Returning!!

Dear friends and supporters of Lesibovu,

It's with great excitement that I announce that our family is prayerfully moving forward with plans to join a missions team with Kids Around the World traveling to Swaziland in late May. We have longed to return and serve at the CarePoint at Lesibovu for the past two years and have not been able to travel due to health and financial concerns. God has provided some funds over the past two years and so we do have a great start on finances needed this time. Also, James, Abi and I are the only members of our family planning to travel this time and so that simplifies things a bit.

There are ways you can support us, and we will share more info over the next month. If you have questions, please ask! If you'd like to pray, I'll be happy to share prayer requests, if you'd like to be added to that email list. If you want to give financially, here is the link to do so.

 

Thank you for your faithful friendship to us and to Lesibovu!

Wonderful News!!

**HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT**

We are THRILLED to announce that Lesibovu has a new partner in Kids Around the World!! This ministry has blessed Swaziland with over 1 million meals and is preparing to take a team to the CarePoint this coming May. They are going to build an incredibly huge playground to bless the kids we love so much. It is really exciting to see how God has continued to work in this community and is spreading the news of the needs there and bringing others to share in serving and encouraging them!!

Storage building complete!

This storage building is complete! It was made possible by those of you who have given generously to benefit the precious ladies who cook and teach and serve at Lesibovu daily. It will protect food that can be stored here without pests getting into it. Thank you! There's more exciting news coming soon about the CarePoint and we'd love to have your involvement so stay tuned!

CarePoint update

I love this update from Children's HopeChest. You will appreciate reading how the children at Lesibovu are benefiting spiritually and physically, plus there's a great personal story too. Please continue to pray for the staff who minister daily to the community of Lesibovu and read in their own words how God is working: 

Here are some examples of what the discipler has been teaching the children:

1-Perseverance and Resilience (July 05 – July 08) In this lesson, we will learn what perseverance looks like. We will consider challenges where it is easy to give up and ways we can choose to persevere. We will look at Job’s life and hope for what will come after trials. Memory Verse: Revelation 2:26 

2-Hope for my Future (July 12 - 15) In this lesson, we will discover that we can hope in Christ and God’s love. We will see how hope can help us to live our lives when it is hard. Memory Verse: Jeremiah 29:11

A few months ago the country started rolling out the de-worming campaign by administering de-worming and bilharzia tablets to school-going children all over the country. This campaign was re-introduced after a seven-year suspension following public outcry after pupils reacted to the medicine in various ways. The World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that; saying just about every medicinal drug has its effects and schools should not be closed for the reason that pupils are displaying side effects.

Prayer request-When I look at the life on Nokwanda Mamba I am impressed with her maturity. She is just 10 years old but her responsibility is even above a married woman with ten children. She has a brother and a sister who are both younger than her. She is doing grade 3 at Lomveshe primary school. Her academic grades are very though, reasons for that are based on the fact that she is engaged in so many responsibilities at home. She does all girls chores at her homestead since she’s the oldest child. The head of the homestead is her old bed ridden grandmother who depends on her. This family fully depends on CarePoint of Lesibovu because no one is a caregiver to them except for the CarePoint. The CarePoint has made it possible for a home visit with a food package is done almost every month. Nokuphila do the cooking during weekends whenever there is no cooking at the CarePoint. During the course of the week they all eat at the CarePoint, and bring home a portion for their grandmother. Please pray

for this family and for Nokwanda!

Ride for Hope 2016

Summer 2016 Update

Hi friends! We received an email from our HopeChest contact here in the US with an update from the field staff at Lesibovu (in their exact words). Read it below and be encouraged! (Caregivers are the cooks/bomakes at the carepoint)

"Recently, 141 children dewormed, 10 treated for chest pains and cough, 5children treated for ringworms, 10 children treated for sores
This CP have put all thoughts together against the kingdom of darkness. Prayers goes to God to keep the whole CP body together, and that God may grant His mercy and grace abundantly.

The Caregivers of Lesibovu have shown so much interest in getting involved with any program taking place for the ministry. There is generally two programs that goes throughout the year; Ngesikhatsi [A journey to healing in the arms of Time] and the Sisekelo Setfu lessons [Our Foundation, in Christ]. This month the Caregivers made sure that they are done cooking in time so that they join the children class for lessons. Their interest brought so much courage to the children in behaving during the Shepherds teaching and also prove a point by asking solid questions. We love seeing the Caregivers partaking in the discipleship lessons because their presence brings honor and order to the children. Children started to take this time of bible stories very serious.

Here are some of the lessons that have been shared with the children at Lesibovu recently;

God is our Protector: Children will learn what protection is and help them gain understanding on what God’s protection in our lives looks like. It will explore the various ways in which we can seek protection, as children of God. Memory Verse: Psalm 91:14b

Jesus is our Friend: Children will understand that Jesus is our friend who cares and helps us to grow spiritually. Children will see practical examples of how they can know Him more personally. Memory Verse: Psalms 25:14"

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