Tomorrow we leave Swaziland.  After 8 weeks in country we’re re-packing the bags we came with and preparing for the long plane ride home.  Now I need to unpack my experiences here.  I always have mixed emotions when I go…

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Yesterday was a big day.  I went down to Nsoko to meet with Matt and Eric and I ended up losing the only keys we have for the car I was driving (which is a long story involving staff meetings,…

We’ve been in Africa just over a month now and I’ve been part of two funerals.  One was for Johan Gerber who left all of us too early but lived a life full of good things.  It was sudden and…

Today Marcia and I leave for 2 months to work in Swaziland.  We’ve been spending these last two weeks spending time with family and trying to get everything ready to leave and take for 2 months. News from Swaziland is…

In your lifetime, what is the single longest amount of time you have waited between meals? Think about that for a minute. Do you get irritated if you have to go more than a few hours without food? Are you like me and…

Brandon Jones is an ordinary name for an extraordinary person.  I met Brandon in Swaziland a couple years ago while he was on a trip there with his church.  He came back again the next year and I happened to…

The story below reminded me of my son Josiah.  He was born in 1987, just one year before Khanyisile whose story is below.  Josiah has graduated from high school and college, gotten married, and is working his way toward starting…