This post was meant to be uploaded last week.    Zephaniah 3:17 He will quiet you with his love.   Deuteronomy 8 Remember the Lord your God led you all the way, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart.  Whether or not causing you to hunger, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.  Observe the commands of the Lord you God, walking in his ways and revering him. For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land-a land with streams and pools of water, with springs...

It’s always been such fun giving gifts to people. To see a person’s face light up when they see what your gift is and you feel so satisfied. To give someone a gift in America is nice and the person’s thankful for it, IF they like it. But then the person you gave that gift to moves on with their life and they basically forget about your gift and what it meant.   Well, let me tell you something.   Africa is redefining what giving a gift REALLY means.   When you bless someone with a gift here, you finally discover a true satisfaction and happiness at gift...

When I got to Swaziland I didn’t think it was anything of beauty. I thought the lands were dry and dusty, there were thorns everywhere, and rocks were much more common than flowers. As I’ve spent the past month calling this place home, I’ve discovered that it has a beauty that is indescribable. It has colors that you see through it’s amazing people. The community glows with love and care for one another. The joy and happiness is so beyond something I’ve ever seen, no matter how much they don’t have. The richest man in the world could never be as happy as...

I am still absolutely loving Africa! Im having so much fun living in a hut with 14 other girls, taking bucket showers, hand washing all my clothes, being swarmed by dozens of kids and being woken up at 5 am by heards of cows! Well maybe not that last one, but everything else I really am liking and learning a lot from .J  The other day, my friend Jill and I went to the Mangwananei care point in Manzini. Before we even got there kids came running down the street as fast as they could and just jumped on us! We were seriously carrying about three kids at once, and even then more kids were...

God has been teaching me a lot about love the past couple weeks.  I find myself having a negative attitude about some situations or against some people who we have met.  I know this is not what I am supposed to be doing/thinking/acting…especially here on a mission’s trip.  But not at home either. I know God wants and commands me to love others unconditionally just as he loves us. I also have been thinking a lot about what I say and how I say it.  This is something that is hard for me but I woke up one day and God told me to try it.  He had been putting it on my...

But you, O God my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name’s sake, because your steadfast love is good, deliver me! -Psalm 109:21. In this blog I just wanted to share something that I have been learning more solidly while here in Swaziland. It has everything to do with God’s strength and faith and His glory. On Monday as our team was walking home from ministry I began to pray and asked God to reveal lessons He was teaching me and things He was doing in me since coming to Swaziland. So often I find it easy to overlook the things that the Lord is doing in and for me so I have to...