My team, Agape, was placed at a care point named Mhabateneni 1.
At our care point, we spend our mornings with the smaller kids in the community and doing house visits.
House visits here are short but really sweet. The Swazi people are incredibly kind and very private people. We are always welcomed in and people always tell us what they need prayers for and we always sing for people. Swazi people really love to hear us sing and record us pretty often.
Our afternoons are spent with the kids who are coming from school. We serve them the meal that’s cooked for them everyday and chat with them. Learning about them and they learn about us. Sometimes we don’t even have to speak, we just sit in each other’s presence.
Our shepherd, the person who runs the care point everyday, is Sithulele (See-two-lay-lay). He’s fun and energetic and pretty awkward like my team. So, we all get along nicely. He likes Spanish. He can’t speak it, but he wants to learn. He says a lot of the basic phrases like “me gusta” and “let’s vamos”. He loves to play soccer, when some of the boys on the squad come to ministry with us, he always plays with them. He grew up going to the care point, so he has a heart for the kids there. He has a heart for his community and wants to grow spiritually so he can lead in love.
My team is in love with our care point. We love the kids and we love the community members. We love chasing the chickens and goats away with the kids and the adults laughing at us. We love singing for every person we visit. We love teaching Sithulele Spanish. We love the rice and beans that’s served everyday. We love singing our made-up song “what is your name” with the kids. (It’s definitely a hit with them).
Our last month with them will be bitter-sweet. We have to soak up what time we have left and remember to stay present.
