Hello everyone! I'm sorry I didn't post more while I was in Swaziland. Internet and energy were expensive and hard to come by there.
I'm hoping I'll be able to finish the blog this weekend. Along with PLENTY of pictures...hopefully more pictures than writing.
The whole trip was quite an adventure for me. Most of the time it was great, it had it's hard time's though.
I really fell in love with the country. The place is beautiful. Mountains, trees, the people...it's all great. Unfortunately there's also a spiritual darkness to the place. It's not there when you first look, but it becomes very apparent as you look closer.
I'm still trying to figure out how I was affected by the whole trip. I know that we were able to help the kids at the care point, and even some of the surrounding community. I loved being able to give to those kids. While we were saying our final goodbye's one of the kids spoke on behalf of all the rest. She said that they loved every day that we were there. "It was like Christmas day," I believe is what she said.
I'm back home now, and trying to get back on our time. I did better last night. I've got so many stories to tell and pictures to share. I'm looking forward to finishing the blog and talking with all you guys!
God Bless you all
Donovan Pendragon King
Friday, September 17, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Yesterday
Hey guys, I just wanted to drop a qick post today. I'm feeling really tired.
Today in the morning the girls and guys broke up into two teams. The Boys went to get stuff for the care point, and the girls went to the Timbali bags place. The morning went nicely.
In the morning we started out by giving the gogo's (they have another name i cant think of) Some big metal pots for cooking and some large stirring spoons. They loved that. A few where even doing little happy dances.
We spent the rest of the day handing out dresses and shorts to the kids...that went really good. (Lots of pictures)
I did some more talking and hanging out with the kids today..that was all fun. Getting to know (click)oo-le a bit better.
In the evening we split up again (but not men and women). The team I was on got to one home visit which also went very well.
This trip really seems to be turning out well. IT's amazing what God is doing with these people here.
God Bless you all
Donovan Pendragon King
Today in the morning the girls and guys broke up into two teams. The Boys went to get stuff for the care point, and the girls went to the Timbali bags place. The morning went nicely.
In the morning we started out by giving the gogo's (they have another name i cant think of) Some big metal pots for cooking and some large stirring spoons. They loved that. A few where even doing little happy dances.
We spent the rest of the day handing out dresses and shorts to the kids...that went really good. (Lots of pictures)
I did some more talking and hanging out with the kids today..that was all fun. Getting to know (click)oo-le a bit better.
In the evening we split up again (but not men and women). The team I was on got to one home visit which also went very well.
This trip really seems to be turning out well. IT's amazing what God is doing with these people here.
God Bless you all
Donovan Pendragon King
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Second day
So, here I am with another day that leaves me without words. It's an amazing thing to be here with these kids. Most of them have so little, but yet they're so happy.
I know for sure now that I want to do every thing I can to sponsor little (click)ollie. Hard to say I know...I fail almost every time I say it. She's alway's smiling and seeing her in person is just something else. Lol...I often wonder if she's at all scared/weirded out by me being all white...but hey...she seems to like me :).
Pray for her and her family though please. They're in a though spot. The picture you see that's above you is actually one that was taken at her home. She lives on a home stead with 16 other kids. 11 of which are siblings I believe. When we asked them for prayer request the first thing her mom said was to pray for the kids at night because the demons where attacking them.
This whole country is kinda like that...very spiritually rough. And to still see these kids going and smiling away...it's just amazing.
Lol...on a lighter note I think the other ladies on the trip are getting jealous of me ;). This is an EXTREMELY male dominated culture, and that comes out during the home visits. It's custom for the men to sit in any charis that are there...even if it is just a big rock. While the Women get to sit on grass mats on the ground. The men are also supposed to get the most when stuff is handed out. :P Men, Women, then Kids. (Did you know one of the care point moms thought I was 24 or 25!?!?!?!? And she really did mean it).
Tonight we at at a really good restaurant. I had some lamb that really kicked butt!!! The chefs here need to learn how to get chips(fries) crispy though...they really kinda fail at that.
So How are things going for every one else back in the states? Good I hope?
Well...I think that's proly all for now. Please keep these kids in your prayers and your thoughts and well frankly your giving too if you can...they really need it...
Pray for her and her family though please. They're in a though spot. The picture you see that's above you is actually one that was taken at her home. She lives on a home stead with 16 other kids. 11 of which are siblings I believe. When we asked them for prayer request the first thing her mom said was to pray for the kids at night because the demons where attacking them.
This whole country is kinda like that...very spiritually rough. And to still see these kids going and smiling away...it's just amazing.
Lol...on a lighter note I think the other ladies on the trip are getting jealous of me ;). This is an EXTREMELY male dominated culture, and that comes out during the home visits. It's custom for the men to sit in any charis that are there...even if it is just a big rock. While the Women get to sit on grass mats on the ground. The men are also supposed to get the most when stuff is handed out. :P Men, Women, then Kids. (Did you know one of the care point moms thought I was 24 or 25!?!?!?!? And she really did mean it).
