Author: Adventures

Sierra Elizabeth Bell July 17, 2016 More Beautiful I was sitting on the slide with a little girl and boy who could both speak English. After chatting for a little while the boy put his arm and my arm next to each other. He said, “Look at the difference!” Before I had time to respond the girl touched both of our arms and asked, “Which one is more beautiful?” The look on her face was clear – What I was going to say, she would believe it. I went on to tell her how both of us were beautiful no matter what skin color we had. Then we told each other the things we...

Coming into this trip I knew the language barrier would be something we would have to work around and be able to overcome. During the first days of our time here, we started learning some very simple Siswati phrases and words to help bridge the gap. Most of the older people have a good grasp on English, but the children have little understanding besides what they have been learning in their preschool class. Let me just say, this language is not an easy one to just pick up and learn. The clicks alone were enough to discourage us.  So we were faced with the problem of how to communicate...

Spoke with Swazi team leaders this morning.  The team is doing great!  They have been doing work projects (for example painting) on Mondays and Wednesdays.  On Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday they have been doing ministry at the care points with children.  They said the days are long and very full.   The team will try and post some bolgs however internet is very limited.  They will have wifi today the hope is to have communication back home.