I didn’t know that it would rain so much in Lesotho. It’s raining right now and it even rained for a whole week a few weeks ago. It sounds so loud on our sheet metal roof, sometimes it’s hard to sleep. Our ministry here is great! We do house visits and evangelism. Two weeks ago we spent the whole week walking to the same village, until we eventually talked to the whole village. The walk wasn’t far, about 40 minutes and very pretty. During a few house visits we got informed house bad the job situation is here in Lesotho. I have met countless people, mothers and daughters, who have had family go to South Africa for jobs and never return. Their kids and husbands never to be seen again. It is heartbreaking. Almost everyone I have talked to over the past few weeks attends a church of some sort, so we usually end up encouraging them in their walk and praying over them.

On April 2nd, our host got us a taxi to a village on the other side of the distant mountain range, about a one and a half hour drive. We got to do a day trip there and it was amazing. At 9 am we arrived at this lady’s house that doubled as a preschool, and she had one of the most beautiful views I have ever seen. From there we split into small groups, each group with a Sesotho translator. I was in a group with Eric, Thomas, Jenny, and Porcha our translator. Jenny and her Husband are from America and are living here for the next five years. We were given four hours to go evangelize to people. How that works here is you just walk onto someone’s lot and start talking. It’s pretty unique. Over those four hours we talked to six people at their houses, and one interaction stood out to me the most. We walked down a small hill onto a lot that once again, had a fantastic view of the mountains. Porcha is asking around to see if anyone’s home and then she walks inside the open front door. Then she told us we could come in. When we walked in there was only a bed inside with a woman lying on the bed. She was 74 years old and I thought she must’ve been in some physical pain because she was in bed at midday. We began talking and told her we were there because we love Jesus and want to share his love to others. She then told us how much she also loves Jesus and she told us a bunch of parables and story’s from the bible that she loved. We also found out that she was completely blind, and had been for 21 years. Remember what I said about jobs being difficult in Lesotho? This lady told us that her kids went to South Africa for jobs in 2019, and that her kids left their kids in Lesotho. It was so sad to hear, and because this woman is bind, her grandkids have been taking care of her, and her kids had never come back. What stood out to me the most in this conversation was, despite her living condition not being what she wants, she still had a happy relationship with Jesus. It reminded me of Romans 8:18 “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” It was inspiring for me to see in person. Someone with every reason to not be happy or trust in the Lord, yet continuing to praise his name. We went back to the school house for lunch and after lunch we went back to this woman’s house to give her an audio bible. She was very grateful.

This weekend was Easter weekend! Our church held a service Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! Throughout the three days, we had a lot of people show up to church. In fact, during our day trip, we invited a lady and her kid to come, she would have to walk over two hours. She told us her daughter’s 5th birthday was on Saturday so probably not. Saturday morning I walked into the service and her and her daughter were sitting there! She had her doubts about Christianity and lived very lukewarmly, so I was so glad to see her there. The Easter services included a large amount of worship. Worship here doesn’t include instruments, just hands, voices, and whistles. After worship the pastors had a continuing sermon on Joshua. After church everyday the locals would cook up some really good Braai, a South African delicacy. I’m very exited to see what the Lord has in store for the next three weeks on the field. Happy Easter!