{"id":252,"date":"2009-01-23T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T14:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/01\/swaziland-day-3.html"},"modified":"2009-01-23T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2009-01-23T14:56:05","slug":"swaziland-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/01\/swaziland-day-3.html","title":{"rendered":"Swaziland Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

What an amazing day today! We found another brand new care point called, Mhobile. A wonderful place filled with 90 vulnerable children and orphans mostly under the age of 12. The first kids I met were a precious family of three who are alone because both of their parents have died of AIDS. You hear about this a lot in Swaziland, but to interact with a family that's dealing with this is painful. Nothing for them to hope for, there is no money for school fees or food or clothes – nothing. It happens too much here.<\/p>\n

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We need to find a sponsor for this carepoint ASAP. The Gogo's (grandma's) at this place started because children were starving in their neighborhood. They went house to house, store to store, begging for food to help. They receive a little here and there, but mostly they rely upon a God they cannot currently see with their eyes for provision. How people have faith in the midst of hopelessness is beyond what a rational mind can comprehend. I'll telly you this,  I could have stayed all day and soaked up the love and joy that poured from these kids.<\/div>\n

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I"m asking all of you to copy your favorite picture from Africa the last few days. Tag them and link them back to my blog. Ask them to get involved. Give to help support a well, help support orphans by donating funds for food, or Sponsor a one of these kids from our website, www.hopechest.org.<\/a><\/div>\n

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I've really appreciated all your comments and emails and have read every one! Just can't respond to everything right now. Love and appreciate you all and am thankful for your prayers and support. Tomorrow we head to the worst and neediest place in Swaziland, the Big Bend area. Very arid, nothing can be grown, and fresh water is extremely difficult to come by. It will be a heartbreaking day, but one I'm looking forward to because I will see Jesus in the eyes of the poor.<\/div>\n

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Pictures for today are up right here on Facebook.<\/a> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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