adventurescga-blogs Feb 17, 2007 7:00 PM

Providing an Education and Hope

As we traveled through Swaziland, we came across a school which provides free education for poverty stricken children.  Our teams go in and provi...

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As we traveled through Swaziland, we came across a school which provides free education for poverty stricken children.  Our teams go in and provide some assistance in helping provide an education to children who wouldn't normally receive on because they can't afford the fees. 

In this particular squatter camp in Swaziland, prostitution with the children is a way of making money.  We met a women who had the joy of God bubbling out of her.  She smiled and glowed when she talked about Jesus.  But when she talked about the children who God has placed on her heart, a certain sadness came over her.  She has tried everything but has felt like nothing has worked to stop the prostitution of these precious children.  Here she is below.

She feels like God has asked her to start a school for the children.  She felt like God was telling her to educate the children, it is their only hope.  The picture above is her in her office with all the supplies that she has.  Below is a picture of the classrooom with all the mold.

Our Real Life and FYM Teams go in and help her teach basic schooling and share the love of Jesus.   Most of her supplies are donated, some from our teams, and she has very little.  Her thinking is that if she can educate the children, then that may give them hope to make something of their lives.  This is just one story of the many that we ran into while we were in Swaziland.  Swaziland is a needy country, children are

dying of AIDS everyday without hope.  Pray for these children and pray for our teams as they do what they can to help a nation who is dying right before our eyes. 

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