Back to Swaziland

Three years ago, I led my last mission trip as "the radio guy." That trip to Swaziland was very special. We hosted a group of WCLN, Fayetteville, NC, listeners, but my entire family went along.

Now, my kids are having kids and it will be many years before we can do something like that again.

Donald and Diane Page, who were on that mission trip in 2007, are now serving there and will be two of our hosts. We'll also see two special ladies, Sophie (our nickname for her), 12, and Zehtu, 7, our sponsor children.

Though we have been back to Swaziland a few times, that 2007 trip will always hold a special place in our memories. Within a couple weeks after we returned I was appointed to the position I now serve in as President of Mission of Mercy. This group of 40 people are mainly coming through the efforts of WGTS in Washington, DC. This will be the first large mission team we have led in three years.

While we are in Swaziland, we will be calling in reports and WGTS will be encouraging listeners to sponsor children. So, I'm guessing the radio background will come in handy on this trip! We have over 400 children in Swaziland that need sponsors, so we're praying for a strong response.

We're looking forward to making new friends on the team, seeing some old friends on the team and in Swaziland, and we're excited to see how the Lord moves in all of us during this trip.

Watch out Swaziland, here we come!





PS. It's been awhile since I posted. Maintaining an active blog is more tine consuming than I thought and it seems like every time I sit down to write, something else pops up. Internet connection permitting, I'll post a couple reports from Swaziland.