“We’ve been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we’re not demoralized, we’re not sure what to do, but we know that God knows what to do; we’ve been spiritually terrorized, but God hasn’t left our side, we’ve been thrown down, but we haven’t broken. " 2 Corthinans 4:8-9 MSG Revised

Fuel Get Your Fuel

The prices soar and the complaining can be heard throughout the streets. Reports are seen on every news channel. It’s a phenomena that every American citizen is aware of and complains of daily. I can remember back when it was a dollar per gallon, one person might state. A friend might meet that statement with, well I can remember back to when it was 50 cents per gallon. The average cost of fuel in America is anywhere between 3-5 dollars. People are restricted in driving because they can’t afford to fuel up their car or people are buying eco cars that run on electricity.

It’s a whole different story here in Malawi. The past few weeks there has been NO fuel. Take a walk down to the closest BP station and you are met with a line of cars a mile long, waiting for hours to receive a couple liters of petrol. Petrol tankers arrive only a couple of days a week with a reserve supply of gasoline and diesel. Crafty business men are travelling across the border to Mozambique or Zambia to buy fuel and bring it back to sell. Who knew that being a black market petrol seller would be so profitable? As far as I know there is no end in sight and the lines, high black market prices, and pure madness is expected to continue awhile longer.

Kind of puts the complaints of America into prospective. At least fuel is at your finger tips, even though it may be a little on the expensive side.