Remember Lord what has befallen us. Look and see our disgrace!

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers; our homes to foreigners, we have become orphans, fatherless, and mother's are like widows. We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we gather must be bought, we are weary and are given no rest. Our father's have sinned and are no more and we bear their iniquities. Our skin is hot as an oven with the flaming heat of famine. Women are raped, young women in the towns. Princes are hung by their hands; no respect is given to the elders. Young men grind at the mill and boys stagger under loads of wood. The old men have left the city gate; young men have left their music. The joy of our hearts has ceased and our dancing has been turned into mourning, our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim. But you O Lord reign forever, your throne endures to all generations. Restore us to yourself, that we may be restored. Lamentations 5

 
As I read this passage something weld up inside me. This was written about Swaziland, this was written about South Africa… It was as if someone had written it yesterday. I could not give you a better description of the heartache and trails they face here.

We left Swaziland and headed to South Africa last Monday. God has really moved this week. I have spent a good amount of time at the hospitals and the squatter camps; the hospital has been my heart. I have never experienced a place so ripe for harvest, people come to you and ask for prayer, the say to you "Tell me about Jesus, I don't know Him" yesterday I spent the afternoon in the ICU for preemies.

I prayed life for the babies and health; I prayed that God would use them for His kingdom and for His glory. I spent time with the mother's getting to know the nurses and the peace that filled that room was heavenly. God has placed such a strong vision of taking care of the babies here but also he is growing the vision to help the women here, the new mothers, and those who have lost their babies. Please pray that God will continue to guide me in this process of starting my life here. Pray for peace as I follow blindly. Pray that the enemy will be silenced! I love South Africa, I am so glad to be back here. God is so faithful and I am still falling more in love with Him daily! He blows my mind!!!!