My Siteki Walks
In 2008 I was privileged to go and serve the people of the beautiful country of Swaziland Africa, which is sadly an aids stricken and impoverished land. In so many ways it brought me salvation...
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We would follow the Global school children to their homes, often walking many miles.They never complained. |
i wrote this after one of those walks...
My Siteki Walks
we walk far
we sit on mats
our host sits on rocks with bare dirty feet, his pants are dirty, he's very quiet
we lean on a wooden structure, it holds corn
we sit in the shade
the children find shade and are patient and sit and wait, never rude
there is a gentle breeze , a beautiful hillside and blue sky
the mother is sick
the daughter we interview , so shy, she's holding a pack of skittles i gave her,
we are sitting on a mat together
the mother wears a skirt and dusty clogs, she too is dirty, she wears a pretty black blouse,
her hair hidden by a native scarf, we pray for her
there is a fence of narrow sticks, the rooster crows in the distance, the sky is beautiful blue,
the birds sing
it is peaceful here in this place
across the way is a mango and cabbage farm
Pumsile is sitting on the mat too, the families are glad the head teacher visits their homes,
she is offered water to drink from a glass
her shoes are off, she has walked far these last few days, there are holes in her socks
some homesteads poor, but rich
some homesteads poor, sick, unattended, dirty, hopeless
chickens everywhere, the little ones crawl up in our laps
talking with the families, aunt, grandmother, uncle, rarely parents and rarely both alive
today a mother accepted Jesus
hope has come
she is Thembinkosi's mother, he has become my friend, as we walked together
God is here
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beautiful children |
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serving together  if you would like to help please go to: Wooden School House |
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