In the last post, we are thankful for many things done at Ludlati Carepoint before we arrived. Now I want to dive into God’s depth of provision and abundance of the finances, items, His word and Spirit we needed for the work He had planned for us to do throughout the week.
We saw God fulfill His promise of provision for the six team members who committed to go on the trip and sought many of you for fund donations to cover travel costs.
God provided these funds through all of you who gave. We also sought additional funds to take along for VBS and other activities, other carepoint supplies, and gifts planned for the trip. God faithfully supplied again through His people to fufill the work He planned to have done at and around Ludlati Carepoint. The supplies we took fit in 18 of our 24 total checked bags and 6 carry on suit cases! These funds allowed us to supply all the following:
- Shoes for each child at Ludlati Carepoint
- foot cleaning supplies
- food gift packs to give for home visits in the surrounding community (beans, rice, bread, cooking oil, sugar, coffee, tea, soap - some of these things are a luxury for most people in Swaziland),
- special fruit treats (and nutrition) for the kids on each day of our visit
- a special meat meal on Fun Day (Saturday)
- VBS supplies (paper, construction paper, crayons, stickers)
- school supplies gift bags (pencil, pen, pencil sharpener, crayons, notebook, safety scissors, eraser)
- hygene supplies gift bags (bar of soap, wash cloth, tooth paste, tooth brush)
- soccer balls, net balls, net ball hoops
- 30 foot activity parachute
- jump ropes, and frisbees donated by WBGL
- kush balls, toy cars for boys, head bands for girls, fun wrist bands
- gold ball caps
- candy treats of course
- We also had enough extra funds for special gifts for the hard working and dedicated Bomake (bo-mah-gay) and cooking equipment needed at Ludlati Carepoint.
As many of you know, one of our primary goals for this trip was provision of a new pair of shoes for each child at the Carepoint. The shoe fund drive goal was fulfilled! We thank God for individuals and churches who donated enough funds for every child to receive a new pair of shoes. The CHC/AIM staff measured the feet and ordered the shoes the week prior to our arrival. Kids too young for school were given a new pair of croc’s, and school age children were given a pair of school shoes (shoes are part of the required uniform). Prior to giving each child their shoes, we washed each child’s feet as Jesus did for the Disciples, and He instructed His disciples to do the same. We were thankful we had the opportunity to literally follow Jesus instructions. We also cleaned and bandaged wounds if they had them. All the lines start with the littlest kids. One of the first little ones started to cry during the foot washing. This started a crying line of kids standing outside in line who became very unsure about what was going on in that building. The crying didn’t last long as they learned it was a harmless process. We also prayed for the kids physical and spiritual protection, provision and blessings as they came through the cleaning and fitting process.
Something was given on each day, and I want to share what happened with most of the gifts we gave away. We did not know the exact number of kids that
would show up on each of five planned full day visits. The numbers varied between
about 100 to 120 people. Before we left, we asked God to help us bring what we needed,
and He answered this prayer more than once. When we handed out the kush balls
and wrist bands, we had the exact number we needed. When we handed out the gold ball caps,
we had the exact number we needed. When we handed out the hygene supply gift bags, we
had the exact number we needed. We were never short on things we planned to give. For each of
these gifts, as we neared the end of the line and supplies, we started praying for multiplication
if we needed it
and looking at each other with wide eyes only to find in the end we had exaclty what we needed. Amazing!
We would just look at each other, laugh and say Thank You Lord!
Having a gift for everyone in the group is important in this culture. Everyone gets the same gift
or else it can be
a big problem. Jealousy can be very strong in this culture over seemingly small things.
God showed His grace is sufficient to take care of His children. We leave it to God to
deal with hearts in Swaziland
on the jealousy issue in His timing. In the meantime, He calls us all to actively do His work and love unconditionally as He loves us
and gives us grace with our heart issues 
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In the next post, we will share about the gifts and blessings that were showered on the Bomake (boh-mah-gay). We will give you more details we learned about each one during our visit with the six dedicated ladies who cook and watch over the kids at Ludlati Carepoint everyday. Thank God for them.
Posted by Don at 02:30 AM. Filed under: General • Care Point • Ludlati Visit 2010 •
