Let’s Talk about Becca!

Today I want to talk about my good friend and co-worker, Becca!

 

Over the last year I’ve heard Becca say, “I don’t know what I’m doing!” quite a few times. The amazing thing is that you look at her life and ministry over the last 2 yrs and it’s obvious that she knows exactly what she’s doing–she’s trusting the Lord for big things and following his lead in everything, even when she feels inadequate.

 

Becca helps coordinate “Cherish” Bible studies for highschool girls in Swaziland. The 8 wk studies focus on Identity in Christ and Sexual Purity, and are done in small groups that allow for lots of sharing and processing. They have been very effective.

 

Last year Becca did the study with around ten girls in one school. This year she was able to hire 2 of the girls from original group (who experienced HUGE transformation as a result of what God did through the study), and another Swazi girl who heard about the project, to help get the studies into more schools. The four of then have trained leaders, organized groups, etc, and since the new school year started in January 250 girls, from schools in every region of Swaziland, have gone through the study!

 

Next week Becca and her staff are hosting a camp for all 250 girls that have gone through the study. A team from Becca’s home church is coming to help, and quite a few of us here are also going to be pitching in. With transportation and communication issues here, the camp is a huge undertaking, and so I’m hearing Becca saying more frequently, “I don’t know what I’m doing!” But she really does! and the camp is going to be amazing! I’m excited to get to be a part of it, and I think this could be a huge deal in the lives of the girls attending.

 

If you’d like to read more about Becca, her ministry here, and the girls she works with, check out her blog. http://beccachristian.myadventures.org There are some amazing and heart-breaking stories on there.

 

There are about 40 of the girls coming to the camp who still need sponsors, so if you’ve got $35  that you’ve been wondering how to spend, this is your answer! You can send checks, made out to AIM, 6000 Wellspring Trail, Gainesville, GA 30506, with “Swazi Education Fund” in the memo. Please also include a note saying it’s for the highschool girls camp. Also, please remeber to pray next Friday to Monday, when the camp will be taking place!!

 

I hired a business manager this week for Timbali Crafts in Swaziland! My friend Zwakele is going to start handling a lot of the things that can drive me crazy! She’ll be helping w/ sales, shipping, recordkeeping, etc. Praise the Lord. This is a huge answer to prayer for me.

 

My friend Philar, who had been so sick and in a assisted living facility for AIDs patients returned home last month. She was doing some better, but mostly just wanted to be at home w/ her family. I just got a message today saying she is doing worse again and probably needs to go to the hospital. Pray for wisdom to know how to best help in this situation.

 

Bevulile, the little boy with AIDS who was so malnourished and sick, is doing much better. His aunt, Jabulile, who is one of the Timbali women, is trying to make improvements on her house so that it is good enough for Bevulile to come and live w/ her, where hopefully he’ll receive better care. Jabulile is also having some health issues, so pray those are cleared up soon.

 

I promise I won’t talk about a husband in every blog, but after mentioning it in the last one, I thought this headline (in the pic below), posted around Manzini yesterday was pretty funny. (The newspapers post the day’s headlines around town in hopes you’ll buy the paper–sometimes they are bizarre!).   

 

(SD is the abbreviation for Swaziland)