Peace isn’t always peaceful
This blog comes from behind the locked gate of our office and is written with the tinge of tear gas in the air around. In the aftermath of the country’s recent elections there have been calls for peace in Malawi. While court is yet to decide on allegations of electoral fraud, today marches have been […]
Malawi goes to the polls
We’re just days away now from Malawi’s 6th tripartite elections. On Tuesday 21st May, Malawians will go to the polls to elect their next president, parliamentarians and local government councillors. Malawi is a very peaceful country and every expectation is that the elections will go ahead peacefully too. However, the days that follow are more […]
10 Weeks. 10 Thank-yous.
It has been ten weeks since we arrived, as a family, in Malawi. It’s hard to believe that it has been that long, and hard to believe that it has only been that long. Either way we have much to be thankful for. Let’s keep to tens. So here are ten things, from many, that […]
Corruption. Time to close the gate?
It seems overdue that I spend time trying to articulate what it is I’m doing here. However, the reality is a desk, in a small office, in a converted house, at the far corner of the synod campus and a short dusty walk from Mzuzu’s various hardware shops and street vendors. A desk which, if […]
In the news
The Church of Scotland has shared news of our travels with some local newspapers. It has been nice reading the stories, though one headline about ‘taking on slave trade’ seems ambitious! Not sure what to make of the interest really, but for now we’re encouraged to contribute to a positive story about Christianity! Perhaps Christians are […]
Why am I here?
Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” Jeremiah 29:7This is not an existential question, quite the opposite. Jacqueline and I were very grateful for the ways in which God steered us […]
Unpacked but not yet home
It’s been just over a week since I arrived in Malawi and I’m very glad to be zipping up my cases for a while. Tonight I finished putting clothes in the wardrobe. As if rattling round a three bedroom house wasn’t reminder enough, a half-filled wardrobe made it clear. It won’t be home until Jacqueline […]
Muli bwanji?
Welcome to our wee blog! This is Gary with some big news from the Brough family. From the end of the year we’re saying “see you later Scotland’ and “Muli bwanji Malawi” (this isn’t great Chichewa, but we’re new)! I am taking up a role with the Church and Society Programme in Mzuzu, northern Malawi, […]