World Faiths Outreach July 3, 2009

Durban is a beautiful, coastal city that hosts the largest amount of Indian people outside of India. Of the large Indian population that resides in Durban 57% are Hindus. We were placed in areas where there was a high amount of Hindus in hopes to reach out to them and show them the love of [...]

The Realities of the Inner City May 5, 2009

There is a young girl at the age of 16 who was a little rebellious and so was kicked out of her home. She traveled into the city hoping to find something or someone that could help her. Fortunately an older woman found her and took her to a women’s shelter where she could comfortably [...]

Mabarhule April 5, 2009

God can do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine. This is the one statement that I would use to describe how God worked in and through me and my team the past two weeks. We stayed in Mabarhule, a small village, in the Mpumalanga state. For the two weeks we stayed in tents, [...]

Kosi Bay & Mozambique! March 9, 2009

I never would of imagined that one weekend could display so much of God’s greatness. This past weekend four of my closest girlfriends and I traveled 9 hours to Kosi Bay. Kosi Bay is a semi-tropical area in the very northeastern part of South Africa. It is about a 20 minute drive from the southern [...]

Capetown! January 3, 2009

I was very excited to travel to Capetown- mostly to just be able to relax- but I never imagined that it would be such a beautiful place. Capetown, often referred to as the “Mother City” of South Africa holds up to all the great stories I had heard. There is so much to see and [...]

Limopo Valley December 22, 2008

Limpopo Valley was our last outreach of 2008 and was definitely one of the most challenging. Our team has really been pushed to what we feel is our limits. We have been going non-stop for quite some time now and on this outreach we really felt the effects of that. We went into the outreach [...]

Durban November 30, 2008

I just returned a few days ago from a two week outreach in Durban. Durban is a busy city on the east coast of South Africa. We didn’t actually work in Durban but rather in the Zulu speaking areas right outside the busy city.
The first week we worked at Lilly of the Valley. LOV is [...]

Namibia (Part 1) November 10, 2008

Namibia is a sun scorched land with scarce amounts of water, exotic animals, wondrous sunrises and sunsets, temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit, stars that seem so close you can almost touch them, people that live in the “bush” and are far away from technology and luxuries we know in the US. Amongst the thirsty [...]

Namibia (Part 2) November 10, 2008

Swaziland October 6, 2008

Sanibonani! Swaziland is a small country north of South Africa. It is a beautiful country that has many mountains and therefore some gorgeous views. However it is a country that is in a great need of many things- including hope. AIDS has greatly stricken the country. 40% of the population has been infected by HIV/AIDS, [...]