Mission Awaits First Shipment of Supplies
Board members of the Malawi Project conducted a site evaluation of the Namikango Maternity Hospital, and the adjoining land and buildings in Thondwe in August 2008. Subsequent discussions centered on the location near Zomba, the former colonial capital of Malawi, becoming a second site in the southern region for the receipt of medical supplies and equipment, agricultural supplies and training, and other commodities to serve the people of Malawi through this second location. Hospital personnel and administration along with Mark Thiesen, the American missionary stationed at the mission was immediately positive to the plan. This site would join another one in the south, three in the central region, and one in the north in an effort to make supplies available to every district of the nation. .jpg)
A vacant church building, abandoned after a larger building was constructed, was a logical location to become the storage facility that would be needed. The only problem was the fact the building had deteriorated when it was abandoned and a large amount of expense and work would be required to get it up and ready for use as a major storage and distribution site.
Funds Made Available For Construction
In September the Project board unanimously agreed to fund the needed repairs on the building and Thiesen headed up a work crew that set out to get the building into top flight condition before the first two 40-foot trailers of supplies arrived at the site.
The first trailer will arrive at the site in the next few days, and just this past week Thiesen took pictures that reflect the fact that the building is completed and able to receive supplies.
The first shipment will arrive through a joint effort of the Eastside Church of Christ in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Montrose Church of Christ in Montrose, Colorado, and Project C.U.R.E. headquartered in Centennial, Colorado. This first shipment will be followed shortly by a second shipment from the Malawi Project and the Green Valley Church of Christ in Noblesville, Indiana that left the states just days after the first shipment left Colorado.