100 Sick Kids
It has been a long time since I have blogged. Too long. There are a few reasons for this, I guess. For the entire month of July we have been super busy hosting visiting teams. It seems we barely have…
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Health (who) Care (s) ?
This may or may not be a very healthy post! It is coming from a very, very raw place. However, I think it needs to be posted. Early this morning, Eric left to bring a woman to the hospital. The…
“Mother To Many…”
I have heard this phrase spoken or written to me more than twice over the past six months of my life. ” You are the Mother to many.” “Jen is the Make (pronounced ma-gay in Swaziland, meaning: mother) to…
Kid’s Klub
Today we started a new ministry at the Anchor Center, called Kid’s Klub. It is a high energy, fun-filled hour or so of ministry that we hope to do each Friday afternoon for the school age kids who pass by…
What Am I Doing Here?
These past six weeks or so have been the hardest weeks of my life. I came back to Swaziland fully expecting things to be challenging and tough. I understood that leaving one’s home, one’s friends and family, and all things…
An Extra Loaf Of Bread
So today wasn’t supposed to be about ministry. We decided to get away for the day as a family. We needed some time off! We knew we couldn’t really get away, so thankfully there is a place a little over…
We Are The Fortunate Ones!
Yesterday we were part of bringing a gift to a lovely woman named Nonlhanlha. Her name is pronounced noan-slan-sla and it means ‘fortunate’. I met Nonlhanlha a few weeks ago when our ministry partners Simanga and Mxolisi suggested…
Watch and Pray
So tonight is kind of strange. The kids and I are home alone while Eric is at an all night funeral vigil for the sister of one of our ministry partners. That’s right…all night funeral vigil. That is the tradition…
Block Party…Swazi Style!
One of our responsibilities here in Swaziland is to host teams that visit Nsoko. We love this part of our job! After all, it was a vision trip with AIM in 2009 where the seed was first planted in us…
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