I am so excited!! God has blessed this trip in so many ways and I am so relieved to say that all my support has not only come in but it has exceeded the original amount! Thank you family and friends so much!!  Since there is extra, I am planning on buying medical supplies to take over. They will form individual kits for each carepoint in the Nsoko area with basic things like bandaids, neosporin and gloves.

 

 Psalm 55:22

Cast you cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.

In one month I will be stepping foot in my beloved Africa!!! I am counting down the minutes until I get there.

   I realized the other day after riding my horse, how little patience I have. I get so impatient when my horse does not understand what she is supposed to do or when my sisters bug me about stuff. Going to Swaziland I can not choose the days on which I will be patient or be able to make excuses for my behavior.

   Yet I remember that in 2 Corinthians Paul is given a thorn in his side to show him that he has great weaknesses but through them God is glorified. In a similar way I have so little patience and yet I hope that God's power will be greatly evident in my life while in Swazi.

2 Corinthians 12:9 & 10

  But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.