"Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare." - Psalm 40:5

March was an exciting month for our little church at Mphosi. If you remember in my last post I mentioned that the community leaders had not given us permission to build a new church structure. The good news is that in March, the community leaders came to the land and gave their blessing on the building! Now the church is able to continue the building process.

During the meeting, various individuals stood up to say a word of appreciation or blessing to the church. 

The building in the background is the current church structure where the church has met for years.  The ladies at our church made food over the fire for all the guests. 

This cinder block is where the community leaders marked the edge of the church property. 

The church building had already been started, but we were waiting for the official blessing from the community leaders to keep building.

I have been keeping busy with my outpatient nursing job - still working a bunch of hours there. After talking with some friends and assessing my work situation, I've decided to start working part time next month. I'm hoping to work 3 days a week instead of the current 5 days/week.

Mapile and I also had the joy of having some dear friends visit with us in March. Brandon and Joy came for one week, and we really enjoyed our time together. We went to a local game park, Mlilwane, and spent an afternoon swimming in the pool there. We had taken a volleyball with us, and we had at least 10 other people who joined us for playing volleyball in the pool! It was also refreshing to have a chance to catch up with friends, have a good excuse to go out to eat, and just do fun things together.

Hanging out with Brandon and Joy in our apartment. We made yummy food together, which was pretty exciting.

Easter services were held here at the Bible College for the whole Wesleyan church. They started the services on Thursday evening before Easter, and the services kept on happening until the main service on Sunday morning. Many people came to the college and "camped" here - sleeping in the dining hall and the chapel in order to attend all the services. Unfortunately, I had to work that whole week and weekend, so I don't have any fun pictures to show of that.

Some really exciting news for me is that I started a Bible study with some missionary ladies in Manzini this past week. The study is called "Wonder Struck," and it came at a really good time for me. I have been praying for something to help me grow spiritually, and I wanted to be able to meet with other ladies, so this was a wonderful answer to prayer for me. We met for the first time this past Tuesday, and we will continue to meet for the next 7 weeks or so.

I guess that's all of the big news. As far as small news goes, I killed my first chicken today. A lady at the Bible College gave us a chicken to help celebrate Mapile finishing his undergrad theology degree at Hebron in South Africa (which also happened this month - Mapile's paperwork got graded and he has a degree now!)... so she gave us a "home chicken" to celebrate.