Pray for Safe Delivery (Update!!)

UPDATE!!

Naomi Joy Floreen was born around 6:30 PM Malawi time.

Please join with the Floreens in giving thanks!



Dear Family and Friends,

Rachel Floreen, the wife of the assistant pastor at our church here, is in labor with their second child. (The Floreens are the ones that looked after me in June when Scharlie and the kids had to travel on to the States.) Matt and Rachel dropped off their three year old daughter to stay with us yesterday afternoon. (Abigail will be with us at night and some other friends during the day.) Please pray for a safe and healthy delivery of the Floreen's baby and for a good recovery for Rachel.


Grace and Peace,

Brian and Scharlie

Please Pray for Dr. and Mrs. Chinchen's Daughter UPDATE

UPDATE RECEIVED 20 OCTOBER, 2013
(This was sent out by Mrs. Laura Chinchen)

 Its nice to receive good news.  Annabelle is on the road to recovery and we are so thankful.  There are two emails below – one from Paul  and one from Ashley.  Annabelle should be released Monday.  She will have an IV and the hosptial will send a nurse to check on her once a day to change the IV and check on her for 5-7 days. …  At this time she will attempt to finish the semester at Biola.  We are thankful for Annabelle’s progress (she should make a full recovery), thankful for all our friends, family and churches prayers and thankful for good friends willing to help.  Praise the Lord for he is faithful!

On Monday this week, Dr. Paul Chinchen flew to LA to be with his second daughter Annabelle. Annabelle is a Junior at BIOLA University. She is at the UCLA hospital with bacterial meningitis. She is currently taking 4 antibiotics and her situation has been called "severe" by the doctors there.

Please pray for Annabelle and the rest of her family. Mrs. Chinchen is here with the three younger children.

Academy Teacher has Bad Concussion UPDATE

Dear Friends and Family,

This evening after working out with another Academy teacher, Christine Givens fell and hit her head. I am unclear of exactly what happened. After falling, she began complaining of headaches and eventually vomited. A doctor was consulted and he advised that Dr. Chinchen have her taken immediately to the diagnostic side of the ABC Clinic for a a cat scan.

Please pray for Christine. I will update when I have more information.

Please give thanks! Christine's scan did not show anything to be concerned by!

Thank you for praying!

Prayer Updates

My sister in-law, Rachel, delivered a healthy little boy at 7:03 CST on Thursday, 12 September! Ezra Matthew Carlisle weighed 7 lbs and 11 oz and was 20" long. I was post some pictures later. As of Monday night Malawi time, mother and baby are well. Please pray for my brother and his family as the adjust to the rhythms of having a newborn again.

Continue to pray for Kinglsey Kaponda and his family on the death of his sister last week.

I received an text on Saturday that one of the fathers in the school, I taught the daughter last year in 6th Grade, was shot two times as he was trying to enter the gate to his house. He was shot in the shoulder and chin on Friday night and was taken to South Africa.  He has stabilized and is doing better. Mrs. Mphwiyo went to SA with her husband while Pauline, 7th, and Paul, 4th, are staying with friends here in Lilongwe. Give thanks that the father's life was spared and that he was able to be taken to SA to receive care. I will update on his condition as I have information. I saw the children first thing this morning and their spirits seemed quite bright, given the circumstances.

Thank you for praying.

Please Pray

I apologise for the long silence! We will try to remedy that soon.

Please pray for my brother's family: Rachel may be having or already has had the baby by the time I post this.

Pray for our friend Kingsley Kaponda. Kingsley's older brother was killed just over a year ago and his just older sister just died after a long bout with TB.

We hope to post some pictures and get an update out soon.

Grace and Peace,

The Malawi Carlisles

Arrived Safely Back to Lilongwe

Dear Family and Friends,

Thank you so much for your prayers! We arrived back at the ABC Campus about 2 PM. There were friendly faces to meet us at the airport and bring us back to House #8. The kids all travelled very well. Gwen and Samuel have barely been inside, there are out playing with friends and Nathan just fell asleep. The trip was long and we are tired, please pray for us there.


Grace and Peace,

Brian, Scharlie, Gwen, Samuel and Nathan

Contact Information

Here are the phone numbers that we can be reached at while Stateside.

Brian: (803) 412-5527

Scharlie (803) 379-1865