Wellllll first of all I haven’t been able to get internet so I Just posted my Plane Blog. I will try to make this one short so you don’t have tons to read.
So I flew in on Saturday night and surprised the group. It was good. I thought we would have fire works going off and music start to play but that didn’t happen.
Sunday we went to Church at Merciful Redeemer. AMAZING. The worship was about 100 kids singing acipela. I LOVED it! After the service we went and played with the kids. I met this one girl Ndanu and she just stuck with me. Pretty short day but it was a good one. Came back to the hotel and hung out.
Monday we went back to Merciful Redeemer and planted TONS of trees. It was amazing to think that there are NO trees anywhere near the Home. And one day we will get to see those trees flourishing. The school let the kids out so they could help us out. It ended up being distracting. But we still got TONS of work done. We ended up planting about 270 trees. Then we hung out with the kids again. So that night I didn’t get much Sleep. Got to bed at about 130, and got bit by a bunch of Skeeeters. Pray for me. I’m not taking Malaria pills.
Ok now today its Tuesday. So today We went back to the Home to finish planting trees and plant Kale and Tomatoes. We got done at about 2 and were able to play Football (Soccer) with the kids. Brandon scored 2 goals. I forgot to put sunscreen on my arms. Bad news.
So in case I cant talk to you in the recent days here is the plan.
Tomorrow more people arrive and we go see the kids at Merciful Redeemer again and have to say goodbye. Then we get to go to the market and buy stuff. Not me though. I don’t need nuthin. Then we go stay at a church and take off for Tumaini in the morning. I am so excited to go see my boys again.
Well that’s all for now. I’ll Be Prayin for you all.
Peace&Love….SPREAD IT!!!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
On A Plane
(Written on Saturday July 25th)
I Love this place
Hey Fellow Humans!!!
I’m on a plane right now. Going to KENYA!!!! “ahhhhhhhhh Kennnnnyyyyaaaaa..... badamoooosssiiiiccaaaaaa……hmmmmmmmm” (Lion King theme song)
I’m not online but I’m writing in word then gonna send it when I got a connection. I caught up on some sleep on the bus ride to the airport. Now I’m wide awake on the plane. Pray for the people on the Swaziland trip. They all fly home today. To US, to Canada, AND to Taiwan.
So one guy I want to touch on is Glen. Remember I mentioned he would be on the trip? The Canadian Musician? Well I want to thank God for bringing him on this trip. This guy was amazing. He rocked the guitar, wrote amazing songs, and had such an amazing spirit to him. He is such an inspiration. He could make anyone laugh. He told me I can I’ll have a place to stay in Canada if I ever want to come visit. Man God was right when he said life was all about relationships. The people are this trip have lifted me to a higher place. A place where love is all around. A place where people REALLY care. A place were when someone asks “How are you?” they REALLY mean it. I love this place.
Hmmmmm. Beef Or Fish? Gotta love plane food. I chose Beef. Lori from Carlsbad brought me Beef Jerky from Costco. Is it weird that I miss Costco? More than my mom?.... HAH Just kidding mom!!! I miss you a little more. J Hey mom Lori brought you a note from me with a present for your 50th (Yeah I know that’s old huh?) But She is also going to give you some pictures of me and Nondumiso. Pray for her. She is part of our family now.
Well my food is gonna get cold. I better go. In 4 hours I should be walking into the hotel to surprise the CTK group in Kenya!
I Love you all.
Peace&Love….SPREAD IT!!!!
I Love this place
Hey Fellow Humans!!!
I’m on a plane right now. Going to KENYA!!!! “ahhhhhhhhh Kennnnnyyyyaaaaa..... badamoooosssiiiiccaaaaaa……hmmmmmmmm” (Lion King theme song)
I’m not online but I’m writing in word then gonna send it when I got a connection. I caught up on some sleep on the bus ride to the airport. Now I’m wide awake on the plane. Pray for the people on the Swaziland trip. They all fly home today. To US, to Canada, AND to Taiwan.
