God. Is. Faithful. Period.

“I will thank you, Lord, among all the people. I will sing your praises among the nations. For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.” Psalm 57:9-10

The past three and a half weeks have consisted of testimony after testimony of God’s love and faithfulness in my life; I am so thankful for everything I had the opportunity to be part of and the strength he gave me during this busy but incredibly blessed season. As I mentioned in my last blog, my team and I went to Cape Town for the Ten Days for Jesus program 8-21 December. Then, on the 24th we had a big Christmas party for the kids we work with and their parents, and other friends of our ministry. I also celebrated my first birthday and Christmas away from home; lots of milestones this month!

Our time in Cape Town was very busy, running some errands for the Christmas party, which we couldn’t do in Butha-Buthe, and participating in the packed and powerful Ten Days for Jesus program. The goal was to give Jesus a birthday present of serving him for 10 days in the communities All Nations works with in Cape Town. It was a special time for me because I got to reconnect with some great friends made during my time in CPx. I also got to work in the community, Red Hill, in which I ministered during my 2008 mission trip and CPx. Our team saw amazing fruit during the short time we worked in the community and I was so thankful for God’s faithfulness to set such divine appointments for each one of us. My favorite testimony is the way God changed Sean’s life. Sean shared with us the pain and guilt he experiences because he killed his stepfather earlier this year in self-defense as the man was beating his mother. This 19-year-old guy’s entire family and group of friends are addicted to alcohol, and he has also turned to drinking heavily since being released from prison for the crime to escape his pain. God rewarded Sean’s honesty and humility by revealing to his heart the truth that Jesus can save him, forgive him, and set him free to live an abundant life. Our last day in Red Hill we sat with Sean and he said “Sometimes I wonder why I had to be born in such a messed up family, in such a poor community…but I think God has a plan for my life, doesn’t he?” The team looked at each other, grinning, as we let Sean read for himself Jeremiah 1:5 and 29:11. God says “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations…For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord. “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future.” Sean’s face lit up as these words from his heavenly Father sunk deep into his heart and gave him hope. Sean has a tough road ahead of him as God helps him conquer alcoholism, guilt, and major conflicts within his family, but I hope you’ll pray with us that God will protect the seed planted in his heart and raise him up as a light in his family and community. In addition to the work God allowed us to be part of in the community I was also so blessed to be part of what God did in the lives of my teammates. We all grew so much in trusting the Holy Spirit and seeing people the way God does. I loved the chance to get to know such wonderful people and I pray the relationships will continue; maybe some of them will come visit us in Lesotho! Below is a photo of my team, minus myself and Godfrey.


After we got home from Cape Town it was a mad rush to get the final things ready for the Christmas party. I’m reaching new depths of flexibility and faith as I learn to trust God to provide and make a way where there seems to be no way. By many measures we are resource-poor, so up to the last minute it was unclear how we would accomplish some things that were necessary for the party. However, God is ever faithful and he brought everything into place in his perfect timing and by his power alone. We were amazed at the ways God provided for us and want to thank all of you who prayed for us and donated in various ways to the event. God is a God of relationship so we know we cannot do our work alone and deeply value the people God uses to bless us. The party ran smoothly and everyone had such a great time! The kids were so excited, the parents were impressed, and all who participated shared that they were abundantly blessed by the opportunity to be part of what God is doing through us in the village of Nkoeng. During the program our kids presented the poems, dances, and drama they had been working on and we got to hear testimonies from some of them and their parents about the impact our work has had in their lives. We also had the chance to share with those present the vision God has given us for this ministry, which was so powerful because it was our first time to speak with some of the parents whose kids we work with every week. It’s our desire to connect more with the parents in the upcoming year so they can be more involved and touched by what God is doing in their kid’s lives. We always say to the kids “we are a family of Jesus and we love one another” and we were so blessed to get to enjoy the party and share a meal with over 150 members of that family. Of course, no party is complete without a cake fight, so the kids fulfilled that part of the deal by smearing icing all over one another’s faces at the end of the day. I love my job!


