Dear Swaziland, thankyou for breaking my heart in the absolute best way possible. I walked into Africa thinking “man I’m not going to adjust to this”, but the Lord chuckled at that for sure. He knew the absolute heart aching love I would endure and the light filled joy I would find within the smiles of the sweet people, the tight bonds, and the laughter i would find myself stepping into everyday. He knew I would find Him so tangibly and so visibly in each day that was coming from my stay. He knew I would let my old self go and let every wall of mine down so he could rebuild me in the best way possible. How beautiful is our Father y’all?! Just be so aware in your surroundings that the Lord IS THERE! I started noticing Him in the big brown eyes of the children I would work with everyday filled with the brightest of stars, the way the people of Swaziland loved me SO well yet had nothing, the tight hugs I would receive from my sweet Swazi friends when they started trusting me because they could see the Holy Spirit in me reaching out to them. Don’t get me wrong, life wasn’t all rainbows and butterflies, I wasn’t clean for even a moment (physically), I had been peed on multiple times, poison spider bites well you get the picture.. but man the good outweighed the bad everytime. I learned to see the beauty in the most difficult times and THAT WAS THE LORD IN ME. I will never forget some of the best people I have ever met my sweet Swazi friends, my heart is forever with each and everyone of you ALWAYS. Gods will I will be back. What a complete honor to be a daughter of the Alpha Omega. With Him you can move mountains. He will take you to places you never thought you would step foot in. But once you are obedient He will reveal so much beauty. So be obedient my friends.
