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Goodbye for Now

March 12, 2016
I’ve never been good at goodbyes. The past 3 days have been nothing but tears and hard goodbyes, to people who were complete strangers a month ago. Who knew that someone in another continent could change your life so much and impact your decisions forever? A few memories are flooding my mind about my time in Nsoko. The second day we were there, Dylan (a teammate) and I were on trash duty. We were struggling to light the fire to burn it; the wind was crazy and we had no wood. Outside the fence was KO and Dadada, two kids who hung around the care point. They were telling us to go under the chicken coop so the wind wouldn’t be a problem, and they ran and got cardboard for us to use. FINALLY the fire started after 15 minutes and 11 matches!! The boys ran to the front of the house, I walked…

What it means to die

February 20, 2016
 Christianity- Dying to your flesh everyday and taking up your cross. What does this mean? It means we have to come to a place in our lives where we see the beauty in the fact that nothing our minds can think of will ever be as astounding as the plan God has for our lives. This isn’t a simple one-time action. This is a repetitive action that MUST take place each and every day, multiple times throughout the day. Over the past 2 weeks of being in Africa, God has laid the phrase “die to your flesh” on my heart every morning. I knew what that meant, so I thought.. Within the first two days here in Nsoko, I was already annoyed with some of my teammates. The teammates I would be spending every waking second with for almost 100 days. Needless to say I had to pray about it because I was se…

Learning to Fly

February 18, 2016
  Sawubona! Sawubona means hello in Siswati, which is what my team and I are learning to speak. We so far only have a couple phrases down, but we are learning more and more everyday 🙂    My team is INCREDIBLE. In the short week that we’ve known each other, we’ve become a family. We love spending time together whether that be playing games, killing bats in the team house (true story), just hanging out, or stargazing at the AMAZING stars. They are 12 daughters and sons of the most High God, whose first agenda is to seek Jesus in all that they do. My leaders are equally incredible, and are some of the most loving and caring individuals I’ve ever met. They are such a blessing, and constantly finding ways to invest in us (love you so much Em and Britt…

Window Seat View

February 9, 2016
I want to take some time to share the view I see every day here in Nsoko, Swaziland. I have been here a week and a half, but it already feels normal to wake up in a room of 13 girls, walk out into the African sun, and spend my days holding kids who can’t speak the same language as me. Each day I walk outside, I am in awe of the beauty of the country I live in and yet overwhelmed by the poverty surrounding me. Take a look through the window into what I see every day: In Nsoko: hot, scorching sunlight; women hand-washing clothes under the umbrella tree; a naked baby sleeping on his brother’s chest; dust everywhere; a place where meet at 1 actually means meet at 3 or 4; church services filled with beautiful voices; rice and beans; a myriad of colors glowing behind the mountai…

Week One Recap

February 9, 2016
TEAM SWAZI SURVIVED WEEK ONE!! Here’s a quick recap of what we have been up to for the past week.   From the first day at training camp, our team had a genuine bond with each other. None of us were afraid to go deep with people we had literally met that same day which plays a lot into the closeness that our team has already come to know as normal.    After spending 15 hours in the Atlanta airport on Monday the 25th, we boarded our plane for our 15 hour flight at 7:20 p.m and landed in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday night the 26th. There we met our ministry contact, Stephen, who brought us to an adorable little hostil for the night.    Bright and early the next day we set off for our site in Swaziland that we will be calling home for the next m…

Citizen of Heaven

February 9, 2016
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will loose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” Matthew 10:37-39 This is the verse the Lord has put on my heart these past few weeks. I am not gonna lie being in Africa has not been all butterflies and rainbows like I thought it was going to be. Living in Swaziland is not easy in the slightest, the sun is scorching and there are huge bugs around every corner. There has been many tears shed and many prayers spoken. Up until a few days ago I was terribly homesick. I was counting down the days until I would be back in America and…

Serving in Swaziland!

February 7, 2016
The Swaziland team has been on the ground for nearly 2 weeks now!  It has been so incredible to watch them fully dive into ministry and living in community with each other! The team spent this last week serving at a school, doing manual labor, and learning how to cook for their whole team in Africa! Some of the team even got assigned SiSwati names this week! We are so proud of them for jumping in with everything they have!  Wifi isn’t always the most reliable in Swaziland, so the team wasn’t able to upload any blogs on Saturday. However, their leaders are going to try to upload some of the blogs (written by several people on the team) this Tuesday!  We can’t wait to hear their stories from the field and can’t wait to see how God continues to move in and through…

Safe in Swaziland!

January 27, 2016
(The team at the airport in South Africa)   I am excited to announce the team has made it safely to their ministry site in Swaziland! Currently, they are setting up their beds and settling in! They said they felt well rested, after their night in the South African hostel, but they are still combating some jet lag. They’ve already made several new friends and they’ve been playing games in the front yard with the local children! The team expressed that they love their ministry host and are excited to get a better vision as to what ministry will look like for the next 3 months.  They are having an orientation time tomorrow, where they will get a cultural briefing and get a schedule for the next few months.  Internet in Swaziland can be scarce, but we will try to make …

Safe in Swaziland!

January 27, 2016
(The team at the airport in South Africa)   I am excited to announce the team has made it safely to their ministry site in Swaziland! Currently, they are setting up their beds and settling in! They said they felt well rested, after their night in the South African hostel, but they are still combating some jet lag. They’ve already made several new friends and they’ve been playing games in the front yard with the local children! The team expressed that they love their ministry host and are excited to get a better vision as to what ministry will look like for the next 3 months.  They are having an orientation time tomorrow, where they will get a cultural briefing and get a schedule for the next few months.  Internet in Swaziland can be scarce, but we will try to make …

Made it to Africa!!!

January 27, 2016
We made it to Johannesburg safe and sound and are now on our way to Swazi!!

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