us one hour to complete the process. Thank you, Lord, for your favor in our lives.
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IRIS Base in Bangula
We had heard from Jesse and Tanya that IRIS Ministries had a really cool base in Bangula, which is about a two hour drive south of Blantyre. So we made arrangements to stay at the IRIS base for a couple of days and nights on this trip to Malawi. Wow! What a very well-run ministry they have there. We stayed in a beautiful visitor’s center, where we had both running water and electricity. They even have the taps filtered to be able to drink. They also have orphanages and school buildings for the orphans. Each IRIS base has the freedom to operate differently. I was very happy to see the care at this IRIS base in that each children’s home operates like a family, which is very special. They also have a Bible school and a church on the base. There are offices, missionary housing and a really cool fish hatchery and hydroponics area where from within the base, they will be able to self-sufficiently feed the population of orphans. They have close to 50 orphans on base now, and are building quite a few more homes where they expect to receive another 50 orphans very soon. It was a wonderful time to relax and play with the Chichewa and Sena speaking children. The staff is wonderful, most of them being from Canada. God is doing wonderful things here at IRIS Ministries in Malawi.
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Christian Young

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Beautiful Visitor's Center where we stayed.......School where the orphans attend
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Really cool fish hatchery on base..............Some of the boys watch a movie with us
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Boys from the IRIS Ministries Children's Center.....Jor and Justine playing with children