78 Kiddos, Trips & A Playground

We leave for Swaziland, Africa in just a few days.  At this point I’m just excited.  Packing all 14 bags with almost 700lbs of supplies was pretty much taking over my mind and pushing my stress limit, but bags have been weighed and packed so excitement is really setting in now.

It’s been a year and half since I’ve been to the Ngungwane carepoint and that’s far too long in my books.  My goal is to go every year.  From here on out I would love to lead a team every single year…maybe even more if we could swing it.  I love the community to community connection Children’s HopeChest aims to accomplish.  I love that these people we get the honor of being with and spending time with are not our charity, but simply our brothers and sisters in Christ.  They are amazing and beautiful and a gift.

Currently there are 53 kiddos who are sponsored…who have special friends as we like to call ourselves…and 78 kids who are unsponsored.  Sponsorship is $38 a month for food, water, basic medical care, educational support and discipleship.  I’ve been praying God would do what only He can do and stir hearts to sponsor the remaining 78 children who need sponsorship.  I keep thinking about how truly He never ceases to amaze me.

Sometimes I get caught up in the current and every now and then think about the future.  What I would love to see is all 78 of these kids sponsored and then trips formed each year of sponsors and non sponsors.  Another goal would be to raise the funds to have a nice playground put in at Ngungwane for the kids to enjoy every day.  This is a $16,250 goal which can feel a tad daunting, but God is really good at what feels daunting to us.  I like how He can orchestrate and bring people together…I like how He pushes our hearts towards love…and I like how He gives us one another as gifts even across oceans.

You can see all the kiddos who still need sponsorship at the Ngungwane carepoint by CLICKING HERE and then choosing “unsponsored” in the Status bar at the top.  Each child is so incredibly precious and created in the image of God.  And then consider joining us on another trip.  Likely in 2016, but if the opportunity and the group came together I’d go back in a heartbeat this year as well.

Please feel free to share this post with anyone and everyone…the more the merrier.  You can check out Children’s HopeChest for all the details.  And this isn’t the last you’ll be hearing of this 🙂  Just 5 short days and Swaziland here we come.

Happy Monday!

3 Comments

  1. Thank you for this, Laura!

  2. Laura, Amy and I are so sad that we won’t be in Swaziland for your trip this year! We look forward to seeing you there next year though and we know you are going to have an amazing trip! Thanks for all you do for the kids and community of Ngungwane! Praying for your trip!

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