Author: Adventures
Back to Nsoko
Things have definitely been moving forward quite quickly since the last time I wrote. We moved out to Nsoko two weeks ago, which is where I was two years ago with my World Race team. It has been so neat to see so many familiar faces. There were a few children that I really wanted to see and this week I found quite a few of them.
The first one my team and I referred to as Boots. As you can see in the first picture she always wore motorcycle boots so we chose an easy name to refer to her. I found her as I was walking up to the school this...
In Love With His Kingdom
I have fallen in love with Nsoko. Possibly one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. I wish I could explain to the Swazis how beautiful their country truly is. Of course they all picture America as something that is ten times better than their land, but in all honesty I’m sure after spending maybe a week in NYC they would miss their vast lands and beautiful mountains.
The past two and a half weeks have been a constant go, go, go..and God has opened up more doors than our team could have ever imagined. Whether it’s speaking at a public school, going to share...
looking into the eyes of his beloved
Looking into the eyes of Gods beloved child; clothes shredded and torn, malnourished enlarged belly, frowning face. I coudn’t take my eyes off of this little girl. She was God’s precious creation.
I have no idea the story behind this little 3 years old girl, but I do know as I held her for nearly 2 hours. Our eyes locked. It was unlike anything I’ve ever seen or experienced. She looked deep into my eyes as if she knew me, as if she was my child.
At that moment, in that feeling was when I knew why God had placed me...
Sometimes God has Other Plans
Yesterday we left our homestead at 8:00 am to go into town
to help with a retreat for the women who feed the children at the care points,
the day before we had been there and helped to decorate and set up. We had
watched as 4 very full vans unloaded with African woman of all ages some with
small children. All of us were excited to be able to go back and help out
leading them in games and other activities.
However, the van we have been traveling in had some trouble
starting and on our way out of the area we live in it just stopped running.
Being too far to walk back to the house we...
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Simplicity. A common theme for this trip. On our short debrief in South Africa we had the privilege to stay at the Betor house which was absolutely beautiful and relaxing! While we were there we had great internet connection and lots of movies, and I realized how often I was getting online to email, facebook, and and was continually doing some activity with the media. It hit me that I had not spent any quiet time with God for awhile. On the homestead it was so much easier for me to focus on God because I was not distracted by the world. I...
