http://www.mamelodistories.org/2008/12/28/bulembu-swaziland-gods-redemptive-hand-at-work/ Life in a township in South Africa Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mamelodistories.org/2008/12/28/bulembu-swaziland-gods-redemptive-hand-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Back to Bulembu | Mamelodi Stories Sun, 10 May 2009 20:04:29 +0000 http://www.mamelodistories.org/?p=306#comment-566 [...] A few things struck me on this second visit. I loved Bulembu the first time but was secretly prepared for a less-romanticized experience, simply because we were already familiar with the place. I was surprised; in no way had Bulembu lost its luster. In fact, it was even more clear to us how God is using this village and drawing the right people into His mission there. Since December, a new primary school has opened, four times the capacity of the previous school; the arts & crafts center employing ladies from the village is ever-creative in the goods sold at the gift shop; the dairy is soon to open, which will provide more than 200 gallons of milk per day for the village and ministries; and most striking, an abandoned building we toured in December is now a beautiful welcome center for abandoned or abused children from all over Swaziland, before they are placed in specific homes in Bulembu. For more background on the incredible story of how a once-abandoned mining town is regaining life through the obedience of Christians, check out our previous blog post on Bulembu. [...] [...] A few things struck me on this second visit. I loved Bulembu the first time but was secretly prepared for a less-romanticized experience, simply because we were already familiar with the place. I was surprised; in no way had Bulembu lost its luster. In fact, it was even more clear to us how God is using this village and drawing the right people into His mission there. Since December, a new primary school has opened, four times the capacity of the previous school; the arts & crafts center employing ladies from the village is ever-creative in the goods sold at the gift shop; the dairy is soon to open, which will provide more than 200 gallons of milk per day for the village and ministries; and most striking, an abandoned building we toured in December is now a beautiful welcome center for abandoned or abused children from all over Swaziland, before they are placed in specific homes in Bulembu. For more background on the incredible story of how a once-abandoned mining town is regaining life through the obedience of Christians, check out our previous blog post on Bulembu. [...]

]]> http://www.mamelodistories.org/2008/12/28/bulembu-swaziland-gods-redemptive-hand-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-273 ABC Ministry: Out of the Miry Clay | Mamelodi Stories Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:23:53 +0000 http://www.mamelodistories.org/?p=306#comment-273 [...] posts:Bulembu, Swaziland: God’s Redemptive Hand At WorkBright, Shining Faces: An HIV Stories [...] [...] posts:Bulembu, Swaziland: God’s Redemptive Hand At WorkBright, Shining Faces: An HIV Stories [...]

]]> http://www.mamelodistories.org/2008/12/28/bulembu-swaziland-gods-redemptive-hand-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Willieum Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:04:04 +0000 http://www.mamelodistories.org/?p=306#comment-272 I make my living managing asbestos for the municipal government of an eastern seaboard city in the US. I deal with it virtually everyday. Please consider that the town may have been abandoned because the town has been contaminated by the processing of the mineral. Asbestosis does not show up for 10 to 40 years following exposure. There are documented cases where the only exposure was a wife washing her husbands clothes. The town of Libby, Montana (now a ghost town) is a good example what asbestos can do to destroy a comunity. Tread carefully. I make my living managing asbestos for the municipal government of an eastern seaboard city in the US. I deal with it virtually everyday. Please consider that the town may have been abandoned because the town has been contaminated by the processing of the mineral. Asbestosis does not show up for 10 to 40 years following exposure. There are documented cases where the only exposure was a wife washing her husbands clothes. The town of Libby, Montana (now a ghost town) is a good example what asbestos can do to destroy a comunity. Tread carefully.

]]> http://www.mamelodistories.org/2008/12/28/bulembu-swaziland-gods-redemptive-hand-at-work/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Nevin Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:03:51 +0000 http://www.mamelodistories.org/?p=306#comment-271 Wow - thanks for sharing about your trip to Swaziland. I had never heard of this town......... Sounds like an amazing place. Peace. Wow – thanks for sharing about your trip to Swaziland. I had never heard of this town……… Sounds like an amazing place. Peace.

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