A Whole Lot of Coffee & a Few Thoughts

Im just going to start off by what Im feeling right now. That feeling is terrified, but in a good way. We are currently on our second "break away" from our homesteads. Last night we had a young couple come and talk to us about the organization Children's Cup. As they were talking, I started feeling anxious. I knew God was talking to me but I was kinda scared to listen because I was pretty sure of what he was telling me. He's telling me to pursue a career of a career missionary. Let me simplify what the means...it means leaving behind everything and everyone in America to pursue the Lord's work where ever He would want me to go.It means leaving America for a career, which means life-long. Let me say this again, that terrifies me, but I know if the Lord wants me to do it, then that's the only choice. Please pray that God will make that decision more clear to me. Over the past couple days, I have began to realize the similarities and the contrasts between Swazi...

Well, the first week in our homestead is complete. What an AMAZING, and thats an understatement, week is was. Not going to lie, when we were on our way to homesteads, I was a little nervous. I mean they were dropping us off at at home, in the middle of nowhere practically, and we had to create our own schedule. Intimidating to say the least. Now, looking back on my worries, I worried in vain. My worries were pointless. God was in control the whole time, and man did He has an awesome week of His work planned out for us. So once we got settle in, in our humble 3 room house, we began to get acclimated to the change(or at least try too). First off, Swaziland is not the typical Africa you would picture. It is nothing like the Lion King or any pictures of Africa you have seen. Swaziland is a very mountainous area and we were placed right in the middle of the mountains. The girls were placed in a flatter area called Mgudze. The place where we live is amazingly beautiful. There is mountains ...

Ok so quick things to update you on since the last post: The day after arriving in Swaziland, the team went with Make(pronounced Ma-gay, means Mrs)Shandu to her weekly Bible Study. Make Shandu lives in a part of the missions houses that we had our orientation in. We took a kombi(they very hectic very of public transportation) to the Sibebe area where the bible study takes place every week. Three young kids were already there when we arrived, waiting in the field beside the road where we had the bible study. When we began the study, there were probably only 5 kids there max. During the time it was going on, kids kept coming and coming from all over....walking from wherever their kombi let them off at. I would say we ended up with close to 20 kids by the time we finished. Our bible study included songs sung by the kids and by our team. Our team acted out the David and Goliath bible story as well, with me being Goliath, naturally.What a blessing it was to see the Swazi kids praising God...

(Hello to you all, I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ.) So where do I begin? Honestly we have only been here for two days but I feel like theres so much that has happened. So we arrived in Jo'burg on the 31, spent the night at a guest house and got up early the next morning to leave for Swaziland. Thanks to jet lag, getting up at 5:30am has been a regular occurrence. We were told to eat at his little cafe place in the airport called News Cafe, which had the most amazing Banana Peanut Butter smoothie I've ever had in my life. After eating, we boarded our plane and were bound for Swaziland!!! Upon arriving in Swaziland, we were greeted by some of the missionaries taking care of us while we're over here.It was comforting to finally meet Todd(His wife, Deborah is also a missionary), Wayne, Hunter, Katie and Monica(her husband, Steve is also a missionary here). Their smiling faces and warm welcome helped ease some of the nerves that I had accumulated over the combinat...