Author: Adventures

Hello from Manzini! The team is loving our new, temporary home! Yesterday we had spent the day on a Scavenger hunt through the city, which really helped us to become immersed in the culture and also to learn more about the area where we are serving and living! We had the opportunity to try many “Swazi Sweets” including Chappies (a type of gum), Smarties (a white chocolate candy bar filled with treats), and much more! Strolling through the city center we were able to meet many people in the markets, near by parks, and local businesses.  Our next few days, we will continue to...

Peace, by Abby Bender   The last few days have been so incredible and it is so evident how God hand-picked this team to do amazing things. A few days ago, James said “I feel like God is breaking down everything I thought I was and building me back up into someone new.” Anyone at home would probably tell you I am talkative, outgoing, and that I always have an opinion to share. Here, that has not been me. I have been described as the “quiet one”. I noticed the change in me and was aware that I was not as talkative as I normally am, and it bothered me until I...

        A month or so before coming to Nepal, I felt the Lord speak a song on my heart. It was light, airy, and full of joy. For me, it just spoke so much truth and encouragement about my upcoming trip half way around the world. When I finished the lyrics, I was kind of confused with the Lord, asking why he had given me a song called “Dusty” when I was going to a mountainous country that was pictured with rain and clean air. However, I now know that the name could not have fit more perfectly.        ...

Fear Is A Liar This morning the devil came at me hard. He told me that I had gotten myself in over my head. I was too far in and I couldn’t get out. He told me that I was not loving enough, I wasn’t kind enough, I wasn’t spiritual enough, I wasn’t strong enough. He told me I wasn’t good enough to be on this trip. But guess what, fear is a liar! Today ended up being one of the coolest days of my life. I got to explore the city of Iquitos with my new family, my new best friend Day and I joined a soccer game with a bunch of local Peruvians, we tried Peruvian ice...

Today was our first day in ministry! In the morning, I had a chance to talk to Marielle – who works with Adventures in Missions discipleship program. I shared with her my entire testimony. The past two and a half years, I have gone through many ups and downs in my life where sometimes I have felt like everything was falling into multiple little tiny pieces. I also thought that sometimes God was never around because I have not heard the Lord’s voice or felt His presence. I would ask and ask God for more of Him and I thought I was not receiving anything. Then almost instantly, God...

Greetings from Costa Rica, the land of my heart! Today was the second day of our participation at the Metro Ministries V.B.S. here in San Jose and I am already in love with these children. From the first day that we went to go pick them up from their homes, they were already waiting for us! Before we left Georgia, on the last day of training camp, the Lord spoke to me and told me to tell the Swaziland team something important that they had to BELIEVE before they left. At first I could not believe that it was the Lord, so I prayed that if I heard someone say the words “Fish...