Outreach Team Settling In

The Outreach Team arrived safely and on time in Manzini, Swaziland on Friday evening. They were greeted at the airport by Pastor Augustine (the pastor at Hawane CLC) and his wife Elizabeth, who were very happy to see them. Their squeals of joy could be heard in the background! Augustine and Elizabeth live on the CLC property, in a house that one of teams helped renovate last summer. (Kevin R. worked on that project).



P. Augustine and Elizabeth transported the team back to the property and got them settled into their living quarters.

This morning the team got up and toured the Hawane CLC property and unpacked all the supply bags they transported. Kevin and Helen Ward them had them over for lunch at their home. According to Helen, " They seem to be a good mixture of people, and we are looking forward to what the Lord is going to do in this next 10 days!".

After lunch, the team headed for a tour of Hawane Farm/Lighthouse Care Center, which is just down the road from the church property. Hawane Farm has become the prototype for the ICBC model; but is a much larger version with several children's homes, a medical clinic, life-skills training school, a home for teen girls and much more. After touring the facility, the team will have the chance to visit with the children house moms who live at Hawane Farm.

Tomorrow, the team will worship "Swazi-style" at Hawane Christian Life Community Church. The medical team, who were part of a medical clinic at the church earlier in the week, will also attend the service at Hawane CLC. That means we will have 16 CLC'ers from Dayton worshiping with close to 200 CLC'ers in Swaziland.

Like Helen, we are looking foward to what God is going to do over the next 10 days through and to this team. Already He continues to do more than we have imagined...... as of this morning there are now 150 women signed up for the Ladies Retreat next week! That's three times more than we origianlly anticipated. That is cause for joyous celebration and makes us wonder just how many men will show up for the discipleship classes?????

Please continue to keep the Outreach Team in your prayers and pray specifically for these team member requests:

* God's perfect will be done
* The team members will remain flexible and patient
* God will help them make connections with the people they will serve
* They will be sensitive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit and act obediently
* Peace and comfort for the emotional toll this kind of work can take
* Protection, guidance and comfort for the family members here in Dayton who
have to manage without their loved one at home

May God bless the work of the team and all those who intercede on their behalf in the coming week.