Author: Adventures

I know, crazy, right? What missionary ever says they feel anything but adoration for children? But it’s true. I’ve never loved kids. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy them from time to time, but I’ve never had the passion for them that so many around me seem to feel. This all changed at Hope House, where a seven year old stole my heart. Siyabonga is a young man of very few words, but the love he shows towards all of us is phenomenal. His caregiver told me the other day that I was like his mother. Like. His. Mother. In what world am I qualified enough to be a stand in...

Something that has been prominent on my heart this week is Genesis 1:27 – “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”   In my previous mission trips to Africa, I was never much of a baby-holder. I always connected more with the older, teenage girls and shared life with them.   Almost every day this week, God placed a baby girl in my arms. My ministry team is working with AIM administration, going to all the different care points around Manzini and collecting information for the children’s...

Sawubona! (This means hello in Siswati!) Since we have officially been in Africa for 5 whole days now, I thought I would write a blog and update everyone on how my trip is going. We arrived in Swaziland on Monday evening and drove to the building that we will all call home for the next two months. There is a small living area, kitchen, and three very small bedrooms. There are 23 of us living in our home with 2 small port a pottys that smell like elephant poop and one bathroom that we use for cold bucket showers. We wash our clothes and dishes in wash buckets outside and hang the clothes on...