Nehemiah 8:10- “Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.� The past week and a half, the team and I, along with the ministry partners in Nsoko, have been hosting Christmas parties at multiple care points and I have to say, Christmas parties are by far my most favorite ministry on this entire trip! There isn’t much to the parties. We play 2 games: a relay race and a donut eating challenge. Then we sing some songs and have a...

Nehemiah 8:10- “Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.â€�   The past week and a half, the team and I, along with the ministry partners in Nsoko, have been hosting Christmas parties at multiple care points and I have to say, Christmas parties are by far my most favorite ministry on this entire trip! There isn’t much to the parties. We play 2 games: a relay race and a donut eating challenge. Then we sing some songs and have a...

I thought I would write a blog about the verses that have stood out to me and stayed with me during this time in Swaziland. Most of these I have shared or heard shared and God’s voice was loud through them. Because you are precious in my eyes, and honoured, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. -Isaiah 43:4 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. -2 Corinthians 2:14. …so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not...

I’ve fallen in love with a boy and his radio. Not just any boy, but a 14 year old autistic child at one of the care points. His name is Sisifo. When i first saw him he was sitting under a tree with a old face plate to a stereo or boom box. He also had a front piece to a cell phone, which were his prized possessions. When you take a picture of Sisifo and show it to him, he will 100% of the time kiss the image of himself on your camera. He will then use the cell phone piece he has to ‘take your picture” and proceed to show it to you and then you kiss his camera. The next...

Imitating Jesus “BE HOLY, because I AM HOLY” Imitate: to have or assume the appearance of; simulate; resemble. To follow. A challenge this week for myself is to be an imitator of Jesus.  Jesus is holy. He chose me, his child to be holy and to live a holy life pleasing to him. Eph. 5:1-2 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.  And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Imitate his love.  Love is patient, kind, does not boast, is not proud, is not rude, not self-seeking, not easily angered, keeps no...