Healing Place Church Swaziland

Mangwaneni Outreach

Healing Place Church Swaziland has started to reach out to a CarePoint in Mbabane every other week. Mangwaneni is a community about a mile outside of town. It is situated on the side of the mountain as an informal settlement. The area is full of people who moved to town in order to find work. Some residents have money but the overwhelming majority live in poverty.

412, the HPC Swazi youth group, visits Mangwaneni every other week to reach out to the teens and pre-teens of the area. They meet at the CarePoint to play games, build relationships and speak truth. This is an important outreach because it goes beyond the four walls of the church. See the HPC interns reflections about why they like to go to Mangwaneni and why it’s important…

Paul Chasusa – I love the fact that it’s a bit different to 412. It’s having God praising God in a different way. I think it’s important because a bunch of the youth can’t make it to church because of transport and other issues. This is our chance to take God, HPC and specifically 412 to them.

Karl Zowa – I like that when we go to Mangwaneni, the 412 youth that come with us go all over the community to invite people. There is a unity amongst the youth and all of  us share a purpose. It is cool and it’s important because our mission is to change the situation and lives in Mangwaneni.

Tyrone Dlamini – I like the experience in the Kombi, its crazy…we’re laughing and we’re having fun together outside of a Church Service. It helps the leaders at 412 to grow and expand in their ministry. It is helping to set the foundation for our church to impact the whole community of Mangwaneni.

Tamara Chasusa – I like the fact that we get to hang out with other youth that do not come to 412. It teaches our youth group the importance of going outside of their comfort zones in order to reach out to people. It is important because it teaches the youth to talk to, pray for, and believe God for people that are a bit different than they are.

June 30, 2009 - Posted by hpcswaziland | Uncategorized