I've been in Swaziland for one full day now. We had a dinner and very quick orientation after our five hour drive from johannesburg last night and with most people fighting jetlag we were sent to bed early. There are thirty-two people total. Twenty one girls are down at the team house where I am - a little more estrogen compared to my last two weeks- and eleven people up at our meeting house those being guys or married couples.
This morning, august fourth, we had a cultural orientation and ministry orientation after breakfast then headed out to a care point. Here we had an organized chaos afternoon of carnival style stuff going on. Our main purpose was to love on the children as many of them come from orphaned families. So many of those beautiful children would just latch themselves to you and either just sit with you or want to blow bubbles or paint nails etc. Near the end the about 350 children sang us some songs and they have to have the most beautiful voices I have ever heard. Their harmonies are amazing. We helped dish out food to groups of children and then headed back to our places to clean up for dinner.
As we learned this morning, most of the people in Swaziland would say that they believe in God so it's not so much a matter of evangelizing but of discipling. We just need to show these beautiful people what Jesus is like and although they love him, many of them may not believe that God actually loves them. So here we are - ready to love on Swaziland.
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