{"id":247,"date":"2009-01-28T07:28:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T07:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/01\/swazliand-day-5-servant-leaders.html"},"modified":"2009-01-28T07:28:29","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T07:28:29","slug":"swazliand-day-5-servant-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/01\/swazliand-day-5-servant-leaders.html","title":{"rendered":"Swazliand Day 5 &#8211; Servant Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing describes our trip more than this picture. The more we came face to face with the needs of the children in Swaziland, the more we realized the need to be servants. If we could &quot;give a cup of cold water in the name of Jesus,&quot; or wash orphans feet and put shoes on them, or meeting whatever needs the day held, that was enough for the day.&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e2010536fd99c2970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6179\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d83451b7fa69e2010536fd99c2970c \" src=\"https:\/\/tomdavis.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451b7fa69e2010536fd99c2970c-320wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px\" \/><\/a>I don&#039;t think I could handle what we do there everyday if I didn&#039;t know we were able to help these kids. The situation is just too painful to look at and walk away. The difficulty for me, is that it never happens fast enough. But it does happen, and knowing that is enough.<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to get all new 6 available carepoints sponsored. We already have 3 of those spoken for. That&#039;s amazing! I&#039;m also seeing more and more blogging communities step up to the plate. That&#039;s so encouraging! Some of you have emailed asking for information and I will get that to you next week, when I return home.&#160;<\/p>\n<p>I&#039;ve put more&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photos.php?id=791064551\">Pictures up on Facebook here titled Swaziland Day 5.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Love you all and I&#039;m so thankful for you. Let me leave this prayer with you from Phillipians 3:3-6:<\/p>\n<p><span>&quot;I thank my God every time I remember you.&#160;In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy&#160;because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,&#160;being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.&quot;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing describes our trip more than this picture. The more we came face to face with the needs of the children in Swaziland, the more we realized the need to be servants. 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