Swaziland, much like America, is a nation of the fatherless. So when we chose our topic for a small group meeting on Thursday night to be God as our Father and what that means it seemed more than appropriate. The fact, however, that we chose it 10 minutes before we started was an interesting twist. But we were confident that since God put it on our hearts that He would give somebody words. Little did I know that it would be me He gave those words to… A group of about twenty kids showed up, mostly boys, but a few girls as well. After singing a few songs, the discussion began with Emma...

Top Ten since the night we became the 12 disciples.   1. We are the “12 disciples”of Swaziland. I am Phillip, I prefer Uncle Phil.   2. The Gogo’s from Care Points in Manzini and Nsoko hand-sew purses, pocket-books, and many different types of bags. So in order to give all the hardworking Timbali Gogo’s a reward for such a successful year AIM set up a weekend retreat for them! It was so fun!! I was on duty with decorations and games. Decorating for the retreat was so great. I was talking with Julie, an employee of AIM here in Swazi and...

The more time I spend in Africa the more I fall in love with the country, the people, and most importantly God. At the beginning of this trip I was very hesitant at what to expect. Coming on a trip with eleven other girls is scary! It took me forever to open up to them and I couldn’t figure out why. I found out it was trust issues, I don’t why I had such bad trust issues but now that my walls are torn down I feel so free. I love all of these girls! They are all such a blessing and encouragement in my life. The past two weeks of living in Nsoko have been absolutely amazing....

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...