Sorry its been such a while since the last post. Its amazing how quick life is going. I though Swaziland moved fast (which it did) but it just seems a little crazier here. Maybe something to reflect on in the Christmas season. Spend more time doing meaningful things with friends and family. Remember what it is all about. Children's Cup just had a Christmas party for over 3000 OVC's. I can only imagine what that would have been like and wish I could have been there to celebrate Jesus with them too.
Back to the trip,
Obviously the game parks were good. We literally have hundreds of pictures of animals. The places we stayed went from very very nice (thanks uncle Bruce) to fun and comfortable. Highlights for me on the animals were a rhino road block that literally wouldn't let us pass them. Elephants on the side of road at 10ft. They really are so big and amazing animals. Watching a Giraffe drink water ( they have to do this crazy neck whip to get blood flowing back in their bodies. It stops when they lean down for water to prevent blood rush to the head) There were so many very fun things with driving around game parks in the crazy heat with 3 of your favorite people.
Back into Swaziland it was time to work, and thats exactly what we did. We built a playground/fort that resembles a large deck 6ft off the ground. This was no easy task since we had to dig out own post holes, mix our own cement and saw the wood and bolts by hand. Thankfully we got a generator on day 3 to speed things up. We saw 3 amazing sunsets in the first day from off our "deck" Every time, i remember wishing the sun would go down quicker (because I was so sunburned) but also thinking of how amazing God was. His design and though into everything all over the world. The landscape, the people, the country I was in had just taken hold of me. We continued work at the Fontane care point(the deck one) and also began building a the medonsa care point. We did the same thing digging holes, sawing and lots of nailing. We were unable to finish the Medonsa one but pat said that he and Rodger Raymeyer would get it done. During all the construction in the background the rest of the cup team was preparing for Invasion 06 our youth event that was put on. Plans were changing, people were constantly moving, calling, speaking about it, and mosre likely that not dreaming about it too. There was football(soccer) basketball, inflatable walls and slides, Volleyball, Live Music, and food. It was an great time for everyone involved. As a whole we were a little disappointed with the turn out of approximately 800 people, but realized more later that it wasn't about the numbers but more about what God did. God moved through people in a great way and that was all we really had asked for. God delivered.
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