Coming to My Senses

For the past month, moving to Swaziland has for the most part, seemed like pretend. Not until just recently, has the reality of it sunk in.

I’ve been keeping up with a story in Ethiopia that involves Rich and Melissa Lester (my brother-in-law’s family). Basically, within a month, their friends visited Ethiopia, came back to the US, realized they needed to move to Africa, started a non-profit (Drawn From Water) and are already pretty far into raising funds for the children of Ethiopia and themselves. This was a wake up call!

Just a month ago myself, God made it clear to me that He wanted me in Swaziland. Last Friday, I sent out three emails to local churches asking if I could speak to their congregation. Three emails. That’s it. I’ve come to realize that this whole moving to Swaziland thing isn’t something that I can be cautious about or take my time with. (Well, I guess I could if I wasn’t planning on being there in October.) I need to fully jump into what it means and what it takes to make this happen. I feel like I’ve been busy trying to contact people and getting a budget together but when I step back, it’s obvious there are other things I need to be pursuing to make this all come together.

From the very beginning, I felt a spirit of urgency about all of this. Maybe it’s out of fear that I haven’t fully pursued getting the word out. I don’t feel afraid. I’m excited! But, it is a huge life change and it means sacrifices a lot so I wouldn’t put it past myself to be scared.

Please pray against a spirit of fear. Pray that word catches fire about what I’m called to do in Swaziland, not only about my story but about the story of Swazi’s. Pray for prayer warriors and financial partners - they are what is going to make this happen. I have no doubt that God will provide for me. Psalm 28:7 – “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped…”

This is where I long to be, next to these beautiful children.

If you'd like to help - Ask your church if they'd allow me to speak to them, tell your friends and family about my blog, hold an event to raise money that goes towards the needs in Swaziland and continue to spread the word!