So one guy I want to touch on is Glen. Remember I mentioned he would be on the trip? The Canadian Musician? Well I want to thank God for bringing him on this trip. This guy was amazing. He rocked the guitar, wrote amazing songs, and had such an amazing spirit to him. He is such an inspiration. He could make anyone laugh. He told me I can I’ll have a place to stay in Canada if I ever want to come visit. Man God was right when he said life was all about relationships. The people are this trip have lifted me to a higher place. A place where love is all around. A place where people REALLY care. A place were when someone asks “How are you?” they REALLY mean it. I love this place.
Hmmmmm. Beef Or Fish? Gotta love plane food. I chose Beef. Lori from Carlsbad brought me Beef Jerky from Costco. Is it weird that I miss Costco? More than my mom?.... HAH Just kidding mom!!! I miss you a little more. J Hey mom Lori brought you a note from me with a present for your 50th (Yeah I know that’s old huh?) But She is also going to give you some pictures of me and Nondumiso. Pray for her. She is part of our family now.
Well my food is gonna get cold. I better go. In 4 hours I should be walking into the hotel to surprise the CTK group in Kenya!
I Love you all.
Peace&Love….SPREAD IT!!!!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Wow.
You know in the scripture when God tells Aberham to kill his some Issac? Well that happened to me. Not the killing part. But the testing part. You know how I said I was going to "Test" God? Well I found out he was doing a little testing of his own!!. And I guess I passed. Here is the AMAZING news.
Last night at dinner I shared my experience with Nondumiso and I was sobbing tears of joy trying to get the words out. I guess it really moved someone. I dont know who. But as soon as I was done talking someone handed me Nondumiso's sponsor papers and I filled them out. I found out this morning that someone came and said "I would like to pay for Cory to sponsor his girl for a year". WHAT?!?! I was blown away as Lori told me this this morning. At first I was taken back. Not sure what to think. I mean I was SOOOO ready to test God! But this person must have felt the same way. I dont know who this person is but they want to sponsor Nondumiso under my name. So they wont get any credit. This is amazing. Like God did with Abraham. As soon as God saw Abraham willing to sacrifice his son he said "Ok... NOW I know you mean it..... So dont do it" Well I am amazed. GOD IS GOOOOOOOD!
So Litsemba was great. So many kids. Sooooo excited to Praise God with their voices and dance moves. I got some amazing pictures but Its 11:30PM right now and I leave for Kenya at 5:30AM!.... Oh and I havent packed yet.
I just had to tell you about what happened.
Please Pray for my safety as I travel these next couple weeks.
Peace&Love...SPREAD IT!!!
Last night at dinner I shared my experience with Nondumiso and I was sobbing tears of joy trying to get the words out. I guess it really moved someone. I dont know who. But as soon as I was done talking someone handed me Nondumiso's sponsor papers and I filled them out. I found out this morning that someone came and said "I would like to pay for Cory to sponsor his girl for a year". WHAT?!?! I was blown away as Lori told me this this morning. At first I was taken back. Not sure what to think. I mean I was SOOOO ready to test God! But this person must have felt the same way. I dont know who this person is but they want to sponsor Nondumiso under my name. So they wont get any credit. This is amazing. Like God did with Abraham. As soon as God saw Abraham willing to sacrifice his son he said "Ok... NOW I know you mean it..... So dont do it" Well I am amazed. GOD IS GOOOOOOOD!
So Litsemba was great. So many kids. Sooooo excited to Praise God with their voices and dance moves. I got some amazing pictures but Its 11:30PM right now and I leave for Kenya at 5:30AM!.... Oh and I havent packed yet.
I just had to tell you about what happened.
Please Pray for my safety as I travel these next couple weeks.
Peace&Love...SPREAD IT!!!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
I was In Heaven Today.
I don't even know where to start. We just had our last Young Hearts meeting and it went great. Ended up staying up with a bunch of people singing worship and laughing and sharing stories. I'm not even sure when the last time was that I wrote. It feels like forever ago but I havent had time!! I'm sorry. I mean right now its 115 in the morning and I just got back to Shirley's!! I'm forcing myself to write for two reasons... One is a secret. But I'll tell you. But ONLY if you promise not to tell anyone!!
