Swaziland was a month I dreamed about since before I applied for the Race. It has the highest percentage of orphans on the planet, my little brother spent three months of his gap year here and I’d heard countless stories, and there are glorious mountains… what’s not to love for a heart like mine? Well, this month has been really challenging for me so far. It’s been really stretching in my time with the Father and really stretching emotionally as well. Playing with these babies (on top of being in a two-bedroom house with 20 other people) has been taxing enough, not to mention fighting the injustice and pain of watching these precious little brown-eyed babies laugh and knowing the pain they are going back to when they go back to their homes. I keep repeating John 16:33 to myself: “take heart, I have overcome the world.” Things like this keep me going. Prayers appreciated.
