Just a quick update:   I heard from the Swazi contact on the ground that the team arrived with all their bags.  They were spending the night in Joburg before heading across the border to Swaziland.  They should arrive there later today.

God desires us to be in the whole, not just to be saved, but to be whole and healed. He wants to take all the broken and locked up parts of our hearts so we experience true freedom. He gives us beauty for ashes. This is the message that has been on my heart. Coming onto this trip I had no idea what to expect, I was just willing and open to whatever the Spirit wanted to do in me. I felt like God has just picked me up and dropped me into this place with unfamiliar people and unfamiliar situations where I have no control. The past few days have been a journey of learning how to submit to...

As I anticipated this trip for the past few months I knew what lay ahead of me was something that would be absolutely life changing.  Being at training camp was such a growing and learning experience for me.  I wasn’t exactly sure what our week would look like and what we would be doing so coming into it I didn’t have many ideas of how it would turn out.  I do know that God showed up.  It was so amazing to see how God hand picked each member of each team.  It was amazing to see how people from all over America, and a few from Canada, come together under...

Hey everybody,        Alright. So, when I got to the Atlanta airport I wasn’t packed in a van and shipped off to some campground like I thought I’d be. Instead, my team was given 20 bucks and told to make it to a location (1 something 3 something Ellis street, Atlanta). When we eventually got there, I saw that it was the Atlanta Safe House. I soon found out that this was so much more than just a homeless shelter.The leaders there truly had a heart for those who were broken, and they were determined to be an exit, not just a place to stay. They were a...

Hey Everybody! This first week of training camp has been very uplifting and challenging.  When I first got to the airport and met my team we were told that we needed to find our own way to an address in the middle of Atlanta.  When we finally got there we found out that it was a homeless shelter.  Once we put our bags down and ate we were informed that we were going to spend the night on the streets of Atlanta.  The temperature was below freezing and we were not prepared for the weather.  Our team learned how to work well together very quickly.  I learned a lot...

This week has been filled with new experiences for many of us. Thursday morning we were encouraged (like many of the other sessions) to be open with our worship and prayer. We are to bodly declare what we are hearing from God. I feel like this session specifically was a breakthrough. People began to move more freely in worship and voice their prayers and thanks to God. Others felt called to share with the group. From that point it was like a revival started in us. People confessed burdens and were prayed over. As a body we lifted these prayers and requests to God- bodly asking for a...