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Blessed Are The Persecuted

January 9, 2019January 24, 2019 Sports FriendsSports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Malawi

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 […]

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The Light of Friendship

July 5, 2018January 24, 2019 Sports FriendsSports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Malawi

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 […]

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No Longer Fatherless

January 11, 2018January 9, 2019 Sports FriendsSports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Malawi

“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 […]

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The Cinderella of Malawi

October 11, 2017August 16, 2018 Sports FriendsSports Friends Africa, Sports Friends 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 […]

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The True Vine

September 20, 2017August 16, 2018 Sports FriendsSports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Malawi

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 […]

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When Losing is Winning

February 6, 2017June 8, 2017 Sports FriendsSports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Malawi

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 […]

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#InternLife: Am I Truly Worshiping?

November 22, 2016June 8, 2017 Sports FriendsSports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Malawi

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 […]

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#InternLife: From Urbana to Blantyre

October 24, 2016June 8, 2017 Sports FriendsSports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Malawi

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, […]

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Meet Mohammed

September 4, 2016September 6, 2016 Sports FriendsSports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Malawi

By Luke Voight, SF Malawi Mohammed was born in a remote village in eastern Malawi. For decades, his family has been full of individuals who have been born, lived their entire lives and then died as non-Christians. A normal person […]

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A New Perspective: Coach Jane’s Story

May 9, 2016 Sports FriendsSports Friends Africa, Sports Friends Malawi

by Fostance Mtolo, SF Malawi In many places in Malawi, sports are viewed by church leaders as evil.  These leaders teach that sports should have no part in Christian life. Many would never even dream of using sports as a ministry […]

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