Swaziland!

For the week following the missionary retreat I was blessed to spend time in Swaziland!  This is a small country land-locked in South Africa.  The Emmanuel Wesleyan Bible College has been in Swaziland for many years and its ministry is comparable to Pilgrim Wesleyan Bible College in Zambia.  It was a great learning experience for me to see the similarities and differences between the two colleges and cultures, as well as a blessing to live life with the missionaries who serve there- Dorcas Croft and her son Mathias and Fred and Carol Cromer. 

For part of my time in Swaziland Carol taught me to use the Dewey Decimal System to classify and catalogue books.  I will be passing on the skills I learned to the librarian at PWBC so that she can continue to add new books to the library as they come in.  It sure is a different world to not have a computer system for cataloging!!

Other notable parts of the week included a lunch out where we visited a Swazi Candle Factory- the pictures tell the story! I also enjoyed playing lots of games with everyone, including hours of very competitive “Go Fish” with 8 year old Mathias J

GO FISH with Mathias :) 

The EWBC library

Carol, teaching me the Dewey Decimal System

Candle creations at the Swazi candle factory

The view from the back porch

Chapel at EWBC

Fred preaching

The church we visited, with their new building in the background. Almost finished!

View from the church property

The church service