Sights & Sounds of Swaziland - Watching a young man finger a loaf of bread in a grocery store. (Cost is 80 cents, up from 50 cents last year. Economic woes in privileged countries negatively impact 3rd world countries on an even greater scale.) The young man held the loaf of bread, turned it over in is hands, put it back on the shelf, and walked out of the store with nothing…

Janet Tuinstra, For TLC
Sights & Sounds of Swaziland - Watching a young man finger a loaf of bread in a grocery store. (Cost is 80 cents, up from 50 cents last year. Economic woes in privileged countries negatively impact 3rd world countries on an even greater scale.) The young man held the loaf of bread, turned it over in is hands, put it back on the shelf, and walked out of the store with nothing…

Janet Tuinstra, For TLC

Jan Tuinstra

Occupation: schoolteacher, journalist

Areas of service in Swaziland: pharmacy, hospital

Years served in Swaziland: 2005, 2006, 2007

It's a privilege to join The Luke Commission in Swaziland. God is moving across that land, and the bush medical clinics are in the midst of that movement.

Swazis are dying of AIDS in record numbers. However, Swazis are meeting Jesus Christ and owning their first Bibles in record numbers, too.

Being part of The Luke Commission team "on the ground" is both humbling and exhilarating.

Travel to the rural clinics is often harrowing and uncomfortable, but the welcome we receive upon arrival erases those inconveniences. Work at the clinics is demanding and unpredictable, but the Swazis' gratitude oozes through those long hours. Sickness and disease all around, but the Swazis' openness to their only real Hope conquers even death.

It's not a vacation or an experience. It's a calling, one that will change your life and the lives of Africans alike. Thank you, Jesus!
 

  

Occupation: schoolteacher, journalist

Areas of service in Swaziland: pharmacy, hospital

Years served in Swaziland: 2005, 2006, 2007

It's a privilege to join The Luke Commission in Swaziland. God is moving across that land, and the bush medical clinics are in the midst of that movement.

Swazis are dying of AIDS in record numbers. However, Swazis are meeting Jesus Christ and owning their first Bibles in record numbers, too.

Being part of The Luke Commission team "on the ground" is both humbling and exhilarating.

Travel to the rural clinics is often harrowing and uncomfortable, but the welcome we receive upon arrival erases those inconveniences. Work at the clinics is demanding and unpredictable, but the Swazis' gratitude oozes through those long hours. Sickness and disease all around, but the Swazis' openness to their only real Hope conquers even death.

It's not a vacation or an experience. It's a calling, one that will change your life and the lives of Africans alike. Thank you, Jesus!