Hey friends, family, and supporters of our Swaziland team!
The girls are writing blogs as we go, but because of our limited access, it is taking longer than we anticipated to get those posted. The following is one that Lindley wrote to sum up the last week or so of our travel and time here in Swaziland. Yesterday we worshipped alongside our Swazi brothers and sisters – with our own team members leading children’s programming, preaching, leading songs, and praying for church members with needs. This morning we began our much anticipated ministry – divided between care points and building showers at the care points! You would be so proud of your daughters, sisters, and friends and the ways that they are allowing the Lord to stretch them to serve the people of Nsoko! We will post more later this week to share with you how God is at work in this first week of ministry! Thanks so much for your prayers – it means so much to us all to know that there are so many all over the US praying for our team 24/7! God bless you!
Erica
From Lindley:
After four days of traveling, we reached Nsoko in South Swaziland. The people of this area have welcomed us with warm smiles, open arms, and an eager heart to about our culture and the message of Jesus. The majority of this week has been spent in traveling, learning Swaziland culture, adapting to the climate and resting. On Friday, we traveled to seven of the eight villages where our ministry teams will be rotating between. It is at these “care points” where we will feed the orphans, work on community projects, visit with the locals, and host church services every Sunday. We are currently scheduled to stay in South Swaziland for six weeks before heading North.
Please keep our team in your prayers as we have already encountered a language barrier. There are few South Swazis who speak English and all communication is done thru a translator. ALthough many of us have began to learn Si-Swati, (the native tongue), there are only seven translators at our disposal. Also, please continue to pray for strength as we have witnessed
poverty, hunger, and disease in ways unimagineable! It is our prayer that we stay focused with the task at hand and continue to love as God our Father so greatly loves us!
After four days of traveling, we reached Nsoko in South Swaziland. The people of this area have welcomed us with warm smiles, open arms, and an eager heart to about our culture and the message of Jesus. The majority of this week has been spent in traveling, learning Swaziland culture, adapting to the climate and resting. On Friday, we traveled to seven of the eight villages where our ministry teams will be rotating between. It is at these “care points” where we will feed the orphans, work on community projects, visit with the locals, and host church services every Sunday. We are currently scheduled to stay in South Swaziland for six weeks before heading North.
Please keep our team in your prayers as we have already encountered a language barrier. There are few South Swazis who speak English and all communication is done thru a translator. ALthough many of us have began to learn Si-Swati, (the native tongue), there are only seven translators at our disposal. Also, please continue to pray for strength as we have witnessed
poverty, hunger, and disease in ways unimagineable! It is our prayer that we stay focused with the task at hand and continue to love as God our Father so greatly loves us!
In Christ,
Lindley
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE to Abby McCoy and ALL of you for sharing Christ in SUCH a powerful manner. Michelle Smith
Wow what a great experience is begining. Hope you guys have time for journals so you can write it down to relate to us later. Keep your faith up as the way will sometimes get tough but God will not give you burdens you cannot bear. Love Ya Bailey. Peace to you all
Erica,
Thanks for the updates. I appreciate them so much. My prayers are with all of you daily. I am so proud of all of you. Please tell my daughter Erica Bane that I Love her and hope to hear from her soon. I know that there is no greater work than what you all are doing. God Bless you and watch over you.
Linda Fisher