Welcome to the final post in the ‘day in my life’ series!!! I can’t believe I’m writing this and I feel like I was just telling you all about my days in Guatemala yesterday. If you’ve read the previous posts which describe what an average ministry day looks like in Guatemala and Thailand, thank you!! For loving me and supporting me throughout this beautiful amazing crazy wild journey! Right now, I live in the middle of nowhere in gorgeous Nsoko, Swaziland with my whole squad. For the most part, wifi/civilization is hours away. Our squad goes to ministry every day at these establishments called care points, which provide free hot meals and discipleship lessons to the kids in the surrounding areas. The shepherd in charge at my carepoint, Joyela, is a woman named Thuly who loves the Lord and LOVES the care point kids with her whole heart. Like I’ve never seen someone live as selflessly as her. It is her job to ensure that all 200 kids are healthy, well-fed, doing well in school, etc. She’s amazing, iconic, and the best woman I know. Anyways, heres what a day in my life looks like here in Swaziland:
6am: I sleep in a room with 18 of my squad mates, and I sneak out at 6am to make coffee, have quiet time, read, whatever. This is my favorite time of the day ever and the mornings in Swazi are cool and breezy and quiet. I do my deepest thinking during this time, praying about my life and my future and my ministry. and sometimes I do my laundry.
8am: Brecky!!! usually I make eggs or oatmeal and I always have fruit! our whole squad usually simultaneously cooks in one little kitchen and yes its chaos but its the best kind of chaos. After I eat I usually shower and get ready for Joyela.
11:00am: We leave for ministry; a man named Sandele drives like 25 of us at a time in a sprinter van to our care points around Nsoko. Very tight, very fun and there is usually music. At ministry our main job is to play with and love on the Swazi kids. I usually hold sleeping babies or give dance lessons (cupid shuffle and the robot are my specialties) or help the big boys do the monkey bars and sometimes I do all three at the same time. We also serve the kids rice and beans alongside Thuly and the Gogo at Joyela. I’m usually covered in sweat and dirt and spit by the end of the day but its amazing and so fun and so worth it! Honestly I have developed a very deep love for our Joyela kids and I find myself thinking of them often when I’m not at the carpoint… I think about where they are, what they’re doing, what they would think about America. I know that I will be very sad to leave my babes in a few weeks but for now I’m savoring squeezing the little ones and dancing my heart out and getting down and dirty all day long!
4pm: Sandele comes and picks us up and drops us off at the Team house where we eat dinner, have team time, worship, and watch the sunset. Every night is a slumber party, dance party, dessert party. I love the women of my squad so much I know that I will remember these days as being some of the best of my life.
I’ll be home on June 1st, 2019. Please pray that I continue to savor every last moment I have here in Swaziland with my Joyela kids and my crazy amazing squad. And when the time comes please pray that my transition into America is graceful and sweet… Can’t wait to see you all soon!!
