Christi Bowman and her husband Kevin went to Swaziland a few months ago and it wrecked her. The ministry there does that to a lot of people. She went reluctantly and got ambushed by God. While visiting the Nsoko carepoint she felt God saying, "Pick up that little girl over there." And for an hour she resisted the Lord.

Then the little girl came over and stood in front of her. She was feverish and covered with sores - probably HIV-infected. Christi reached out to the girl and held her and when she did, something inside her broke. Christi realized that she was giving the girl the only comfort on that hot day that she would get.  Christi has three children of her own. She knows what it is to miss a mother's love. She knows the difference a mom makes. Later, she said, "I'll never be the same. "

And now that she's returned, she and Kevin feel God calling them to go back. Christi can't sit still - she has to respond. And so should some of the rest of us. If you're not doing widows and orphans somewhere else, join us in caring for the nation that is dying of AIDS faster than any other in the world.

The sacrifices required in leaving America behind are many, but as this video about our ministry in Swaziland makes clear, something must be done. Someone must go.

I'll share more about Christi and Kevin in a future blog.