This month, There is Hope hosted a youth talent competition that started with 33 singers and 20 dance groups from Dzaleka and the surrounding villages! The theme for this year's competition was "What is your future?," the same as the poetry workshop we had a few months back. Everyone was able to perform to the songs of their choice each week, except at the final, last weekend. The final round consisted of 3 performances by the singers: a song of their choice, a song chosen by our event coordinator in Dzaleka, and a song that describes their view of their future. The dancers only perfomed 2…
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I was talking with my mom recently. She asked how things were going and the words slipped out of my mouth, before I even realized I felt them (it’s actually a regular occurrence for me).
I said, “I’m learning a lot about grace.” Grace for myself. Grace for other cultures. Grace for the world and the people around me. It was quickly followed by, “I haven’t learned it, but I’m learning I need to…”
I love this quote from Ann Voscamp: “Some part of the art of life is the art of believing — that the grace in the pocket is sufficient for today, that the celebration and the feast is wide enough to…
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Last weekend, I had the pleasure of, not only, celebrating the marriage of one of my friends/co-worker, but also experiencing my first African wedding! African events are usually extravagant and weddings are no different. It’s an all-day-event kind of celebration! Since arriving in Malawi, I’ve been incredibly intrigued by the wedding celebration. On Saturdays you will like encounter at least one wedding party gallivanting through town with a train of cars decorated with ribbon and bows, swerving and honking their way down the road with members of the bridal party hanging from the windows. It…
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Hi friends,
I thought I'd update you a little differently this month. Each week, you can find some of our team at our administrative office in Lilongwe but a lot of our time is spent in Dzaleka refugee camp (about 45 minutes from the city) and at our ministry centre, just outside of the camp. Watch the video, here, to get a tour of our There is Hope Centre!
With love,
Tori
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I’ve been struggling with what to share with you, if I’m being honest. Honesty can be scary. Life abroad can seem like an exotic, glamorous, never-ending adventure. And sometimes, it is. There’s always something new to try, a different place to explore, things to learn and experiences to be had. I’m so often in awe of God’s beauty around me, encouraged by the people I meet and intoxicated by the adventure I get to live. But that adventure is also accompanied by discouragement, frustration, grief, self-doubt and exhaustion. As I’m learning new dimensions of flexibility, learning to let go of…
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