Author: Adventures

  Saneebonanee! (or hello!) friends! I’m in Swaziland, Africa right now… crazy right? The village we are living in is called Timbutini which literally translates to “too many goats” and the name couldn’t be more fitting. They are all over the place. On our homestead there are goats, cows, hens and about 5 too many roosters. The roosters are horrible. When you think rooster you think about them crowing when the sun comes up. Not ours. They are blind or something cause they regularly start crowing between 2:30am-3:30am and keep going till it’s light...

  We’ve been in Swaziland for about a week now and in the midst of roosters crowing and goats sneezing on our homestead, and driving around all over Manzini and Timbutini on mostly dirt roads, we are nearing the beginning of structured ministry. Boy, I cannot wait. We’ve had an opportunity to visit all the care points in Timbutini, which is located near Manzini. And at every single one, we have arrived and immediately had dozens of children flock to us wanting us to pick them up and play with them. They make it very easy to love them. They are kids...

  Hey Everybody!!! My team and I made it safely to Swaziland! We are staying on a homestead in a town called Timbutini in Manzini. Swaziland is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. It is not at all what I was expecting Africa to look like. So far the Swazi people have been very welcoming. The first day that we were in Swaziland a few of us went down to a care point that is down the road from our homestead. We played with the kids for a little whil and we talked to the gogos (grandmothers). It was a lot of fun learning more about the culture...

  Hey everyone! (Sanibonani) Well- as you know- we are now in Africa and it very much feels like we are in Africa. The landscape is beautiful as well as the people. Most of our team has gotten a little sunburned since it’s a big change from the winter weather. I’m not missing the cold weather though 🙂  This week our team has been viewing the various ministries that we can be a part of. We’ve visited multiple care points, a house for the sick, the women who are a part of timbali crafts, and a school. At this point we are just seeing what our different contacts...

              The First week in Swaziland has been full of many changes to my daily routine. Bucket showers, hole-in-the-ground potties, living in a hut, enjoying the heat, and waking up with flies around my face are just a few of the changes I’ve been adapting too. Getting back to the basics of life has been a refreshing escape from all the distractions back home and the scenery makes it nearly impossible to not take note of God’s beautiful creation all around me....

I was listening to this song during our down time the other day and this one line really struck me. I have found in my short time in Swazi that it is virtually impossible to get my hands and feet  clean. No matter how many times I make an attempt to wash them, my nails seem to be caked with dirt and there is a stickiness that appears to be permanent. It would seem that our living conditions here are anything BUT extravagant. However, I have recently discovered the real meaning of extravagance. It appears that every time we pray over our day as a team, we ask God to let us be his...