First Update

Sanibonani, i pray you are all well. A month has already gone and i can hardly beleive it. Time has flown by. I have settled really well at Hawane Farm and everyone has made me feel so welcome. It is winter here at the moment and the frost has been nipping at my toes. It's made me think of home a little and of all the special people in my life that i won't see for a while but the Lord comforts me with his love in times like that. The frost soon melts around 8am as the sun gets hotter but i still need my layers on sometimes as the winds are a little nippy through the day. Anyway, let me fill you in on what i've been up to.

My schedule is pretty tight with lots of different activities. I'm doing a bit of everything really. On Monday all the volunteers join the TCMI students for devotions and often share what the lord has put on our hearts that morning. It's a very special time!! :) Then i go to pre-school to help out there. There are about 30 children there so as you can imagine it's a really busy time. The children are very lively and soooooo cute. Story time is the best as the answers they give are so innocently funny and so imaginative. I also teach a young man English for a few hours on mondays and wednesdays. He is a student at TCMI and is a joy to work with!

On Tuesdays i go to the community with a team of volunteers and nurses and pray for the sick. The sights are sometimes so horrendous i find it hard to just be there but the Lord is making me stronger with every visit. I usually spend alot of time with the local children and try my best to keep them ammused with baloons or whatever we have with us. Last week there was the cutest tiniest baby. I found it very hard to let go. I will show you all in a picture next time i blog!!! We have our cell group at night. It is a very challenging time as the lord does his work in me......we are doing the study by John Bevere 'The bait of Satan. Maybe now you understand why i used the word challenging!!!! Saying that i do love our time of fellowship. Changing is always a hard process but i know the Lord is helping me. He wants me to be the best version of me for his work.

Wednesdays is filled with more practical work through the day then at night i'll be visiting the childrens homes to help them with their homework. I will be starting this next wk. Thursday is a great day with the kids. We all meet in the library and commit that time to the lord in prayer. When i ask the children what song they want to sing....it's always the same one with the actions in toe. It goes...'We are marching in the light of God, we are marching in the light of God,... then they sing 'We are Jumping in the light of God'.......It's VERY NOISY as you can imagine. I help with the Safari club after that and it really fills my heart with joy. We always get the children involved by asking lots of open questions about Jesus. One day i asked 'why do you think jesus tells us to pray all the time?' and Fezile answered 'because if you don't pray you belong to the devil'!!! I really had to hold my laugh in because he said it with such conviction.


Fridays are so rewarding!!! I help out in home school from 8am til 1pm. There are about 5 children that attend. This is mainly for the children that are too sick to go to school. We cover alot of subjects like Maths, Science, English, Sport and home economics. In Home Economics i have been baking with them in two groups as we only have one cooker to use. We have made peanut butter cookies and chocolate crispies so far but we are going that extra mile on friday with the attempt of a chocolate cake!!! Mmmm! I also teach IT to some TCMI Students and teach the girls cell group at night. We have just finished the Teen Challenge study 'Attitudes'!! Ouch! It has been so long ago since i done that study that i had forgot how challenging it is, not just for the students but also for the facilitators!!

Well i hope you get more of a picture of how things are out here because i really want you to feel involved in this mission as my sisters and brothers in christ. Please pray for this ministry and all the provisions needed for it to continue the great work and to keep the children smiling!!! :)

Hey everyone, I pray you are all well when you read this!!! So sorry for the long delay! Well i arrived in Swaziland a little tired but safely. As soon as i arrived i felt very much at home as Swaziland is a country very close to my heart. The excitement of this journey and anticipation of what was to come filled my mind all the way from Ammanford to Swaziland. Amongst all these emotions, the peace of God was overwhelming.