Tonight we at at a really good restaurant. I had some lamb that really kicked butt!!! The chefs here need to learn how to get chips(fries) crispy though...they really kinda fail at that.
So How are things going for every one else back in the states? Good I hope?
Well...I think that's proly all for now. Please keep these kids in your prayers and your thoughts and well frankly your giving too if you can...they really need it...
God Bless you all
Donovan Pendragon King
Donovan Pendragon King
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
First day!!!!!
OK...wow...what a day. I'm sorry if my blog post don"t make a ton of sense. I'm not very good at just venting thoughts into this type of writing.
So today was the first day we spent with the kids from the care point. If you want to see lots of pictures I think my dad will be posting on the Knowntome blog here soon.
Well we hadd a really awesome drive out into the country to our care point. It's interesting to be driving through the hills going 50-60mph (which is what our driver goes 90% of the time). There're lots of little kids along the way, and they just smile and wave. So so cute.
I also saw some goats.
We got to the care point just as the kids started to trickle in. The area that they did the feeding in the first time my dad went is now a huge "play zone." Soccer is what most of the boys do. The girls play a game that involves getting yourself over a string...I'd like to try but they'd proly think that was really strange.
Today the kids took a little while to warm up to us...I'm guessing the warmup time will get shorter and shorter as time goes on.
There was on girl there today who really glued herself to me, and another who I have a feeling I'm supposed to sponser...or be her "Speacial Friend" as they call it here, I'm really not sure yet though. I can't remember the name of the first girl...but the second is named Cullio (I think that's how its spelled... [clicking sound]c-oo-low, I think that's how you say it).
So many cute little kids there...and most of them love to be loved on...at one point I had 3 little ones kinda fighting over who i got to hold. I ended up making them take turns. After that I held one in my arms, and the other two kid's hands and we walked down to the soccer field. (Which BTW is called football here)
They also love the camera's. You take a picture and they all want to see it. Most of them at least smile, some burst into hystarical laughter! It's so great!!!
I also met a shy little dog at the care ponit who I finaly got to trust me. I fed him some cracker bits I had. I'm sure I'll be seeing more of him :P.
Tonight we went to a nice reastraunt..lol..it had couche like things with pillows and bean bags on the side of the table where I sat...I fell asleep. I ordered ox tail, it was very good. Lots of tiny bones, but very good.
Well I hope you all are having a wonderful day, and an amazing week. I know for me this week is going to be something else. I'll post more as soon as I get the chance.
God Bless you all
Donovan Pendragon King
So today was the first day we spent with the kids from the care point. If you want to see lots of pictures I think my dad will be posting on the Knowntome blog here soon.
Well we hadd a really awesome drive out into the country to our care point. It's interesting to be driving through the hills going 50-60mph (which is what our driver goes 90% of the time). There're lots of little kids along the way, and they just smile and wave. So so cute.
I also saw some goats.
We got to the care point just as the kids started to trickle in. The area that they did the feeding in the first time my dad went is now a huge "play zone." Soccer is what most of the boys do. The girls play a game that involves getting yourself over a string...I'd like to try but they'd proly think that was really strange.
Today the kids took a little while to warm up to us...I'm guessing the warmup time will get shorter and shorter as time goes on.
There was on girl there today who really glued herself to me, and another who I have a feeling I'm supposed to sponser...or be her "Speacial Friend" as they call it here, I'm really not sure yet though. I can't remember the name of the first girl...but the second is named Cullio (I think that's how its spelled... [clicking sound]c-oo-low, I think that's how you say it).
So many cute little kids there...and most of them love to be loved on...at one point I had 3 little ones kinda fighting over who i got to hold. I ended up making them take turns. After that I held one in my arms, and the other two kid's hands and we walked down to the soccer field. (Which BTW is called football here)
They also love the camera's. You take a picture and they all want to see it. Most of them at least smile, some burst into hystarical laughter! It's so great!!!
I also met a shy little dog at the care ponit who I finaly got to trust me. I fed him some cracker bits I had. I'm sure I'll be seeing more of him :P.
Tonight we went to a nice reastraunt..lol..it had couche like things with pillows and bean bags on the side of the table where I sat...I fell asleep. I ordered ox tail, it was very good. Lots of tiny bones, but very good.
Well I hope you all are having a wonderful day, and an amazing week. I know for me this week is going to be something else. I'll post more as soon as I get the chance.
God Bless you all
Donovan Pendragon King
Monday, September 6, 2010
Hey Guys, I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get to the blog.
Well we started our journey Saturday morning with a car ride from St. Joe to Indi.
It's always fun to start a trip, and I know I had a great time. We stopped at a subway for some breakfast (which was good) and had a fly that we were trying to kill annoying us for the whole car ride (which was bad). Over all though it was a good ride.
