Seventy Two

Swaziland project in Mgambeni to help AIDS orphans

What an amazing trip!  The entire team did an incredible job of working together to help the people in Mgambeni finish the poultry farm project while also spending time with the orphaned children, praying for the sick, and demonstrating the Kingdom of God through their actions and words.  I think it was a great experience for everyone and while we were able to be a blessing to the people of Mgambeni, we also were blessed in a very significant way by them and by what we were shown on this trip.



This is the first of several posts where we'll show what happened on this trip.  This video is a series of clips showing our team working together with the people of Mgambeni.  We were amazed because when we showed up, we found that they had actually built the chicken coop in a very short time before we arrived.  On top of that, keep in mind that these folks are primarily women whose husbands are in South Africa or other remote places working and are caring for one or more children who are often swaddled and tied to their backs while they work.  ON TOP OF THAT, one of the most amazing things that we found was that while we had paid for concrete blocks to be delivered, the people had actually decided to use some of the money to pay for some orphans' school fees (no public schools in Swaziland) so they had to make do with less.  Instead of using pre-made blocks, they had many bags of cement delivered near a local stream where they put the cement and water into a mold, built the blocks by hand, and sat them beside the stream to be picked up.  They were then delivered up the hill to the site where it would be built and they built the entire coop, including a metal roof, before we even arrived!

So, this video is about our work on the project.  Our primary role was to assist with the clearing of the land, dig the fence posts around a couple of acres, and put up the fence.  We did all of this with the folks from the church and had a great time!  Stay tuned for the next posts to learn more about this incredible trip!


Posted by Ryan Hale on July 8, 2008; 8:36:46 PM.