by Global Impact | Jul 2, 2018 | Child Sponsorship, Swaziland
by Lisa Smith As we return from Swaziland, my mind continues to fill with thoughts of the family we left behind. Each visit is like an annual family reunion, the kind where everyone simply can’t wait to see each other. And when it’s time to leave, some smile and...
by Global Impact | Jun 25, 2018 | 1+1 Child Sponsorship, Swaziland, Trips
By Julie Houvener A simple pair of “old” shoes. Someone donated. Someone packed. They traveled from Indiana to Swaziland, and were left behind each day our team visited the Care Pointe. Until the perfect time, God was orchestrating those shoes to bring hope to a...
by Global Impact | Jun 25, 2018 | 1+1 Child Sponsorship, Child Sponsorship, Swaziland
by Denise McCleese This evening as we drove back to the Care Pointe from a homestead visit we were guided by the most beautiful sunset lowering across the African plain. With tears still flowing down my cheeks from our homestead visit, I reflected on God’s...
by Global Impact | Jun 29, 2017 | Global Notes, Swaziland, Trips
I’ve had the most amazing experience! A few days ago I asked our care point teacher, Nomsa, the ages of her preschool students. She said they were five years old and will be moving onto first grade in October. I mentioned that I also teach five year old...
by Global Impact | Jun 25, 2017 | Swaziland, Trips
-Lisa Smith After all of our travel difficulties getting to Swaziland, we finally arrived in Njojane with still only 1 of 32 bags. That meant having no sweeties or sponsor gifts to hand out yet, no crafts and Bible lesson activities we had planned to do, and no soccer...
by Global Impact | Jun 22, 2017 | 1+1 Child Sponsorship, Global Notes, Swaziland, Trips
Meeting My Sponsored Child By Hannah Nikirk I had decided to sponsor a child just one month before I left on my trip to Swaziland. The emotional child sponsorship videos shown at our church tugged at my heart and I couldn’t wait any longer to sponsor one. I...
