Myself, three other people from AIM, and Bryan were standing in the heat of a 62-year-old man’s hut. We were there to pray with him, and bring him some joy and God’s love. He is dying of HIV. Our focus was on him, with the exception of three adorable little boys with big smiles. But God wanted my attention on someone else also.                              We were singing, or attempting to sing, and feeling overwhelmed by God’s greatness. I glanced outside to see the splendor of His creation in the...

Sanibonani (hello in Siswati)!    This week has been full of God’s blessings.  He has been meeting all of us here in new ways and creating in our hearts a greater faith and love of Himself.  Every night this past week,  the team has been attending revival prayer meetings taking place at our host church.  These meetings have been a refreshing time with much singing, teaching, and fellowship in the Spirit.  Quite a few of the students have offered to share some testimonies, or short God stories from their lives at these meetings.  It is such a...

“Give me all of you…”Robert De Graff       Greetings from Swaziland! Things have been quite intense throughout this trip. A daily surrender of our hearts, minds, and even our bodies is required for this trip to be successful. Today we especially had to give God our all, it was the first day where we did ministry without our leaders completely guiding the groups. We started with asking the Lord what he desired for us to do as we hiked up the mountain. So we started off not knowing what to expect, to be honest I was a bit...

Hello friends and family of team Swazi!  All is well here and we’re continuing to dig in with all we’ve got to finish well.  We’re all still trying to figure out how 3 weeks has passed so quickly!  This week is our last week of ministry before we spend all day Saturday traveling back to South Africa to fly out that night.  Thank you for your prayers for all of us as we close up what God has done in and through us here this past month.   Love from team Swazi!!     He loves us! Hannah Russell     Salbona! Greetings...

Hello family and friends of team Swazi!  I know you guys prey on the computer waiting for the next update about your kids so here you go.  Today is a beautiful day here and the team is out at an orphanage loving on kids.  It makes my heart smile to see them fully engaging with these kids and loving them out of the overflow of their hearts.  Later this week you’ll hear more stories on here from your kids, and tomorrow afternoon we’ll bring the entire team into town to email home.  I know you look forward to hearing from them. One of the team’s...

Wow! So this is the first blog that I’ve had a chance to post since the start of our trip! What a privilege it has been to spend these past few weeks living life and ministering with these 18 young men and women and my 2 incredible co-leaders! Christ is at work in Swaziland in huge ways… starting with each one of us! There is so much that I could share about how the Lord has used and worked inside this team! One amazing thing the Lord has shown me through this group is true brokenness for what breaks the Lord’s heart. We have spent...