A family's adventures in the warm heart of Africa
November 7, 2024
Greetings from Mzuzu! We have just returned from a busy but fruitful deputation trip to Scotland. From a base in Edinburgh, we travelled across South West and Forth Valley and Clydesdale Presbyteries. Our previous attempts at deputation tours were heavily Read more…
September 17, 2024
We’ll be on Scottish soil by the time you read this. We look forward to spending time withfamily and friends and connecting with congregations. I’ll summarise the dates and events at theend of the letter, and I hope we’ll see Read more…
May 10, 2024
The rainy season is ending in Malawi. Here in Mzuzu, in the hilly north, we’re still getting regular showers as we move toward the cold season. Our big jumpers are out now that some days the temperature hovers as low Read more…
December 20, 2023
It has been 10 years since my first visit to Malawi, and now five years of living here. So much has become familiar to us and stepping off the plane after travel feels very much like coming home again. Malawi Read more…
September 27, 2023
The weather is hotting up here in Mzuzu. Temperatures are now around 30oC. We’re in the cooler, hilly north of the country, but it’s still a month or two until we expect the hottest weather. These temperatures are not uncommon Read more…
April 4, 2023
It seems so much has happened since our last update. Events big and small. Hang in there while I try and catch you without giving you mental whiplash! Malawi has once again borne the brunt of another devastating cyclone. Tropical Read more…
December 20, 2022
While the weather here does not remind us of Christmas, our social media feeds are full of frosty pictures. It’s hot season and the rains are beginning to break through in epic, thunderous downpours. While it’s reassuring to see the Read more…
October 6, 2022
“Transition” has become life’s theme this year. There are many changes to update you on following a gap in our Partner Plan letters and an eventful past six months. In April and May, work began apace at establishing my new Read more…
February 14, 2022
Malawi has been in the headlines once again following tropical storm Ana. Thousands of households are currently displaced, floods have destroyed crops and livelihoods, and, tragically, 48 people have died. The scale of the destruction is great, but its patterns Read more…
December 10, 2021
Where did a year go? Where did three years go, for that matter? It’s almost a year since we returned to Malawi following our COVID furlough and over three years since I came to Malawi to start work and prepare Read more…