I recently read this quote and every time I see it its like I'm hit by a tonne of bricks.
"Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names, they are easier to ignore before you see their faces, it is easier to pretend they're not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do everything changes" (David Platt)When I first visited Malawi 6 years ago I was struck by the poverty that surrounded us constantly but I never knew what stories surrounded the people we met. Travelling through the country as we will be doing doesn't allow relationships to be formed but it will be interesting to see what my time in South Africa last year has changed. Will last year have altered the way I think when I see a sea of smiling faces, faces similar to those I was friends with in South Africa. Smiles which mean it's easy to walk past and not know the abuse many of these children are facing, the prospect of growing up without parents and forget about the real threat of living without proper sanitation. What will it be like seeing extreme poverty following the relationships we built in Amaoti? My heart was broken by the people I met last year and I'm excited for what is to come!
Throwback to last time I was in Malawi
