CHURCH in all parts of the world! AMERICA: Stand and sing Clap after someone talks or something important happens Use instruments to drowned out voices Sing quieter Everyone sits wherever they want Can wear whatever we want Sing for 20 min maybe Its only 1-2 hours Kids go to classes and all ages sit where they want. Have a plan to practice what we sing every week We don’t dance-usually people are embarrassed Do communion We pass around a bag for offering, down each aisle Don’t need a translator Pastor stands in front on a stage. People don’t put a random baby on your lap We have...

Holiness is what I long for and holiness is what I need. Holiness it’s what you want for me.  Take my heart and form it. Take my mind transform it. Take my will conform it to yours Lord.   Faithfulness is what I long for. Faithfulness is what I need. Faithfulness is what you want for me.  Righteousness is what I long for and righteousness is what I need. Righteousness is what you want for me.  Take my heart and form it. Take my mind transform it. Take my will confirm it to yours Lord.   {Holiness} All ye heavy laden. All ye heavy hearted. All ye heavy burden come the Lord will give...

Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.  Psalm 139:16 And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.  Ephesians 3:20 With God’s power working in us, God can do much, much more than anything we could ever ask or imagine.  God’s timing is so important to His specific plan. That’s something I’ve realized these past few weeks. God has planned out my every step. It’s crazy to think about: the fact that before...

For those of you who don’t know me, I’m a huge animal lover. Most of the time it’s a blessing. While other times it is not so much. Those of you who have been to Africa will know, loving animals is not quite so much a blessing here. The people treat their animals as….well…. animals. Which is doable until it gets to the point where it’s literally beating their animals. This is what I encountered the other day. We were traveling back from ministry in Manzini and we saw this man beating his dog. I’ve never seen it to this extent though. I’ve...

What is your favourite thing about TImbutini?   As our time here is ending and we are preparing to move to Nsoko next week I thought I would ask everyone what is their favourite thing about TImbutini. SO here it is:  Colleen: That we know people here and people know us. Shannon: Church. The atmosphere and everything about it with the singing and worship. When little kids sit on your lap and play with your jewelry. That nobody has a plan and are so chill about everything. Nikki: Tucker (our dog). Having the little kids sit on your lap. Nozipho, our translators, family....