The Reed Dance has come and gone
Some of you may remember an email from last year’s Reed Dance or Umhlanga Ceremony so i won’t bore you with too many pictures, but i will bore you with a few :). Since the schools are on break I’ve…
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Shedding and a Wedding
I had quite the cultural Saturday. 1st stop was at a “kukhumula” (goo-koo-moo-lah) which literally means to undress. Swazi tradition says when a woman becomes a widow she has to wear all black for 2 years. For the first month…
Swaziland Umuhle
“Swaziland is beautiful”. Many may think it is a sacrifice to live in Swaziland and of course there are some days where I just don’t feel like living here but for the most part it is a privilege. …
Update on Swazie
Most of you may remember about a year ago I wrote an excited email that a young, girl named Swazie had accepted Christ as her Savior. I met Swazie while visiting her high school last year with Beat the Drum.…
Fasting
“…The wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire. When i heard these things, I sat down and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven” (Nehemiah 1:3b-4) Nehemiah is God’s leaders manual from…
Life is a Blessing
I’ve never realized how precious and fragile life is before I lived in Swaziland. When I arrived in Swaziland last week I called friends to see how they were doing since I’d been gone. Two that I’m involved in ministry with…
Change
There’s an old country song, I can’t even remember who sings it any more…I can just picture his long, blonde hair sticking out of the black cowboy hat but I remember part of the chorus that says “the only thing…
Bridesmaid
brides maid n. a bride’s attendant, usually unmarried. at ·tend ant n. one who attends to another at ·tend v.t. & i. 1, to be present at 2, go with; accompany 3, take care of; minister to; serve 4,listen to…
“Ouch, my lungs”
You know what that means? I’m back in Bakersfield!! For those not familiar with Bakersfield we frequently have “bad air days” where we are advised not to spend a lot of time outside because the air is so unhealthy…
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