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| A slice of Swazi life |
The Stephen and Krista Prince have been in Swazi for a few months as well. They have a different view of life in Swaziland.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Swazi Slice
The Stephen and Krista Prince have been in Swazi for a few months as well. They have a different view of life in Swaziland.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Call of the Wild
I understand to be a missionary you have to be a "self-feeder". That means...that if it were just me and God, I would have to depend on just HIM to satisfy this wild beast that lies within me. It is to this journey that I am dedicating myself too. It could be lonely and it will get painful but I am excited to see the benefit that His Spirit will produce in my soul. I press forward towards the goal of alone.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
This is Africa!
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| Hippos are the 3rd largest living land mammal, after elephants and white rhinos |
"This is Africa" or TIA for short. I don't really know or understand what this means....yet. I have an idea that this phrase is a blanket statement that envelopes or encompasses all things that happen in Africa that don't make sense or for which there is no explanation. I expect it is something you have to see rather than be told. I will find out soon.
When visiting another culture, things will be different.
There will be things will make me pause with cause.
There will be things that will hurt my heart.
There will be things that I will not understand.
There will be things that are only seen in Africa.
But that is what is so great about going right?
Saturday, June 11, 2011
New Website for the Swazi Team!
Andy and I have started a new website that will be used by the team to post our thoughts, post updates and prayer requests, and photos and travel updates. It's a place that we can post and keep in touch with our families and others up to the time of the trip and while we are on the trip. Feel free to submit and post as well.
Check it out, follow, and be a part!
Friday, June 10, 2011
HopeForSwazi.com
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| HOPEFORSWAZI.COM |
Get your HOPEFORSWAZI.COM band here.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Shot...to the heart!
One of the things that must be attended to is travel vaccinations. The CDC has recommendations for the areas where you are traveling. Plus it is a good idea to ask your doctor what he thinks you need. Always good to protect yourself from sickness. The last thing you want is to bring something back home or be sick while you are there. God's got plans!
When Andy and I were talking about the recommended shots and the cost, Brent in his weird and twisted way sent me this picture. Uh....thanks for your support Brent. Sigh....I am not that sad about it really.
When Andy and I were talking about the recommended shots and the cost, Brent in his weird and twisted way sent me this picture. Uh....thanks for your support Brent. Sigh....I am not that sad about it really.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Why Go?
People ask me why I want to go to Swaziland. I have one answer. I want to go to love on the kids. Plain and simple. I have no personal agendas, no personal goals. Just to love them.
You say, that's a long way to go to love on kids. Yes, it is. They need to know too.
You say, there are missionaries there already. Can't they just do it? Yes they love. We bring love for the missionaries on the ground too.
You say, what difference can you make in a week? That's for God to know, not me. All I can do is be obedient to His call to go. I can't control the circumstances, I can't control the results. But God knows what difference my going will make. Why not be a part of His work there?
You say, that's a crazy way to use your vacation time. I say...yes, it's weird, but what better way to be a part of something holy in communicating God's love for the forgotten.
Why I go? For all of these reasons and more.....
God has worked in MY life to remind me of His love for me, I HAVE to share. He has called me to share that. I can't NOT go. It is what He has called me to do.
God not only prepares the way for me to go physically, but He also prepares the way for me to go emotionally...and spiritually. There are a lot of holy moments that change me to be ready. A lot of God-encounters that bring awareness to see the broken, the forgotten, the hurt, the sick.
Leeland has a song "Follow You" that encapsulates my emotions about going:
You live among the least of these
The weary and the weak
And it would be a tragedy
For me to turn away
All my needs You have supplied
When I was dead You gave me life
So how could I not give it away so freely?
And I'll...
Follow You into the homes of the broken
Follow You into the world
Meet the needs for the poor and the needy God
Follow You into the world
Use my hands use my feet
To make Your kingdom come
To the corners of the earth
Until Your work is done
Faith without works is dead
On the cross Your blood was shed
So how could we not give it away so freely?
And I give all myself
I give all myself
I give all myself to You
This is why I want to go.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Building Bridges
"We welcome Janelle, a regular guest blogger, who shares with us how she prays for her sponsored girls, and what that has done in her heart since meeting Eskarlin in the Dominican Republic." ~ Mission of Mercy.I'm so excited to meet my new little daughter Nomphilo in Swaziland.
What an honor to be a Mission of Mercy sponsor and volunteer. Not only is it a privilege to support my little girls through Mission of Mercy with my financial monthly gifts, but I also support them prayerfully with my daily spiritual presence.
After visiting the Dominican Republic with Mission of Mercy, I struggled with the separation I felt in my heart from my sponsored children upon returning home. Their hard reality deeply crushed my heart, read more here....