This month has been such a special time of growing in faith as God has proven yet again he will meet all my needs and stand behind his word to fulfill it when he asks me to do things, even big things like the Christmas party. He blessed me with joy as I spent holidays away from friends, family and familiar traditions; he gave me the strength I needed for each day and healed me completely in his perfect timing when I fell ill the 3 days before we went to Cape Town and the 3 days just before the Christmas party; he provided amazing opportunities for me to be part of the work he was doing in the lives of the people in Red Hill and on my Ten Days for Jesus team; he sorted out every single detail and provided for a fun, monumental Christmas party for our kids. The moral of every story I’ve been part of this December is that God is loving and God is faithful. For that I am eternally thankful and will praise him among all nations!

Please be praying with me for health and grace as I continue to adjust and grow in my new life. Also, please pray for wisdom and unity as our team dreams and plans for what God wants to do in 2010, both personally and in the ministry. I hope you had a blessed Christmas and pray for a wonderful start to the New Year!

Loving Lesotho Life

I really wish I could take you step by step through the journey God has brought me on the past few weeks. I have been so blessed to experience his faithfulness and confirmations that I am where he wants me to be. From the time he started speaking to me in June about moving back to Lesotho to serve long-term, the cry of my heart has been that he will be with me and lead me by his Holy Spirit; I know very well I cannot move forward without his presence. He affirmed that prayer in a mighty way during a morning of worship with my team here. Holy Spirit took me through the scriptures in Exodus where God used Moses to lead the Israelites in the desert. He reminded me of his faithfulness up to that moment, to lead me and provide for all he called me to: Exodus 19:4 “You…have seen…how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.”
Then God yet again affirmed his call and promised his presence through Exodus 33:12-14: “Moses said to the Lord, ‘You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.’ The Lord replied, ‘My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’”

This is a small example of the many ways God has been comforting me and teaching me through his word over the past two and a half weeks. I arrived in Butha-Buthe, Lesotho from Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa on the 13th of November. Godfrey and I traveled together and joined our teammate, Thandiwe. The day after we arrived we held the Saturday kids program Godfrey has been running in his village all year, which I helped with during my CPx outreach. It was great to see all the kids again and reunite with Godfrey’s family. From Saturday we took a couple days to rest, and then we hit the ground running! God has provided us with a full schedule of opportunities to minister and we are so excited about the work. Mondays we are off; Tuesdays we have team worship and prayer, planning and debrief meetings, and run errands; Wednesdays and Thursdays we do house visits in the community of Nkoeng and attend the JGM (Jesus Generation Movement) gathering Thursday evenings; Fridays we have team prayer and planning, then run an abstinence club with local high school students with whom LXP did an abstinence program earlier this year; Saturdays we have the kids program then go to youth group at the local church from 9 pm to 2 am (what do you think of that, Americans??); Sundays we go to church (again Americans, 11am to 4pm) and spend time with friends and family. I am so excited at the way God has shown us how he wants to spend our time and am abundantly blessed by the way our team has worked together so far. God has truly brought us together, with unique giftings and passions, to accomplish his purposes in Lesotho at such a time as this!

There are many challenges personally, as one would expect in moving to a new country to start a new life. Sometimes I get frustrated that I don’t speak the language; but praise God I am learning quickly. Sometimes I feel lonely because it takes time to make new friends in a new place; but praise God my team is amazing and the families I stay with provide the love I need. Sometimes I really miss my family, especially when I know they are busy decorating the house for Christmas now; but praise God for skype-to-cell-phone calls, email, and snail mail! Sometimes I struggle to adjust to things like the fact that I am going to be sweating on my birthday and Christmas this year instead of the winter season I’m used to; but praise God for sunscreen (which is hard to find here and my black friends laugh at me putting on ☺) and the big Christmas program we are planning for the kids we work with. No matter what challenges I face, God’s promises are bigger; “Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4. The most amazing thing to me about this truth is that sometimes we don’t even know what the desires of our heart really look like, but when we delight ourselves in the Lord he gives them to us as perfect blessings in his perfect time. Who knew the desires of my heart would be found in a village in Butha-Buthe? God knew ☺ Kea leboha haholo Ntate Molimo! Thank you so much Father God, for giving them to me.

P.S. Stay tuned: over the upcoming couple months I will be posting “special features” to share more about what God is doing through the kid’s program, highlights from our house visits in the community, the vision we’ve been given for the future of LXP Lesotho, and more about the team I am part of here. Also, the team will be heading to Cape Town 8-21 December to take part in a ministry program called Ten Days for Jesus and I can’t wait to report back all God does there! Thank you so much for your love, interest, support, and prayers; I would not be who and where if it wasn’t for you. Kea orata, I love you.