Trip to Lilongwe and Hannah in Pigtails...

Here are a few somewhat recent pictures of the Victor Maxson Family... Some are from our trip to Lilongwe to get Sarah a passport and make her an American citizen (officially, as she already was one). We stopped at Dedza pottery on our way and had lunch. That's where most of the pictures came from.

 

Then there are some pictures of Hannah that I took today with her hair in pigtails. Her hair is growing quite a bit and I'm finally able to put it in pigtails!! It's so cute!

 

Then of course, Sarah didn't want to be left out of the photo shoot so I got a few cute pics of her as well...

 

One last bit of news... we are planning to go to America as a family in the end of November through December. A pastor in the states has invited us to come for a conference and is paying the way for Victor and Mala (a young man who is an elder in the church here) to go and the rest of us are taken care of as well. We're very excited as we'll be able to attend this conference, see lots of old friends, see my family and also visit Ben and the church in Williston. It will be a nice trip. I'm hoping to post about it while we're in the states.

 

Till later...

Bethany

 

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Recent pictures from the Maxsons ...

Here are some recent pictures from the Maxson family here in Malawi.

 

1. Hannah likes to carry Sarah on her shoulders, and Sarah likes it just as much! (Of course we have to hold on to her!)

 

2. Here's a really recent family picture (we took it yesterday at the baptism)

 

3.The church had a baptism yesterday and Victor baptized three guys. Charles was first.

 

4.Jonathan was second.

 

5. And Mike was third. (as you can see, they had not treated the pool even though the guy told us that the green was from chimicals.)

 

6.Hannah after the baptism.

 

7.Mada holding Sarah. The girls at the church love to hold her.

 

8.Hannah and Sarah in matching outfits. I made Sarah's and Aunt Joy made Hannah's. I also made myself a purple jumper in the same basic pattern (you can see it in the family picture).

 

9.Two little sisters that really love each other!

 

10.Sarah's rolling and pushing up and wanting to crawl anytime. She can also sit up by herself some, but she's not real stable. She's working on getting her third tooth as well.

 

11. Our beautiful daughter is growing up quite quickly. She loves to run and play and read books and wash dishes and play in the dirt:P What a joy she is to us!

 

I'll try to write some more about what we're up to soon!

 

Bethany

Homemade salsa...

One thing I have enjoyed about being here in Malawi, is that I've learned to make things from scratch that I never would have even tried in the states because it's so easily available. One of those things was Homemade salsa. I've included the recipe below and hope to include more recipes soon.

 

Homemade Salsa

 

 

3 onions - diced

4 cloves garlic - crushed

4 sm green peppers - diced

6 small tomatoes - diced

1 tsp. salt

1-3 tsps. Peri-Peri or Cayenne (depending on how hot you like things)

2 tsps. fresh cilantro crushed

 

Cook onions, garlic and green peppers in about 1 TBSP oil until clearish but not fully browned. Add the diced tomatoes, salt, Peri-Peri (or cayenne) and cilantro. Simmer for 30 minutes over med low heat. Place in a container in the fridge and use as needed.

Picture titles

Here are the proper titles for the pictures. Sorry about the mix-up.

 

Bethany

 

1-3. Some of Sarah's adorable faces.

4. Hannah in her princess dress that daddy bought her. 

5. Daddy with his girls having morning devotions.

6. Hannah feeding herself (a new favorite activity!)

7. Mommy and Sarah out in front of the house with our front yard in the background.

Pictures

Here are some recent pictures of us! As requested I've included some of the old folks as well as the girls!

 

Bethany

 

1. Mommy carrying Sarah on her back Malawian style.

2-6. Some of Sarah's adorable faces.

7. Hannah in her princess dress that daddy bought her. 

8-9. Daddy with his girls having morning devotions.

10. Hannah feeding herself (a new favorite activity!)

11. Mommy and Sarah out in front of the house with our front yard in the background.

Purity

What does the bible have to say about a pure heart?

 

Psalm 24:3-5

Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in His holy place?

He that hath clean hands and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul into vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

He shall recieve blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

 

1 Timothy 1:5

Now the end of the comandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good consience and of faith unfeigned...

 

2 Timothy 2:22

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

 

 

1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: