Sometimes in life you just need some good advice to give you a change in perspective and thus an opportunity to change your attitude. This quote is attributed to Mother Teresa, People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.…

I had a rare experience yesterday. I wept.  On my blog last month I wrote about getting robbed. Within the span of three weeks the lives of three of the children at our care points were stolen from us. I was saddened by…

We’ve been robbed three times since we arrived in Swaziland on April 23.  “The thief comes only to kill, steal, and destroy.” When I say we’ve been robbed, I mean by the thief of hell. If we were serving 5600 children, it…

In the past 8 years since we began working in Swaziland I’ve learned a lot about the power of partnerships.  One of the most important partnerships involved in moving the ministry forward in Swaziland is one between Adventures In Missions and…

First – a confession.  I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook.  Every day in order to keep up with what is happening in Swaziland I “page down” looking for relevant posts.  On that journey I see posts from close friends…

We’ve been back a week from Swaziland and I wanted to give an update on some recent blogs I’ve posted.   I asked you to pray.  We had a family who needed help caring for Mukelo, a Swazi child they…

Part of living in Swaziland is the calculated risk that your life will be overrun by a particular need God calls you to.  This is usually messy, emotional, exasperating, exhilarating, and downright inconvenient.  But saying “yes” to what the Lord…

Dear Swazi Friends, I wanted to send out an update on our fund raising for the food container to Swaziland.  In less than a week we’ve raised $4200 and counting toward our $9000 goal.  We’re so thankful for the progress…

Hey Friends,   Here is an email that went out to Swazi friends today – I wanted to make sure it gets as much distribution as possible.   You can donate here and note “food container”   Urgent Need –…