1) If I dont write now I'll forget to tell you all this stuff.
2) I have to write now because I'm going to Kenya AND Uganda and might not be able to write for a couple weeks.
SO If you are in contact with the Kenya group. PLEASE dont tell them! its a surprise. And IF you happen to be ON the Kenya trip and somehow are reading this PLEEEEEAAAASE Keep it to yourself. Dont spoil this!
I've prayed about it and God had given me his blessing to go serve along side the CTK group. And I am SOOOO glad. Then I am going to Uganda for 5 days to work alongside Evie. Remember her? From the JoBurg Airport? So I wont be back in Swazi till like the 7th of August!!
Update on Nondumiso. WOW! Ok so I've been working at El Shiddai most of the week while part of the group is at Emmanuel (where Nondumiso lives) So I got to go see her for a short time earlier in the week and she still wouldnt smile at me. I have always wanted to sponsor a Child and I felt God saying "ok Cory... You ready to listen?" I've prayed about it.... a lot... Then prayed again. And God said "DO IT!" Now HFA has different amounts you can sponsor a child with. Full sponsorship is $120 a month. Then they have partial all the way down to like $10 a month. Most of the kids have some sponsorship but not full. So I asked God again "ok Lord how much" and he said "however much more she needs" And I went and looked her up. Turns out she has no sponsor. NO ONE! and this is a big deal. The kids with sponsors always talk about them and get to feel like someone really cares. (Do you have tissue? Your gonna cry!) So I prayed again "Ok God... You must have the wrong guy. Did you forget I dont have a job or an Income?" Before I left fallbrook I was able to save about 3000 of my own money for when I came home. So I would have something to help me buy an RV and travel playing music (or something like that). This is the short version I promise. So I struggled with this amount God was calling me to. Then he reminded me about my favorite Verse. "Do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself" And I said "Ok but seriously!!! this is 3 times the cost of my phone bill... EVERY MONTH!" Yesterday I was flipping through the scripture before bed and came across Mal 3:10 and this is what it said...
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
WOW. Of course I happened to stumble across that verse. So I decided to do it. The whole thing. $120 US DOLLARS. Today was the last day to go to the Childrens homes and I asked Ian if I could go tell Nondumiso that I wanted to sponsor her. Maybe THIS would put a smile on her face. On the way up I was telling Lori Marshall (I know I spelled it wrong) and we both started crying on the bus. I dont know why. I guess cause we saw God moving in my life. Asking me to do stuff I would NEVER do. So I get there and Nondumiso is in class. So school breaks for lunch and all of a sudden out of the corner of my eye I see her running. Running with so much Joy on her face that it shocked me. The smile I remember from last year was plastered on her face. She jumped into my arms and hugged me so strong not letting go for anything. (I hadn't even told her about the sponsorship yet!) Lori was there. She was crying. I was Crying. Nondumiso probably thought we were crazy. But it was the most amazing feeling I've ever experienced. I dont know WHY she smiled at me today. I dont know if she was sick and became better. Or if God spoke to her and told her what I had decided to do. But she Smiled. And I didnt even no till today that she had lost a tooth. right in front. It makes her smile that much more beautiful. This was Nondumiso today.
I am so excited to Test God like He has asked us to do. I'm not sure how long I can Sponsor Nondumiso. Maybe a year. Maybe till you all meet her in heaven. But all I know is today I felt like a parent. As soon as I told her about the sponsorship and she lit up. She took me into her class to show me her pictures she drew. She took me to the playground to have me push her on the swings. Amazing. I was in Heaven today with this little girl. Someone printed up with picture of me and her and I'm going to give it to her tomorrow.
ahhhhhh. Welllll. Thats the highlight of my week. Tomorrow is Friday and we are putting on the "Celebrate Litsemba" show. I'm sure it will be amazing. Then I wake up at 5 Saturday and I'm off to serve in Kenya and Uganda. Keep checking I might be able to update at some point.
Thank you all for being on this journey.
