Today we begin our 5-6 hour bus ride to Swaziland. Yesterday we landed from our 16-hour flight from New York to JoBurg. That was the most ridiculous flight I have ever taken. I think I watched about 6 movies and a few TV shows during the time. I could barely sleep. I think from Wednesday until Friday night I slept a total of 5 hours. We spent all day yesterday trying not to fall asleep. We watched movies on Kyle’s computer and also went and ate lunch at Wimpy’s. Kyle got some crazy meal it had a steak, a burger, eggs, sausage, and bacon. I had a hash brown burger, which was delicious. We were trying to stay awake until about 530/6. But we got a call from Ian Maxwell who is the president of Heart For Africa asking us to help guide the people who just landed to the hotel. They ordered pizza for our entire group I think they ordered about 30-40 pizzas. We ate our dinner and then watched Joe Dirt then headed to bed around 9ish.
We woke up this morning at 6 for breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast we loaded our baggage onto a truck and loaded everyone into 3 buses headed for Swaziland. I just want to get there already and do work! God has some ridiculous things planned for our trip. I just can’t wait to see what He has in mind. I was told the drive to Swaziland is very scenic and I’m stoked to take tons of pictures. We met a really cool bellhop at the hotel we were staying at for the first night. His name was Bishop. Super nice and friendly. Everyone over here so far has been very friendly and welcoming.
We got to the hotel after about 5-6 hours on the bus. Lots of traveling but so stoked to finally be here in our destination. We got through customs and immigration with lots of ease. God has already done some super cool things. We found out that someone donated 20,000 beanies and blankets as well as 12,000 Bibles for the people here in Swaziland. He has provided for these people and Loves them.
Tomorrow we head to Project Canaan. Which is a 2500-acre lot that was purchased by one generous donor for Heart For Africa. We will be giving the local churches food from the very first crop that they have grown. So stoked to be part of something so new and so revolutionary that can change this whole country. Also a fun fact we discovered that Swaziland is not a country but a Kingdom.
It’s such an honor that God would provide the income for all of us to fund our trip! So thankful.
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