scottborg - Ministry Stories

Saying Goodbye To Swaziland

Coming here has been an
adventure full of challenges, triumphs, and my growth as a man of
God. I have been lead in ways I wouldn't have dreamed. It
started out as quiet fieldwork in the garden, but 'seeds' have been
planted on this farm that heaven will soon be rejoicing over as they
break the soil. The excitement and mysteriousness of the
future is mixing with the joy and fruit that make me want to stay here
forever.

Wrapping Up, Building Up

I was assigned "back door duty" at the community youth
club. Fortunately, it's near the ping-pong table where two younger girls
and one lad were playing.

Whenever the ball came near where I was sitting, I made a humorous show
of returning it to them. Well, an hour or so later the four of us were
still there and still laughing.

There's a good chance they don't have great home lives, so it's always a
good thing when I see and hear laughter.

Limeh, Love, Lesogho

Lesogho and Limeh are 17 month old twin girls.
They are so skinny that you can see their bones. Limeh has a
gash on the right leg that has been infected for so too long that its
become a breeding ground for disease that threatens to take over her
entire body. Their mother is 18, and has neglected their basic
needs. As I waved away the flies that settled on the twins' deep
brown skin, they looked up at me with their deep set eyes, in which I saw
little else except exhaustion.

One Last Time

At the Mbabane
hospital, there was a 13 month old girl named Fezeka that I had prayed
over. I saw her again, and she was doing worse. It wasn't until I
held her that I knew she was dying. I felt as though she may not make it
through the day, and through the tears of her mother and words of the
nurse, my belief seemed to be affirmed. I knew that the only way she
would survive was for God to heal her.

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