Our ministry to the children of Swaziland continues to be so very rewarding! We came to Swaziland knowing in our hearts that we wanted to develop ministry to these precious little ones. God has blessed our efforts and over the past 2 years, we have had the opportunity to bring the good news of Jesus to thousands of children through bible clubs and kids crusades!
It has really been quite amazing how God has helped us to devolop the SwaziKids ministry. It all began with the realization that so many of our national churches had little or no ministry to the children of their communities. After helping to strengthen the children's program at our home church, the International Church, we began speaking to some of the pastors of our national churches to see if we might assist them as well. Our willingness to help was well received, and we began receiving invitations from a number of pastors. We developed a plan to train children's workers in the church and then to assist them in holding a kids club or crusade. We have now been a part of training over 100 teachers and held crusades in over a dozen different churches. We have adopted and distributed curriculum from Jackson's Ridge as well as written some of our own, and are excited to have developed training curriculum and had it translated into the siSwati language for those who do not speak English.
Though this ministry of assisting our churches in developing ministry to children was not exactly what we had in mind to do when we came to Swaziland, we can see now that God had great intentions, and we are grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of his plans!
It has really been quite amazing how God has helped us to devolop the SwaziKids ministry. It all began with the realization that so many of our national churches had little or no ministry to the children of their communities. After helping to strengthen the children's program at our home church, the International Church, we began speaking to some of the pastors of our national churches to see if we might assist them as well. Our willingness to help was well received, and we began receiving invitations from a number of pastors. We developed a plan to train children's workers in the church and then to assist them in holding a kids club or crusade. We have now been a part of training over 100 teachers and held crusades in over a dozen different churches. We have adopted and distributed curriculum from Jackson's Ridge as well as written some of our own, and are excited to have developed training curriculum and had it translated into the siSwati language for those who do not speak English.
Though this ministry of assisting our churches in developing ministry to children was not exactly what we had in mind to do when we came to Swaziland, we can see now that God had great intentions, and we are grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of his plans!
2 comments:
Isn't it amazing how awesome it is serving Jesus? We wouldn't want to do anything else.
Those kids whose hearts you have touched will remember the warmth and love of Jesus for the rest of their lives.
You guys are so NEAT! We are honored to work on the same field with you.
Meemaw
I love you guys!!!!!!!
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