Sanibonani from Swaziland!                 So much has happened since arriving here in Swaziland last Sunday. We have spent our first week learning about he basic cultural norms and seeing the different ministry opption that we have while we are here. Some ministries that exisist here in Swaziland include the Hope House (a place for terminaly ill patients to recieve houseing, treatment, and Christ’s love), numerous Care Points (safe places for orphans to receive two meals each day), a school, and the Timbutini...

Sanibonani from Swaziland!                 So much has happened since arriving here in Swaziland last Sunday. We have spent our first week learning about he basic cultural norms and seeing the different ministry opption that we have while we are here. Some ministries that exisist here in Swaziland include the Hope House (a place for terminaly ill patients to recieve houseing, treatment, and Christ’s love), numerous Care Points (safe places for orphans to receive two meals each day), a school, and the Timbutini...

“There You stood holding me, waiting for me to notice You. You are the truth. My hands are open and you are filling them.”   This place is beautiful. We wake up to the warm sun and the green mountains and end our day with countless stars. This week my team was given the opportunity to see the different types of ministry we can be involved in while we’re here. There are various “care points” set up around Manzini where children come after school to eat and receive discipleship training. Many of them have lost one or both parents. Older women...

Lord, use me… When you ask the Lord to use you, He will so be ready! This week we have spent the days seeing the different ministry opportunities that are around our area. There are care points all around the cities where underprivileged (or poverty) children can come for two meals per day and where they can also be loved on and play in a safer environment. The Hope House is a place where people who are sick with TB or HIV/AIDS can go for treatment, food, and a place to live. While we were visiting, we had the opportunity to pray over the patients there and...

  Hey everyone! (Sanibonani) Well- as you know- we are now in Africa and it very much feels like we are in Africa. The landscape is beautiful as well as the people. Most of our team has gotten a little sunburned since it’s a big change from the winter weather. I’m not missing the cold weather though 🙂  This week our team has been viewing the various ministries that we can be a part of. We’ve visited multiple care points, a house for the sick, the women who are a part of timbali crafts, and a school. At this point we are just seeing what our different contacts...

I was listening to this song during our down time the other day and this one line really struck me. I have found in my short time in Swazi that it is virtually impossible to get my hands and feet  clean. No matter how many times I make an attempt to wash them, my nails seem to be caked with dirt and there is a stickiness that appears to be permanent. It would seem that our living conditions here are anything BUT extravagant. However, I have recently discovered the real meaning of extravagance. It appears that every time we pray over our day as a team, we ask God to let us be his...