After geting to Indi. we waited around, checked in our tons and tons of check in bags and took a nice little 1hr flight to Atlanta.
After ariving in atlanta we had about 3hrs to wait around...I ate a hamburger and made a phone call. The whole thing seemed very short for me at least. ...And then we got to have lots of fun :\. We got to start our 16 hr flight :|. The long flights are tough. This plane had personal TV screens...so that made it a bit easier. And really they had a very nice selection of movies to piuck from. I watched Book of Eli again, Both of the God Father movies (well I sorta watched them...I sta God bless you allrted nodding near the end of both of them...so i kinda missed huge points in the story), and I wache all but the end of The Informant. I trid\ed to get a bit of sleep, but it was hard. Plane food is also just nasty.
Thankfully after what felt like forever we made it to Joburg. We got through customs at the air port, met our gide, got checked in at our hotel and when out to eat...and this place HAS THE BEST CHICKEN I HAVE EVER HAD!!!! It was crazy....the sause there was good too. One thing that really stuck me when we got there is how you can go to the other side of the world...and even though things are very different, they're also very much the same. We're all human...kinda cool huh?
Anyways next morning we drove from Joburg to Manzini Cap. of swaziland...and that's were we are right tow...we'll be visting the care point tomorrow morning. Man...I guess there's some sort of big protect thing going on...and the king isnt happy about it. There're police and army all over the place...thankfully we never got more than them just asking to see our pasports...but ya...there were even people getting arrested from our hotel. Interesting huh? I'm in a kingdom...here what the king says goes.
Well any way I should get going...I hope you all are having a great time...I'll try to post tomorrow about the first day at the care point. Please be praying!
God Bless you all
Donovan Pendragon King
Well we started our journey Saturday morning with a car ride from St. Joe to Indi.
It's always fun to start a trip, and I know I had a great time. We stopped at a subway for some breakfast (which was good) and had a fly that we were trying to kill annoying us for the whole car ride (which was bad). Over all though it was a good ride.
After geting to Indi. we waited around, checked in our tons and tons of check in bags and took a nice little 1hr flight to Atlanta.
After ariving in atlanta we had about 3hrs to wait around...I ate a hamburger and made a phone call. The whole thing seemed very short for me at least. ...And then we got to have lots of fun :\. We got to start our 16 hr flight :|. The long flights are tough. This plane had personal TV screens...so that made it a bit easier. And really they had a very nice selection of movies to piuck from. I watched Book of Eli again, Both of the God Father movies (well I sorta watched them...I sta God bless you allrted nodding near the end of both of them...so i kinda missed huge points in the story), and I wache all but the end of The Informant. I trid\ed to get a bit of sleep, but it was hard. Plane food is also just nasty.
Thankfully after what felt like forever we made it to Joburg. We got through customs at the air port, met our gide, got checked in at our hotel and when out to eat...and this place HAS THE BEST CHICKEN I HAVE EVER HAD!!!! It was crazy....the sause there was good too. One thing that really stuck me when we got there is how you can go to the other side of the world...and even though things are very different, they're also very much the same. We're all human...kinda cool huh?
Anyways next morning we drove from Joburg to Manzini Cap. of swaziland...and that's were we are right tow...we'll be visting the care point tomorrow morning. Man...I guess there's some sort of big protect thing going on...and the king isnt happy about it. There're police and army all over the place...thankfully we never got more than them just asking to see our pasports...but ya...there were even people getting arrested from our hotel. Interesting huh? I'm in a kingdom...here what the king says goes.
Well any way I should get going...I hope you all are having a great time...I'll try to post tomorrow about the first day at the care point. Please be praying!
God Bless you all
Donovan Pendragon King
Friday, September 3, 2010
Leaving tomorrow
Hello, just a quick first intro post here.
My Dad and I will be leaving tomorrow for Knowntome's care point in Swaziland Africa!!! Basically we're going over there to show some love to some kids that really need it, and also to visit and minister to some of the people who live near by.
I'll be posting updates here as often as I can. Internet can be tricky to get some times so we'll see what happens. I'll also be posting photo's.
Well I need to go get started on my packing. Yes...I'm packing for a trip to the other side of the world the night before I leave...smart right? Oh well, have a great night every one!
God Bless you all,
Donovan Pendragon King
My Dad and I will be leaving tomorrow for Knowntome's care point in Swaziland Africa!!! Basically we're going over there to show some love to some kids that really need it, and also to visit and minister to some of the people who live near by.
I'll be posting updates here as often as I can. Internet can be tricky to get some times so we'll see what happens. I'll also be posting photo's.
Well I need to go get started on my packing. Yes...I'm packing for a trip to the other side of the world the night before I leave...smart right? Oh well, have a great night every one!
God Bless you all,
Donovan Pendragon King
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