Some three hours north of Lilongwe, along the shore of Lake Malawi, stands the Nkhotakota Pottery Lodge and Coffee Shop. Across the lake you can see mountains in Mozambique. On the lake, fishermen ply small boats. When we arrived for…
Read more »On Saturday, March 1, the Rev. Lecton Kaluah, Secretary General of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP), and Kafumbi Njewa, administrator for the CCAP General Assembly, joined us after breakfast. The CCAP traces its history back to the efforts…
Read more »Nora Goetz, Guest Author Our plane touched down in Lilongwe (February 29) without having to buzz the airport to shoo grazing cows away from the landing area! That may sound strange to you if you have never landed at Chileka…
Read more »The travel/study seminar has been an experience of intersecting communities. There is the community of the travelers; over meals, in times of reflection, and during crowded bus rides we have bonded. There are the communities of our sisters and brothers…
Read more »Just a quick note to let everyone know we have returned to Lilongwe in Malawi. All are well. Tomorrow many of us return home and others continue their travels. More posts about the trip will follow shortly.
Read more »We reached the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg around 9:00 AM. After checking in, we made our way to the gate for our South Africa Airways flight to Lilongwe, Malawi. For many in the group, this is their first…
Read more »Joy Gaska, Guest Author A question I struggled with last night was: “How has your pain connected with the pain you have witnessed”. As I reflect on that question what I struggle with is the world that I was born…
Read more »How can we support the sisters and brothers in Christ, the programs, and the churches that we have met? How can we encourage Presbyterians individually and collectively to engage in ministries that respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic? These are questions…
Read more »For seven months, the Rev. Buhle Mpofu has served as the HIV and AIDS Coordinator for the Uniting Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa (UPCSA). The church has identified addressing HIV and AIDS one of its three mission priorities. The HIV…
Read more »The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa (EPCSA), formerly known as the Tsonga Presbyterian Church, resulted from work of the Swiss Mission in South Africa that began in the Northern Transvaal in 1875. Today the Rev. Esther Maringa serves as…
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