hosanna

Happy Easter week!!!!!!! What an amazing time to celebrate our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and all that He has done for us! 

Jesus, the long awaited messiah, has come and has entered the city!! Hundreds of people crowd the street to see this man that has been the talk of the town for the past 3 years! You stand on the edge of the rode and people begin to lay down palm branches and their robes to prepare the way for Him. You hear all the people around you shouting “Hosanna! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD! The King of Israel!” Jesus hasn’t come how you expected, you expected Him to come riding in on a white horse, however He has come riding on a lowly donkey, a picture of grace and humility. 

At our carepoint everyday we have a short time to share a message from the word of God! The other day we shared about the triumphal entry of Jesus!! And then afterwards we had them act it out and be the people in Jerusalem. It was so fun to see all the kids shouting and praising the Lord as we acted it out. Although it was super chaotic and crazy, it was a really sweet picture of the kingdom of God!! The gospel and the events that occurred 2,000 years ago still have an everyday application! 

God is working and moving in the lives of these children and it’s been so sweet to get to witness it! A lot of them don’t have parents or a safe home life, so to get to love them and be a safe fun place for them has been so cool. They are all so grateful for the little they have been given and so easily rejoice in all things. 

We are planning to provide a different meal one day for the kids at our care point as fun celebration. We would love to bless the Tembehni care point and love the all of the Lords little children. If you would be interested in sowing into this ministry opportunity, you can venmo me at emilyknollenberg

Thank you for your continued support through prayer. You have no idea the impact it has made! Pray that the children’s hearts would be opened to the love of Christ. And as we near the end of the race pray that we would finish with endurance and continue to love the people around us. Pray that we would grow in even greater unity and would preach the gospel with all boldness.

I miss you all so much and I’m praying for y’all. I pray that you would experience the depths of the Fathers love for you more this week, and may you walk in light of His resurrection always, because He is risen!!!! Please let me know if there is anyway I can specifically be praying for you, and I’ll continue to keep you guys updated on all the Lord is doing here in Eswatini. 

Prayer

Lord I pray that you would continue to show us what it looks like to follow you and to praise you with our lives! Thank you  for coming into our city and leading us in grace and humility! We love you and pray all of this is Jesus name, amen