Some Swazi news

Hey friends!

Our time in the States will soon come to an end; we are
flying home the end of this month. We’ve had a good trip; we were blessed and
overwhelmed by the goodness of friends and other people and by the favor of
God. We had time to relax and do some real fun things, but we also had a couple
of meetings with different people and we are excited to see what God is going
to do in Swaziland. We are seeing more and more people wanting to get involve
in the ministry and we know it is from God.

Because we are still in the States, Scott and Marcia Borg
are currently in Swaziland leading 2 trips. Here is an update from their first
day from Scott’s blog:

 

Marcia and I have been leading a group of men these past
few days and it has been a great experience.  To see 12 men giving of
themselves in this country is rare.  Among these men are three NFL players
who are very large – bigger humans than the Swazi’s have ever seen.  The
response is amazing.  The players have hearts of gold and we are having a
good time together.  Wish there was time for a picture or two!

Today was not an easy day.  We started at a care
point that serves 261 children.  These kids come from very rough
backgrounds and live across the street from the city dump.   The
teacher told me that when a garbage truck comes to the dump the kids leave the
care point to run across the street to pick through the new trash.  One
little guy around 4 years old was chewing on a chicken wing and the teacher
said he got if from the dump.

Then we went to visit the homestead where a mother of 5
died last week.  She left behind 2 children in grade school and two
teenage/20 year old daughters who each have their own babies – one only 3 weeks
old.  They live in two mud houses and have nothing.  7 more orphans
in Swaziland now.  The guys prayed and shared and we stood in a circle to
surround the women to pray over them – a group of men protecting Swazi women
and standing in the gap for them.  We saw the crops around their house
were failing from drought and prayed for rain.  It started raining just a
few minutes ago – now 7 hours later.

Then we went to the homestead of an 8 year old girl who
drowned yesterday in a pond.  We sat and prayed and cried with the
grandmother and father and some other family members.  Very sad and
tragic.

In each place we took some food.  In the first
home one daughter who is 19 has 2 years of high school left.  She has no
money to pay the school fees.  The guys dug into their pockets and paid
the year’s school fees – $250.  Amazing.

We have seen highs and lows in our first week here – and
more often than not the internet has not worked to even try to update you
all!  Please pray for us as we travel tomorrow to Nsoko – the hardest hit
area of Swaziland.  We have another group coming in, so the logistics and
overall work will double for Marcia and I.  We are already a little tired
– although as I type this, Marcia is visiting at the hospital.  I don’t
know how she has the emotional or physical energy to do it.

Well gotta run.  Pray for us please – 

Scott

 

Please pray for Scott and Marcia as they lead these teams;
also pray for strength and wisdom as they minister to these local people
hurting and grieving the lost of loved ones.

Please also pray for our staff  (especially the D-team) who is daily surrounded by this
desperation and death.

 

PS You can follow the updates on Scott’s blog at http://scottborg.myadventures.org/