The difference two girls made in Swaziland!

We think so often that the problem is too big and we are too small to make a difference in this world! We sell God so short of what He can do through us!!!! Anna and Kaitlin are proof of what can do with a willing heart! These are two young ladies who decided to ask for donations for Swaziland instead of birthday presents earlier this year. A simple idea that has now impacted several girls from Fonteyn and Mangwaneni, Mbabane CarePoints!!! Way to go!

Jabu, an orphan at Fonteyn came up and asked me if I could help her get a new uniform. She usually wore a sweater over it. Why? Because she had been wearing the same uniform to school

for 4 years!!!!! Without her sweater you could see that her uniform could no longer even button together and her hem was let out as far as possible.

That's when I started looking and seeing the holes and patches on other uniforms and I started visiting online with Anna Shaw on how to spend her "birthday" money.

I had the teachers assist me in finding the girls who helped out at the CarePoint and attended

Bible Club regularly and who had outgrown their uniforms. Besides Jabu @ Fonteyn, Nokwanda

"no-kwan-dah", Sikhulile "see-koo-lee-lay", Cebsile "click-abe-see-lay" and Sphiwe "spee-way" were happy and proud to get new uniforms! See the before and after pictures!

At Mangwaneni, Fakazile "fah-gah-zee-lay", Nemi "nay-me", Tambasile "Tom-bah-see-lay" and Thando "Tahn-doe" were all measured. Tambasile will be getting hers this coming Tues. as the seamstress, Nelly finishes it up. The girls agreed that since they look so good now their grades (ranking here) will aslo improve. (Confidence -a side effect to not being ashamed of how you look.)

What Anna and Kaitlin did was improve the self esteem of these girls and let them know that two other girls, that live so far away, cared enough to make sacrifices to help them. The girls could hardly believe that another girl would refuse a present so they could help them!

"Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you teach, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity." 1 Timothy 4:12

Thanks, Anna and Kaitlin for being such an excellent example that we are never too young or too old or too poor or too far away to step out in our faith and make a difference, even over in Africa!!!! I am so proud and honored to be able to be your hands and feet over here!! Way to go!!!