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This morning I attended the funeral of a 7 year old boy named Mamba. His life, of course, was way too short. His death was tragic: killed by his step-father who then also took his own life.   Mamba was…

This week my blog might be occasionally hijacked by the team in Swaziland right now from my home church, Oakdale EFC in Iowa, although so far we’ve been so busy that there’s hardly time to jump on the computer, and when…

Last Friday my mission was to get 50 brand new Singer sewing machines that we had purchased from the factory in Johannesburg, SA, across the border into Swaziland. It’s a project that’s been dragging on for a few months for…

Let me tell you about bedtime with Ellie last night… Actually, let me start with a little lead-in… Since Easter Ellie and I have been talking a lot about Jesus; his death on the cross, his resurrection and why he…

  Yesterday I took a walk with Grace. Grace was born in 1939. A lot of the older generation here either doesn’t know their exact age, or doesn’t really keep track…so when asked how old they are, many times the…

I really like to write, and life here seems to provide lots of subject matter…but I always seem to struggle to get blogs posted on a regular basis. Sometimes I find myself sifting through the experiences of the week and…

We’ve been trying to plan for our upcoming Timbali Women’s camp for a few months now….but it hasn’t really worked. J It’s a bit of a challenge to find an affordable place to house 90 women here in Swaziland. About…

(FYI: this blog has been written over the last 2 weeks or so. Finally getting it posted! It’s taken 2.5 hours to post this and everything keeps shifting, so sorry if the layout is funky)   Sometimes I like to…

There are some days when the images and circumstances I see here seem to stand out in my mind more than others. Yesterday was one of those days. I’m going to try and walk you through it. I know this is…

The NFL channel aired a video this week about a few of their players who visited our care points earlier this year. It’s pretty cool. There’s a great close up of Ellie at the very end of it.  …