Every Tuesday afternoon Gail, Kepp, and myself go to the Life Skills Center in Manzini where we live. The Life Skills Center is a place where Swazi men and women are taught life skills such as sewing, weaving, screen printing, carpentry, welding, ceramics, cooking and so on. A small business has been started at the Life Skills Center for each of these skills and once these businesses get up and running then they will leave the Life Skills Center to find a place in town to run their own businesses. Then the process will start all over again. It is a really neat project because the unemployment rate in 
Swaziland is about 30%.
Having said all that, Gail, Kepp, and myself hang out with some amazing Swazi ladies every Tuesday. We refer to them as the “sewing ladies”. They are so sweet and friendly and genuine. We do a bible study with them every wee
k and every week I fall more and more in love with them. We are really praying that the Holy Spirit would continue to reveal to us what they need to hear. We have talked about God’s love and God’s glory and Heaven with them so far. This week we will talk about how as brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, we must lift each other up and cast our burdens upon each other. We will talk about being open with each other and trusting each other.
We are trying to prepare them for when we leave. We only have a few weeks left with them. My prayer is that after we leave they will continue to fellowship together in the Word and continue to pray for one another. My
prayer is that they will be real with each other, casting their burdens on one another. My prayer is that the bible study would spread throughout the whole Life Skills Center. More people each week are asking what we are doing and now even some of the men want to come to the bible study.
No matter how hopeless this country may seem at times, God is still the God of Swaziland. He loves Swaziland just as much as South Africa or America. He loves these people and He is a jealous God. Even after my team leaves He will continue to fight for their hearts. He will not take no for an answer! He is a persistent God!
You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.
(Exodus 34:14)
Swaziland is about 30%.Having said all that, Gail, Kepp, and myself hang out with some amazing Swazi ladies every Tuesday. We refer to them as the “sewing ladies”. They are so sweet and friendly and genuine. We do a bible study with them every wee
k and every week I fall more and more in love with them. We are really praying that the Holy Spirit would continue to reveal to us what they need to hear. We have talked about God’s love and God’s glory and Heaven with them so far. This week we will talk about how as brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus, we must lift each other up and cast our burdens upon each other. We will talk about being open with each other and trusting each other. We are trying to prepare them for when we leave. We only have a few weeks left with them. My prayer is that after we leave they will continue to fellowship together in the Word and continue to pray for one another. My prayer is that they will be real with each other, casting their burdens on one another. My prayer is that the bible study would spread throughout the whole Life Skills Center. More people each week are asking what we are doing and now even some of the men want to come to the bible study.No matter how hopeless this country may seem at times, God is still the God of Swaziland. He loves Swaziland just as much as South Africa or America. He loves these people and He is a jealous God. Even after my team leaves He will continue to fight for their hearts. He will not take no for an answer! He is a persistent God!
You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.
(Exodus 34:14)
“For I am jealous for you with the jealousy of God himself.
I promised you as a pure bride to one husband–Christ.”
– 2 Corinthians 11:2-
