Trip to Malawi -- By Meg

Two weeks ago we went to Malawi for a meeting. 

The roads to Malawi are pretty much impassable this time of year, 

so we decided that we would fly with MAF (mission aviation fellowship). 

It was our first time flying with them. Their planes are very small…like 4 passenger. 

Mom and I were very nervous about flying in such a small space. But we did it! 

Here is our plane! SMALL! 

Us with our pilot, Dave.

Ready to get in!!

Strapping in!

Ready for take off!!

Just for fun!

I know you are jealous!!

We finally took off!!!

Our city……Nampula!

Further out over the neighborhoods surrounding Nampula.

It was very smooth and we enjoyed it a lot! The only problem was that since the plane was not pressurized, our ears hurt when we started going down. 

After about 1 1/2 hours we could see Lake Malawi!

Can you see it just beyond those clouds?

Flying over the lake! Pretty scary!

There is our landing strip!

We landed at the lodge where the meeting was! How cool!! 

Some immigration people came and stamped us into the country right there at the lodge!

The meeting lasted 2 days and while the parents had meetings the teenagers were in charge of the 6 kids. Ages 1-10!! 

The only bad thing about this place is all of the ants. 
It was literally like the place was built on an ant's nest. It was absolutely awful!!

Me and my friend Hannah.

Me and my friend Hadassah.

Us four girls had lots of fun hanging out on the beach!

But all that fun had to come to an end. 

On our last night there in the middle of the night Emma woke up with ants all over her head.
The poor thing spent forever trying to get all of the ants out of her hair.
I feel so bad for her!

Stamping out of the country.
You see that I am holding some baskets. Malawi has amazing baskets.
So every time we go, mom always gets a basket or two!

 On our way back to Mozambique our plane ride wasn't as smooth as the first time. 

That day was very rainy so our pilot had to navigate around the storms. 

He also wanted to show us this cool rock on a mountain that was shaped like a turtle. 

So he took us right up to the mountain! 

We were bouncing all over the place because of the wind coming over the mountain. 

Sorta scary!! But we made it back to Namplua safely.

The big rain storm that we had to go around!

Yep…right up to the mountain!! First class baby!!

See the turtle?!? We are not using zoom, we were that close!

Arriving in nampula.

 We had a fun little trip to Malawi!!

Hugs,
Meg