Today is Sunday morning and I am writing you from Manzini, Swaziland. The amount of death and destruction we have seen in this country is unreal. More and more, we are seeing the devastating effects of a country whose HIV infection rate is 46%. There are funerals everywhere and orphans by the hundreds in every community we are in.

We have been ministering in what is known as ‘The Low Velt’ of Swaziland. This is an area right on the border of South Africa and Mozambique. It’s very poor, there isn’t much water, and food is in scarce supply. It just heart-breaking to see the numbers of widows trying to care for 8, 10, or 15 orphans in a tiny little hut with no support and no food of their own. Starting tomorrow we are beginning a carepoint from scratch. We’ll start feeding the orphans in the community under a tent (the one I preached in from a video blog a few days ago), with a cast iron pot. We excited to get some of our programs underway in such a desperate place.

We found 95 orphans living alone who hadn’t eaten anything in 3 weeks. I’ll be sending updates and pictures from that place to.

Have a great week everyone and please continue to pray for us. At this point, I am very weary from going 90 mph everyday. The family is great and in good health. No one has been sick! Happy Father’s Day to all of you incredible dads!