"Share A Pair" Is Still On Its Feet

With my first visit to the Maphiveni Care Point I was delighted to see some of the shoes Live in Love brought to the cooks last October. This is a picture of Maria sporting her fun-colored crocs. We knew it meant a lot to them at the time but had no idea they would be wearing them 8 months later. What a joy!

To read more about the Share A Pair project, check out the previous posts.

Live in Love: First Week in Swaziland

Live in Love returned to Swaziland this month for an extended stay to work with the children in a rural area called Maphiveni. While Lori settles in and begins the important work ahead, Syndy will visit in September to add her photography skills, her love, and her special touches.

The first week included meeting many people and children, attending church amidst the sugar cane fields where the music and singing almost blew the roof off the building, and seeing the land where the home for children who are orphaned and abused as well as a future hospice home will be built. The setting and views are beautiful and will be an ideal site to help children know they are loved.

A visit with PePe, a girl we wrote about in a previous post, rounded out the week. She greeted us with a smile in front of the orphanage where she now lives.

As we look forward to the months (and, hopefully, years) ahead, there is great anticipation and excitement about what is to come. We invite you to continue this journey with us, viewing this blog often to see the updates and happenings from Swaziland and ways you may help. Current opportunities to join us, to partner with us, include the purchase of a safe, reliable vehicle to transport children with HIV/AIDS to a clinic 1.5 hours from Maphiveni. Please e-mail us through this blog site for more information or send tax-deductible contributions to Heartworks, 150 St. Charles Rd, Carol Stream, IL 60188.

We always welcome encouraging thoughts and prayers and hope you will choose to Live in Love everyday.