Peace&Love...SPREAD IT!!
1) If I dont write now I'll forget to tell you all this stuff.
2) I have to write now because I'm going to Kenya AND Uganda and might not be able to write for a couple weeks.
SO If you are in contact with the Kenya group. PLEASE dont tell them! its a surprise. And IF you happen to be ON the Kenya trip and somehow are reading this PLEEEEEAAAASE Keep it to yourself. Dont spoil this!
I've prayed about it and God had given me his blessing to go serve along side the CTK group. And I am SOOOO glad. Then I am going to Uganda for 5 days to work alongside Evie. Remember her? From the JoBurg Airport? So I wont be back in Swazi till like the 7th of August!!
Update on Nondumiso. WOW! Ok so I've been working at El Shiddai most of the week while part of the group is at Emmanuel (where Nondumiso lives) So I got to go see her for a short time earlier in the week and she still wouldnt smile at me. I have always wanted to sponsor a Child and I felt God saying "ok Cory... You ready to listen?" I've prayed about it.... a lot... Then prayed again. And God said "DO IT!" Now HFA has different amounts you can sponsor a child with. Full sponsorship is $120 a month. Then they have partial all the way down to like $10 a month. Most of the kids have some sponsorship but not full. So I asked God again "ok Lord how much" and he said "however much more she needs" And I went and looked her up. Turns out she has no sponsor. NO ONE! and this is a big deal. The kids with sponsors always talk about them and get to feel like someone really cares. (Do you have tissue? Your gonna cry!) So I prayed again "Ok God... You must have the wrong guy. Did you forget I dont have a job or an Income?" Before I left fallbrook I was able to save about 3000 of my own money for when I came home. So I would have something to help me buy an RV and travel playing music (or something like that). This is the short version I promise. So I struggled with this amount God was calling me to. Then he reminded me about my favorite Verse. "Do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself" And I said "Ok but seriously!!! this is 3 times the cost of my phone bill... EVERY MONTH!" Yesterday I was flipping through the scripture before bed and came across Mal 3:10 and this is what it said...
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
WOW. Of course I happened to stumble across that verse. So I decided to do it. The whole thing. $120 US DOLLARS. Today was the last day to go to the Childrens homes and I asked Ian if I could go tell Nondumiso that I wanted to sponsor her. Maybe THIS would put a smile on her face. On the way up I was telling Lori Marshall (I know I spelled it wrong) and we both started crying on the bus. I dont know why. I guess cause we saw God moving in my life. Asking me to do stuff I would NEVER do. So I get there and Nondumiso is in class. So school breaks for lunch and all of a sudden out of the corner of my eye I see her running. Running with so much Joy on her face that it shocked me. The smile I remember from last year was plastered on her face. She jumped into my arms and hugged me so strong not letting go for anything. (I hadn't even told her about the sponsorship yet!) Lori was there. She was crying. I was Crying. Nondumiso probably thought we were crazy. But it was the most amazing feeling I've ever experienced. I dont know WHY she smiled at me today. I dont know if she was sick and became better. Or if God spoke to her and told her what I had decided to do. But she Smiled. And I didnt even no till today that she had lost a tooth. right in front. It makes her smile that much more beautiful. This was Nondumiso today.
I am so excited to Test God like He has asked us to do. I'm not sure how long I can Sponsor Nondumiso. Maybe a year. Maybe till you all meet her in heaven. But all I know is today I felt like a parent. As soon as I told her about the sponsorship and she lit up. She took me into her class to show me her pictures she drew. She took me to the playground to have me push her on the swings. Amazing. I was in Heaven today with this little girl. Someone printed up with picture of me and her and I'm going to give it to her tomorrow.
ahhhhhh. Welllll. Thats the highlight of my week. Tomorrow is Friday and we are putting on the "Celebrate Litsemba" show. I'm sure it will be amazing. Then I wake up at 5 Saturday and I'm off to serve in Kenya and Uganda. Keep checking I might be able to update at some point.
Thank you all for being on this journey.
Peace&Love...SPREAD IT!!
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