This trip has taught me so much, especially about surrendering everything to God. It has been hard adjusting back to life back in the U.S. and it has been hard leaving the people of Swaziland. If I could I would adopt Phiwe, Ncobile, and Mxolisi, knowing they could have 3 meals a day, or a place to call home, but they are children that I have to surrender over to God. The hardest thing I’ve had to do is surrender people over to God, knowing that they are better off in His hands. Maybe someday the Lord will open the door for me to adopt children from Swaziland, but for the time being that door is not open. Most people come back from a mission trip, saying that the Lord has made their calling clear that they are to be full-time foreign missionaries, but that is not the case for me. A preacher had once said, “You either go down the well, or hold the rope for those that go down. Either way, there’s going to be scars on your hands.” One of the things the Lord has called me to, is to hold the rope for those that go down. There are many uncertainties that I’ll be facing in the coming years, but I know that it is all in God’s hands. He is with me wherever I go. Thank you for being a part of this ministry by supporting me
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