Last week Shad, Joy, Joanna and I, went with Nombali and Sanele to visit definitely the oldest woman I’ve ever met. When we got to her homestead that overlooked the beautiful mountains and with puppies running all around, my excitement was in the fact that I was sure she would be able to tell us all about her life and pour all of her wisdom into us. Unfortunately we found the exact opposite. We were pointed to a tree with a fragile, frail woman laying flat on her stomach on a blanket. After our “Sawabonas” (hello in SiSwati), I was already captivated by her beautiful blue...

You’re going on a mission trip with 15 Americans!? This is often the reaction I got when I told family and friends at home in Canada about the mission trip I was going on.  Sure they make fun of how I pronounce the words “produce” and “women”. They talk about restaurants I’ve never heard of like Zaxbys, Bojangles, and Culvers. They use Farenhiet instead of Celsius and miles instead of kilometers, but I love our team so much! They have accepted me even though I am from another country. One Swazi man asked a group of us, “How many states are...

You’re going on a mission trip with 15 Americans!? This is often the reaction I got when I told family and friends at home in Canada about the mission trip I was going on.  Sure they make fun of how I pronounce the words “produce” and “women”. They talk about restaurants I’ve never heard of like Zaxbys, Bojangles, and Culvers. They use Farenhiet instead of Celsius and miles instead of kilometers, but I love our team so much! They have accepted me even though I am from another country. One Swazi man asked a group of us, “How many states are...

One of my favorite questions to ask people is ‘How/where do you see/feel God with most clarity?’ All of the different answers I get are such a beautiful picture of the personal and unique relationship that the Father has with each of His children. We are all knitted and sewn perfectly by Him in His image, but in completely different ways to serve Him. Personally my favorite is in and through nature. It blows my mind every time I look out the door and see the huge mountains that the Creator of the universe has made. And don’t even get me started on the stars –...

     We were able to visit a wonderful lady named Gogo Flora last week. She lives a short walk from the team house, so we were surprised when she told us that her asthma was so bad that she couldn’t make the five minute walk to church every week. We were heartbroken to hear this. How many of us take our weekly worship for granted? Love is hurting for those who hurt.      Tanner just was not okay with this, and he saw there was something that could be done. He was able to buy her a hymn book for about ten dollars. We visited her again as soon as we could...

  “Each person is on this earth for one reason: to love God and people”. These are the words of wisdom Gogo Aliyah shared with us as we sat on the front porch of her two-roomed home earlier this week. They sounded very similar to Jesus` answer when asked what the greatest commandment is. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind…And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:36-39). Coming to Swaziland my mind was filled with big dreams and ideas of what we would spend our time...