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Here I am

September 15, 2011
Adventures
Admissions Department

If you would have shown me where we would be staying. Or told me that our lovely outhouses were towards the road and have no doors, I would’ve thought long and hard about coming. At home I learned we would be having bucket showers. I tried to figure out what a bucket shower is. I asked my family. Some thought it would be a bucket with a hose. Some thought a bucket over top with a shower head. Nope. A bucket shower is just what it sounds like, a bucket of water. But by dirty day four I could not have been happier for that bucket shower! So, the firt little...

Are we there yet?

September 15, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

I know for many on our team it has been a long journey to get to this point, our adventure started weeks even months ago as they were accepted and started support raising and figuring out what to pack. It took on a whole new meaning and became more realy as we met our team in person for the first itme at training camp and began to make memories together and connect with our new family but the thought of Swaziland was always in our mind as we counted down the days until our feet would touch the African soul. If we were little kids we would have driven our parents crazy by now with the...

I need Africa.

September 15, 2011
Adventures
Admissions Department

I need Africa more than Africa needs me. There are a lot of stories I could tell you and a lot of testimonies I could give you about being back in Swaziland but there is one lesson I have learned that has been made more clear to me since arriving last week and I would like to share it with you. This is the second time I have been to Swaziland, I LOVE this country, and I can honestly say that God has used bringing me here very strongly in my life to change and grow me. When I initially came to Africa in 2008-2009 I came to help, to serve, which I did but I have come to realize that God...

Welcome to Swazi

September 15, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

Hello! Weâ€™ve all made it safely to Manzini and are settling in rather well. After my cooking mishap (no one has dared to make rice since then) and the monster spider (P.S. we didnâ€™t actually get it out of the bathroom, itâ€™s still dead on the floor, itâ€™s just hidden. J) in our bathroom, we are managing quite well. J As Iâ€™ve slowly come to know my girls better over this past week and a half, I am becoming more and more convinced of Godâ€™s perfect placement of them on our team. Although we are all different and maybe not entirely sure what we are doing here in Africa...

Safely arrived

September 7, 2011
Adventures
Field Support

We just spoke with the team leaders and they’ve arrived safely in South Africa. They were on the way to a hotel for the night before driving into Swaziland tomorrow. They will be settling in these next few days and getting some orientation from their host. Expect to see some blogs rolling out in the next few days as they find internet. Thanks for all the prayers for this team! The Passport field support team

A Voice in my Heart <3

September 5, 2011
Adventures
Admissions Department

Day 2 at training camp God spoke to me! I have never really felt that before and it was amazing, God was talking to me specifically, I was sitting listening to Kyla speak and a verse just popped into my head. It was James 4:10. I had the sudden urge to just open my Bible and read it. It said: “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.” It just spoke to me because the whole time before this trip I had to give up a lot, and God was just telling me to give it all up to Him and He is in control. To anyone who feels like God never talks to...

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