My most recent visit to Malawi was part of a larger mission trip with my church in Chandler, The Grove. One hundred eighteen people from The Grove were on the trip. I led the Justice Team, which consisted of 7 people. Due to the large mission team, we broke up into multiple traveling groups. My traveling group arrived Sunday before the other groups who were arriving late Monday.
Monday was set aside for logistics. The members of our team who arrived early planned to obtain supplies for our visit and for the prisons where we will be ministering. We also planned to meet with Pastor Charles Msukwa and Paralegal Officer Moses Chione of Child Rights Advocacy and Paralegal Aid Center ("CRAPAC") to finalize our schedule for the upcoming two weeks.
When Pastor Charles arrived at campus Monday morning, he informed us that the Camp Court scheduled for Tuesday, June 14 had been postponed until Wednesday of the following week. This posed a problem as our team was scheduled to be on a safari in Zambia that Wednesday. I would normally be willing to stay behind, but my thirteen year old son, Andre was with me and I did not want him to miss the safari. We decided we would discuss the issue in more detail when we met with Moses.
After purchasing some of the supplies we went to pick up Moses from his office at CRAPAC. Moses was not at his office. He was at the High Court conducting a surety exam. We found Moses at the High Court. He said that in addition to conducting a surety exam, he was meeting with Judge President Esmie Chombo to discuss the Camp Court. I told Moses that I preferred the Camp Court be scheduled for a day other than Wednesday, June 22 as I was not able to attend on that date.