I have been in Swaziland for about a month now. I apologize for not writing sooner, I often find my mind filled with so much that when I finally sit at the keyboard, i don't know where to begin. Swaziland is beautiful, we are surrounded by mountains, every time we exit our house we are greeted by children (not to mention chickens, goats, donkeys and cows) and our feet are permanently engrained with dirt... what beauty! Africa feels like home to me now, the moment we drove in I felt such peace. It's good to be back.

 

Though I am back in the beautiful land that I love, ministry is extremely different.  I am among a team of fifteen girls, and I am called to pour into them. I admit I often find myself wondering what I am doing, ministering among peers, but I cannot express the grace and sustainment that the Lord continually pours out. I was worried that the transition from focusing on the African people to the US missionaries would be difficult - though it is  a shift the Lord has filled my heart with immense love for each and every girl. It has been a great blessing to get to walk alongside the team and speak truth into them. I am in awe of the challenge and calling that God has given me in being here. I am so weak... but through that I have seen His strength. He has poured out grace after grace.

 

Please be praying for us. Pray that all that we speak of would be exemplified and true in all of our lives: grace, hope, redemption, freedom. Pray that we would fall in love with Jesus and that we would have eyes to see the Kingdom and hands to bring it to everyone we meet. Pray for unity and loving community. I long for these girls to believe in their own lives what they believe to be true for the people they minister to. I ache for them to know how wide and how deep, how long and how high His love is for them.

 

May the God who pours out grace after grace be evident in your every moment...