Life

Well on this side of the world everything is going good. I think everyone on my team is trying to get mentally prepared to come home. We have only 8 days of ministry left. May 7^th is our last day in ministry. Please pray for me and my team as we prepare to come home. Pray for our adjustment and our hearts. From May 9^th to the 13^th we are going to Kruger National Park in South Africa for debrief.

Recently I've been fighting a cold. Someone sick drank out of my nalgene carelessly, so for about a week now I've been fighting a cold. Praise the Lord I'm winning with the Lord on my side.

I'm looking forward to come home and see everyone again. I'm excited to be poured into again. I can't wait to share with you what the Lord has done. So please ask me and I will be more than happy to share with you. I want to share with you more than my trip was "good" and what I ate. Because my trip has been really good and the food I have eaten has been the same as in America. Maybe not as delightful at first because coke tastes a little different and so does KFC, but I adjusted.

I will go ahead and cover the food base:

Someone gave us a chicken last week so we killed it in our front yard and cooked it. Some of my friends ate the eyeballs, feet, and intestines. Nothing was wasted. I've experienced eating this green slimy substance, and it was an experience. The normal food for Swazis to eat is "pop and beans".  "Pop" is corn maize- it is white- it looks like mashed potatoes, but it tastes pretty bland. When you add beans to pop it is actually pretty good. My favorite thing to eat is "ice block" which I plan to make when I get home. It's a Popsicle in a sandwich bag. They cost five American cents and they sale them mostly in the rural area. It's really refreshing when you are sweaty and tired. Lindsey and I treat ourselves a lot to Nandos - its my favorite place to eat. I always get a cheese and chicken sandwich. My favorite drink here is Fanta grape. Its funny because I never drink it when I'm home. And this is sad news… all of Manzini is out of Fanta grape. We also like to treat ourselves to ice cream cones. As far as eating with my team goes… we always eat dinner together. We all trade out cooking every week. Mostly we eat things that can be made in bulk. The food that is prepared is mostly American. We eat pasta, hamburgers, chicken, tomato soup, rice, fruit salad, lots of salads.

All of us on this trip have spent so many months here in another country for the Lord. A full school year- honestly we have nothing else to talk about. This has been our life. God has done so many good things. He has rocked our lives! He has rocked other's lives through us! My heart is to know what he has done in your lives as well. The Lord doesn't just do things in Africa. The mission field is in America too. He effects everyone, because he is everywhere. He loves us all extremely! What has he been doing in yours? Prepare yourself because I'm going to ask you.

So please please please ask me about my time here… ask me more than just "how was your trip?" and then pat me on the back. I really do want to share with you more than just "good". The Lord is so awesome and he deserves the glory more than just a "good".