Quote of the Week (11/07/2018)
“What if that mosquito had malaria and I just killed it, you’re welcome!”-Anna
Some of you might be wondering what a typical day for me looks like here in Swaziland, and maybe some of you weren’t wondering at all, but here it is.
My ministry week starts on Tuesday and goes through Friday, although we still have ministry on other days.
I usually get up around 5:30-5:45 and spend time praying for the day and the people I’m going to encounter. I also read that day in, My Utmost For His Highest ( highly recommend this devotional!).
After that me and my workout partner is usually up and ready. Our workouts include, but is not limited to: running, sprinting,
Brazilian Jui Jitsu, stretching, and strength training.
After workout and a shower its usually around 7:45, which is when I head into the common room where I make green tea and have some apple slices while I study my bible. This is one of my most favorites part of each and every day!
At 9Am I have breakfast with the squad, which for me entails oatmeal with cinnamon (sometime I add honey if I’m feeling fancy), and three boiled egg-whites.
Then before we head to ministry which is at 10ish (there are no exact times of anything here in Swaziland) we have team time.
Once my team and I make it to ministry, which could be anywhere between 10:30am and 12:00pm, we go for a home-visit. This entails singing worship songs, doing chores, reading bible stories, praying or just talking and getting to know the people. Some of my most fond memories have come for home visits. We are usually at the home visit between an hour and three-hours. After getting back I usually help dish the food for the kids and the Care-Point and talking to the Gogo’s or teach Situlele Spanish.
At this point we either leave, because the bus comes anywhere between 2:30 and 4:00, so if we still have more time we just play with the kids or have conversations with the older kids.
Upon returning to our compound my team and I do our chore, which could be; doing dishes, cleaning our bunk-rooms, cleaning the bathrooms or picking up trash.
By this time it’s usually dinner, so I get to enjoy a delicious Swazi meal, and then I close out the night with a nice cup of tea and reading.
There is a saying that missionary say here and that is that 9:30 is missionary midnight.
This pretty much sums up my Tuesday through Friday schedule, but of course there are last minutes changes that come with almost every day here in Swaziland. I’ve learned to take everything (well maybe not everything) that is thrown at me and enjoy it, in the busy time to get things done and in the slow times use it to refresh for whatever is coming.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”
