Author: Adventures

Team Swazi!

Thes past two weeks in Swaziland have began to teach me what hard work truly is 🙂 Just last week me and some other girls from our team went to help the gogos with some chores and they had us fetch some water. We had to cary huge buckets of water up hil on our heads! It was crazy! As i did this I realized that this is normal for many of the Swazi people. If they dont do this than they wont have access to any water. Back at home we have so much brought to us. Like water is brought to us from a sink! We really have alot to be thankful for 🙂 I and the rest of the team really love our trips...

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The Finer Details

I thought I would write a blog with facts and details about our life here in Swaziland that we might overlook because they are our everyday life now but will hopefully help paint a picture for you of our home here in Swaziland.   –          We stay in a small rural town called Tinbutini, 30 minutes outside of the city Manzini –          We stay on a homestead in a hut on awesome bunk beds –          We have electricity!...

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The heart of Jesus

Matthew 19:14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”   It’s been another week full of love. We go to a care point pretty much every day. I love that I get the privilege of loving these precious children. I am honored to be the one that God uses to keep His promises to His little ones. I get to be the very hands and feet of Jesus.   What does that look like? A lap to sit on instead of the ground. The smile that is contagious. A shoulder to cry on. That kiss or that hug. A hand to...

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The “I am” wall

“I believe that your hope for growth, meaning and fulfillment as a Christian is based on understanding who you are — specifically, your identity in Christ as a child of God. Your understanding of who God is and who you are in relationship to Him is the critical foundation for your belief system and you behavior patterns as a Christian.� (from Victory Over the Darkness)   Over the past couple seasons of my life the Lord has pressed on my heart the importance of realizing our identity in Christ; seeing ourselves and others through his eyes and walking tall as children of...

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