I have failed to mention that on this trip to Swaziland, there are 5 other women going and we are working as a team.  It also marks Hosea's Heart's official first annual mission trip!  To read more about Hosea's Heart, to meet the team and to read the team's stories, check out www.hoseasheart.org.  It explains the trip into further detail, and has some pictures of the home that will be renovated :) Lastly, in order for us to make any significant progress on the home this summer we need to raise $30,000.  So if you are interested in donating to Hosea's Heart PLEASE don't hesitate to contact me or someone else on the team!  We would love for you to be apart of the cause!

Today marks the beginning of the three week count down until take off :)  Thankfully I had the opportunity to just relax, catch some sun, and visit with an old friend.  While laying out on our back deck, I made sure to take extra time looking around and just soaking in the sights of all the trees, and birds.  When you just take the time to step back and really examine God's beauty, it truly can take your breath away.  I know this all sounds really cheesy.  But I mean, seriously!  I have a complete new outlook on how beautiful nature is!  So many times we take our surroundings for granted, which is such a shame.  I wish life wasn't so busy, because so much of God's peace lies directly in our back yards and we dont even recognize it.  I think this whole nature "revelation" is just a taste of what God will reveal to me when I get back home.  I haven't even left yet and I know the amount of waste in America will disgust me when I witness first hand actual poverty.  I will finally have the ability to unfortunately place a face behind a statistic.