Our leader Cassie has been working in Swaziland for about 2 years now. She used to live in the rural area and while she was living there she met these six amazing kids. Donzela, Nonthandazo, Tulile, Bonginkosi, Bongile, and Mcebo. They are so precious! On Monday she brought all of them to our house, and then Melissa and I tagged along with all of them to Milwane. Milwane is a game reserve that mainly has deer creatures, warhogs, zebra and ostriches. There are also crocodiles and hippos, but those are rare. When we saw an animal, the kids freaked. I mean pushing and crawling over each other to get to the window. Then they would yell "Zebra, buya!" which means "Zebra, come!" You would think that Swazi kids would not be as excited, but they were. For me it was more fun to watch them freaking out about the animals then seeing the animals.
While we were at the game park we got them some ice cream (should've seen their faces) and then some chips to feed the turtles. There is this window where you can look over the river and there was a croc just sitting out on the bank with his mouth open and they got a kick out of it. I was really hoping he would eat something, but we were out of luck.
After the game park we took them out to KFC. Now you may ask why KFC, well first you'll probably ask if there is actually a KFC in Africa, but my friend, let me tell you. KFC is like the social cool spot. It's ridiculous. We were stared at ridiculously because I mean 3 white girls with 6 black kids makes a statement. It was such a blessing to me to be able to help bless them. They live in a rural area so for them to be able to go somewhere past their school is big. It was just beautiful to be able to spend a day with them, they are so precious and you can definitely see Jesus in all of them.
I just wanted to share this quick story with you. I'll post pictures as soon as I can. My camera died so all of the pictures are on Cassie's camera. Please lift up these little ones, that God will continue to put people like Cassie in their life to build them up. Pray that they are always drawn closer and closer to Him. Thanks!