Christmas greetings!

Merry Christmas from Lesibovu! https://youtu.be/V1NBzIkwFCk

School holiday in Eswatini

I saw this post below by a missionary friend who serves in the Nsoko area of Eswatini. Her sentiment is true also for those in other areas with various HopeChest and AIM CarePoints. I thought I should share this point in case there are this new to the ministry.
Please pray for the people facing hot temps now that it’s summertime and for the volunteers who continue to serve now that kids are out of school. Many rely on CarePoints to feed them their one meal of the day. We are so grateful for all the staff and servant-hearted volunteers at Lesibovu!!
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“While we are enjoying winter over here, the heat is really ramping up in Eswatini! The kids at our community centers are finished with school & on summer break now! While many non-profits take a break during the school break & holidays, our community center volunteers have chosen to continue cooking for the kids, because even though it's the holidays, many of our kids would be without food on the school break if it weren't for Wetsembekile community centers.”

More awesome Londiwe!

Build Relationships. Break Poverty. | How Music is Unlocking the Potential of Children Living in Poverty: Interview with Londiwe Dlamini

Podcast / By Dana Owens

Do you remember the songs that have transformed your life? The songs that have met you on dark days and carried you to brighter seasons? Music’s power to heal and encourage is universal, but today Londiwe Dlamini is sharing stories of music empowering youth in Eswatini.
Londiwe is the Music Ministry Leader and spends her time mentoring the most vulnerable children in Eswatini’s CarePoint communities. Part of her work includes discovering and unlocking children’s potential and helping them to translate that potential from music to other aspects of their lives.
Londiwe leads from a place of understanding. In this month’s episode, she shares how discovering her voice in the midst of a difficult childhood transformed her life. It’s impossible to miss her passion for her work, and this episode is FULL of stories of hope.

This is fantastic, if you want to hear more about Londiwe's life and testimony! https://www.hopechest.org/episode-ten/

HopeChest's mission

Learn about HopeChest's mission and model in less than 90 seconds!

https://vimeo.com/356020003

Swazi Worship Night

Come join us and hear more of this amazing choir and ministry!  Here you can get a sneak peek at the heart of our special guest this Thursday night. Londiwe is a friend and inspiration as she shares the hope of Jesus through song to others, including the youth choir in Eswatini to whom she is a mentor. She’ll share her heart with us tomorrow night at Shelby Crossings at 7. It’s going to be great! 

 https://www.facebook.com/events/2786423981428163/

2019 Welcome!

Dear friends and supporters of Lesibovu,

Since we have some new sponsors added recently, I felt it would be a good time to thank you for your involvement in the CarePoint in eSwatini. I first visited Swaziland/eSwatini, Africa in May of 2012, never imagining what an impact that trip would have on my life. That story is mostly documented here on our blog, so I won't share all the details here. I was challenged by the joy and faith I saw in many lives whose daily circumstances seemed very hard, and committed to becoming involved in some way after that week. It has been incredible to see the growth and progress of the community at Lesibovu, and in individual families whose children have been able to attend school and learn skills, adults who have gained opportunity to work because of time invested in training them and providing options that they didn't have before. More importantly, there is hope ("litsemba" in SiSwati) for hundreds of folks because of sponsors like you who monthly donate to insure food, education, and healthcare needs are met for those who are committed to attending the CarePoint. THANK YOU!!

I will share another update later about progress made in the last year or so at Lesibovu, which has been so wonderful, largely due to Teri Harmon's investment of her time and resources to this precious place. We are so grateful for the ways she's given!

Please let me know anytime you have questions about your sponsorship or Lesibovu in general. I know some of our special friends have recently moved and so you may have a new child connected to you. We have faced the same situation and are just glad we can get to know another child through letters and hopefully a visit later! Don't forget to send a quick note to your child when you can - they love hearing from their American friends so much! Here's that link if you need it: http://lesibovu.hopechest.org/write-child/.

Easter shirt sale going on now!

Dear friends,

We would love to encourage you to join us in supporting ministry in Swaziland, Africa this Easter season by giving funds you might normally spend on a special outfit toward buying a t-shirt celebrating the Resurrection. We believe our hope is in Jesus alone, and this shirt focuses on that fact. Proceeds from sales of these shirts will go toward the next team trip to Swaziland.


Please pay here: http://bit.ly/2Fu3Cr2. (Click the button "Make a Difference"). We are partners in ministry with a local non-profit, Grace Klein Community (gracekleincommunity.com). All funds received are handled by GKC and so you'll receive a receipt from this organization as you order and pay. GKC has been part of our team efforts at Lesibovu since the beginning and we are so grateful for them. 

Please see this link which will lead you to the order form. Thank you so much for your help!