Rosa- a five-year-old girl from Mozambique in the squatter
camp who is abused, abandoned, and now forced to sleep outside in one of the
most dangerous parts of the country.

Nshloso- a six-year-old boy in RFM hospital that fell on a
fire and was abandoned at the hospital in September.

Calile- Nshloso's ten-year-old sister who was abandoned with
Nshloso and is his only caretaker. She sleeps under his crib every night, wakes
up in the morning, walks to school, walks back to the hospital, takes care of
anything Nshloso needs, then does everything all over again.

Zama- a five-year-old boy
with TB in RFM who does not know where he lives or who his parents are.

Tophsihle- a five-year-old girl in the squatter camp that
prostitutes herself so her family will have bread.

Prisca- a lady in the market that has taken eight orphans
into her home (due to her friends dying of illnesses) in addition to the three
of her own and her husband. She only makes enough money to feed some of them
everyday.

There are desperate situations
every day. Many times, it feels as though these situations are so overwhelming
there is no way out. It is so hard for me not to lose hope as I talk to each of
these people every day. My common thoughts say "This is too much, these
problems are too big, and they're not going to survive." However, that is not
what God says.

In I Samuel 14, Jonathan and his armor-bearer seek out the
Philistine army that greatly outnumbers him in strength and size. Yet,
Jonathan's response is not fear or hopelessness. He says, "The Lord will act in
our behalf. Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving, whether by many or by
few." Nothing can hinder the Lord from saving. It does not matter the
size or number of problems we face, because it is the Lord that does the
saving.

As I walk through the streets of Manzini everyday, I am
called to remember that I am not the one who will save Swaziland. The
Lord, whom nothing can hinder, will fight for the hurting children, the
desperate mothers, and me.

My heart continues to break as I witness each of these
situations everyday. I cry out and pray as I don't understand and many times I
am angry about the situations around me. Nevertheless, in the end I know, my
God saves.