God is crazy good

It's been a crazy couple of weeks. A lot has been accomplished and there's still a lot of work left to do before I leave next Thursday.

Last week we found two Food to Fill sponsors for Gogo Abner and Wendy! This is a HUGE blessing! Here's a cool God story for you -

I wanted to find a sponsor for Gogo that would commit to giving $50 a month but I felt like $40 was already a large commitment, so decided I would bite my tongue. I told my friend Melissa that we were in search of Food to Fill sponsors and she immediately called up her sister who had heard many stories about Gogo. After hearing about the program, she told Melissa she would be more than happy to sponsor Gogo and then said, "Why don't we just make it 50 dollars a month instead of 40." WHAT!? God is so faithful! Without me ever telling anyone that I felt like Gogo needed 50 dollars a month, He came through and providing us with that.

***We are in search of 2 more Food to Fill sponsors for two families who have unstable incomes. Both Sihle and Gogo Esther spend their days at the Drop-in Center helping the children of Swaziland. They're hearts are so selfless. When they go home at night, they have little to no food. If you're interested in sponsoring either of them, please contact me or visit our website! (see pictures below)

Gogo Esther and her grandson Schlanganiso

Sihle's adopted son Thobiso and Sihle

This week, we've been holding a bake sale at Hillsboro High School during lunch to raise money for our Children's Fund. Unfortunately, I attend school 8 am to 1 pm so I haven't been able to be there much except Monday when I left school early to make sure the event started off well.

We set up the table with one half full of baked goods and the other half designated for students to write Letters of Love to our children in Swaziland. Three girls approached me and were very excited about writing letters which made me super excited because up until then, no one had been very interested in writing a letter. One girl looked over the paper selection and said, "I want yellow, blue and red for the Swazi flag."

I was shocked because not many people have ever heard of Swaziland yet alone know the colors of their flag. In response I asked her how she knew that and she said they had a speaker come from Swaziland. I was shocked again! I asked who and they told me the Director of Education of Swaziland. Taken back, I asked more questions about what he talked about and they gladly told me. I assumed that the Director had been there a couple weeks ago but later found out he had spoken to a class the period right before lunch that day! Only God places little ol' me and my ministry that works in a very small, unknown country and the Director of Education for that same country in the same school at the same time. ONLY GOD!

Unfortunatley, the Director had already left that day. I tried to track down as much information as I could about him but didn't come up with much. I think he's attending Vanderbuilt for a year as part of a program similar to an exchange program. Tomorrow I will be able to run the bake sale and I'm determined to find the Director's contact information. Pray! This could be a huge opportunity to partner with a man who has a lot of power and say in Swaziland.

So, once again God blows my mind. He never siezes to amaze me. I just know He's got so much to reveal to me during my upcoming trip. Recently though He's been telling me, "Tessa, I know you have given up some control to me, but give it all up! Search me out before you make any decision." Of course, I know I always need to search God out before making decisions (and always), but I am human and I fail at that. Pray that I would obidient to Him now and especially during my trip.

Thank you again for your support. You all mean the world to me!