The Least of These
When I see the words “the least of these” in the Bible, my mind often drifts to images of runny-nosed Malawian children and the many sports ministry leaders whom we have invested in over the years. Last summer, my family […]
Sports Friends Malawi
The Heat is On
How would you like playing your favorite sport when the temperature is 118°F? Blistering heat is just one of the challenges that coaches like Mary face in the remote villages of southern Malawi. Other Sports Friends netball coaches might get […]
Blessed Are The Persecuted
17-year-old Suzeni is in some deep waters: persecution from her own father. Suzeni’s father believes in African traditional religion. His daughter follows Jesus, and she knows that she is a daughter of the most high God. But her earthly father is angry […]
The Light of Friendship
Patrick is an 18-year-old young man in Malawi’s northern region. He was an excellent student and was at the top of his academic class with high hopes for a promising future. Because of this, his parent and teachers loved him. Despite […]
No Longer Fatherless
“How can God be a good and loving Father if he took mine from me?” These were the words of 17-year-old Rachel from Malawi. After her father died, she was raised by her mother who worked hard washing clothes, fetching […]
The Cinderella of Malawi
Abigail Mbungwa is a 16-year-old orphan who lives in Balaka, Malawi with her grandparents. Three years ago, Abigail was invited by her aunt to live with their family in the city of Blantyre so that she could start school. But […]
The True Vine
A few months ago, 100 very excited girls descended on Blantyre – a city in the south of Malawi surrounded by beautiful mountains. These girls traveled from far and wide, some even came from the neighboring country of Mozambique, to […]
When Losing is Winning
By Luke Voight, SF Malawi In 2012, I wrote a blog called “When Winning is Losing.” The post was about a time when a few of the boys of Lyzee United Football Club lost their cool in a tournament and got […]
#InternLife: Am I Truly Worshiping?
By Daniel Chang, SF Malawi Just two weeks into my time in Malawi, I found myself hurtling down a small road in a minibus to a town called Liwonde. I had just begun to find my bearings in Blantyre, and […]
#InternLife: From Urbana to Blantyre
By Daniel Chang, SF Malawi In December of 2015, I traveled with my family and a good friend to St Louis, Missouri for Urbana, a five-day student missions conference. I was getting ready to start my final semester of college, […]
