Today is our last day in Manzini which means that our trip is half done. My thoughts on that are mixed but overall it has been a really good month. We have learned new things about God, each other, and ourselves through our experiences up to this point. Looking back on these things makes me really excited for what God has planned for us in this next month although sometimes I do wish I could be in my comfortable bed, have a real shower, and not have to use a long drop everyday. Africa is definately beautiful but not very comfortable which is something to get used to! Keep praying that God...

    Simplicity.  A common theme for this trip.  On our short debrief in South Africa we had the privilege to stay at the Betor house which was absolutely beautiful and relaxing!  While we were there we had great internet connection and lots of movies, and I realized how often I was getting online to email, facebook, and and was continually doing some activity with the media.  It hit me that I had not spent any quiet time with God for awhile. On the homestead it was so much easier for me to focus on God because I was not distracted by the world.    I...

“Over the mountains and the sea Your river runs with love for me And I will open up my heart And let the healer set me free I’m happy to be in the truth And I will daily lift my hands For I will always sing Of when your love came down“ God has been trying to heal me for a while now. At home I am the protector of my friends and family, so I feel like I have to be strong for them. Coming to Africa I felt like I would take on the same role as a protector and be strong for everyone else so that they could have someone to feel like they could count on. God definitely had...

Ever since we have been here and visited the Hope House, a few of us girls have felt led to pray for this man named Bernard. He is very elderly and has been blind since the age of forty. We have prayed every time we have gone for him to be healed, just as we knew the Lord wanted us to. However, we have yet to see any sort of results. This was something that was beginning to really frustrate and discourage us. Why would God ask us to pray for healing in his eyes if he was not going to follow through with actually healing him?! Even with no result though, we continued to be obedient and...

        * SORRY I DONT HAVE MUCH TIME TO UPDATE YOU, BUT HERES A LITTLE TAD BIT*        I came on this trip with Horrible acne! Never this bad! Two nights ago Dauna; a girl on my team had a dream about healing it! In her dream she rubbed dirt on my face and prayed! That same night I had been reading about another one of Jesus miracles and he said something along the lines of your sickness is not because of your sin or your fathers sin, but so the Glory of God can be shown through it! Once Dauna had announced her...