Volunteer Reflections #9

This is probably going to be the last update from this side. We have just arrived back at the mission house after our last day of ministry. Yesterday, we began the morning at Nhlangano Baptist for Sunday School and church. We did not have any responsibilities, and it was nice to sit back and enjoy the service. We have included a picture of Hunter with a little girl who slept in her arms the whole service. After church, we said bye to Mavayi and Chris and headed to the next church service at Zikhoteni. We had to drop some people off on the way, and we also picked up Mpilo and Mzwandile (Simanga’s brother) at Thunzini. The church service had already started, and Mpilo literally began preaching as soon as we arrived at the homestead. There is a picture of Brinkley and Mzwandile along with a picture of the homestead where the church meets. We got home at about 4:30, so it was a long day. We definitely enjoyed going to bed early last night.
This morning, our friend, Bongani, came by and joined us for lunch. Right after lunch, we picked up Mpilo and Mfan’fikile and headed to Ntuthwakazi. Brinkley taught the children, and Hunter taught the youth and adults. We have included a picture of us at the homestead, as well as one of each of us with the group we taught. Neither of us had ever been to Ntuthwakazi, and we really enjoyed it. This place is pretty close to the end of the earth, so we had a lot of time with some of our Swazi friends on the way there and back. It was hard to say good-bye to these guys since we have been with them nearly every day since we got here.
Tomorrow, we are going to a game park in Swaziland, and then we will leave early Wednesday morning to start our journey back home. Please continue to keep us in your prayers these last few days. We will let you know when we arrive back in the states.
Thanks again for all of your prayers and support these last four weeks. We have been truly been blessed by the Swazi people and our time here.

Love, Hunter and Brinkley