Malawi, Here We Come

Our son Andrew will finish eighth grade in June 2008. After that date, we will need to look for other ways to educate our children.

We took a trip to Malawi in April. We liked it a lot. We prayed and were convinced that God wants us to go to Malawi. There is a clinic there called Partners in Hope founded by Dr. Perry Jansen. The needs are huge, but God is alive there.

The life expectancy at birth in Malawi is 37 years. 1 in 4 children die by age 5. 15% of adults and 30% of the population is HIV positive. One half of a million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS. There are 2 doctors per 100,000 Malawians. That is 1% of the rate in the United States. There is a joke, that is half funny and half true that there are more Malawian doctors in England than is Malawi.

We pray we will make a difference.

Blessings,
Jerry for the Koleski family