A Megaphone with 1,000 Voices

The year is winding down and we are getting ready for the festive season, holidays and time with family members and friends. But the world will be going on as usual … the seeking, hungy and vulnerable will still be out there … HopeChest is launching a new initiative this December and looking for an [...]

Christmas Party ~ Swaziland

WoW, this was a busy and very full Swaziland weekend!!
We’ve left for Swaziland Thursday afternoon and managed to cross the border with all the Christmas decorations and other Christmas goodies without problems.
One of the highlights of the weekend was the visit to Imanuelle early Friday morning at the Manzini Market Place. It was wonderful to [...]

Swaziland Christmas

Just a short update.
BLAZE TEAM will be sharing an early Christmas at Beveni care point on 7 November 2009. We will have two(2) teams leaving at different times. The first team will leave on Friday, 6 November, from the church at 6 in the morning and will return on Sunday 8 November. This team will [...]

Beveni care point ~ 16 to 18 October

Back from Swaziland! It was an awesome, backbreaking, heartbreaking and blessed trip.
The two (2) teams really did what was needed at the specific time and places. The first team (Daanjie, Vikus, Rut, Bianca, Werner, Petro and Uncle John) left from the church Friday afternoon at 14:30.
Thank you to Bernard and the team that took the [...]

Swaziland ~ 16 to 18 October

Just a short update …
Two(2) teams will be leaving for Swaziland this weekend. YaY!! A team of eight(8) will leave on Friday afternoon, so that we will have an early start at Beveni care point. We will finally start with the vegetable garden! It is a first for us and we hope for the best.
The [...]

Swaziland care points

We are back from our short weekend trip to Swaziland ~ 15 and 16 August. We visited three (3) Children’s HopeChest care points: Bhalekane, Beveni and Thembeni. It was an awesome experience to see and experience what is already happening at the care points and the growth and successes they have. This is where things [...]

Bibles for Swaziland

A few weeks ago I read this update on Swaziland:

“A new report commissioned by UNICEF and CDC and recently published in the journal Lancet found that one in three girls in Swaziland has experienced sexual violence by age 18, which can lead to serious health issues such as HIV, IRIN/PlusNews reports. In addition, the researchers [...]

Core Values: Part 3

Jose Gomez, Jr.: “That’s what makes good movie ~ totally different characters all coming together to join in a marvellous adventure with a victorious ending. I can’t help but think of the team Jesus had in His disciples. Twelve different men, from different backgrounds and occupations ~all destined to fulfil one mission.”

Core Values: Part 2

In this post I will continue with Core Values and specifically with REACH and UNMERITED FAVOR.

More on Core Values: Part 1

Jon Oral Nash gave this beautiful description of values: “something that is important to me, something which is important enough to find consistent expression in the choices I make or that which is translated into lifestyle and action.”