We have had a busy weekend and have lots of stories to share. Saturday morning was Lacie’s 5th birthday party. She had a Dora the Explorer party and invited a few friends from pre-school and a few friends from missionary families. We met the Warren family and saw Wayne and Barbara Myers. Both families send greetings home. After the party, we went with Steve, Maria, and Jane to the weekly Bible Study at Lesibovu (the new work area). You might remember that Brinkley taught about 50 children last week, and Hunter taught about 20 of the youth and adults. Due to Lacie’s party yesterday, we had moved Bible Study back an hour. We were afraid they would have forgotten, but we were so wrong! When we arrived, the building was packed, as well as the back of the truck. We greeted everyone and then split like last week. Both of us went with Jane to teach the children. Hunter taught about Isaac and Jacob and how God always keeps His promises. Brinkley counted the children during the lesson and there were over 95, all under the age of 12. After the lesson, we played games with them and added about 25-30 more children. It was quite overwhelming but really exciting at the same time. We definitely learned not to underestimate the hunger these people have for the Word. There is a picture of the children before we started Bible Study outside. It is just one side of the crowded building. There is also one of Hunter with a few of the children after the study.
On the way home, we picked up another one of our friends, Ntombi. Jane and Ntombi spent the night with us, and we had a blast. We had a movie marathon while drinking our hot tea, eating our biscuits, and sitting by the fire.
Steve left for Israel this morning and will get back the day we leave Swaziland. He is extremely excited to go on this archeological dig. It is definitely his dream trip. (We have included a picture of us with the Allen family, and one of us with Jane and Ntombi.) After saying good-bye, we piled into the truck with Monica, her mom, the kids, Ntombi, and Jane and headed to Peace. Neither one of us had been to a church service at Peace before so it was a new experience. Hunter delivered the message, which was another new experience to add to our list. Jane and Ntombi led the congregation in some of our favorite songs, and we had a great worship time. After church, we walked with Jane to see her homestead. We enjoyed visiting some more and watching some of the children from the church climb a lemon tree at the homestead. After we left Peace, we dropped Jane and Ntombi off in town on our way home. We were so blessed to spend this amount of time with them over the past few days and really enjoyed it.
Tonight, we went to the International Bible Study with Monica and Lacie. Now, we are just trying to get things ready for this week. We leave tomorrow to meet up with the Warrens and will be with them until Thursday. Friday and Saturday we have the Youth Leaders’ Retreat. Hunter will be the main speaker for this retreat. This week, please be in prayer for us as we are working in this new area. Also, pray for the youth leaders that will be at the retreat this weekend. The Allens also ask for prayer as Steve is gone for the next few weeks. Lastly, please pray for rest for both of us. We have had a busy few weeks and are exhausted. This is another busy week coming up, and we definitely want to be alert so we do not miss any details that the Lord shows us.
Please enjoy the pictures that we have included. It might be a while before our next update, but we will send one when we get a chance. We also want to wish all of the dads a HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!!
Love, Hunter and Brinkley
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