The Sweerin's

  Greetings family and friends   “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.’” - Lamentations 3:22-24 (NIV)  The year  2020 has brought about many new changes and challenges. I am sure each one of you can think through your personal highs and lows that you experienced this year. Despite all the changes we had to go through I am thankful God's Word doesn't change, because our God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. God's Word has a way of putting things into perspective, and allows us to see it through a different lense. The Word reminds us to praise and give thanks for all He has done in our lives. It also encourages us to believe that He will continue to do a good work in us as we trust in Him. God’s love for us never fails. What a beautiful statement that is! Even when we make mistakes...

  Greetings from Zambia! We have been in Zambia for almost 2 weeks and we are getting settled in. It is a bit strange to be in November and not putting on coats, hats, gloves, etc before heading out the door. The kids said it feels like we walked into summer. It has rained some and more rain forecasted in the near future, so we are praying the crops and garden produce will grow well with this beneficial rain.  We were able to get a direct flight from Chicago to Ethiopia, and then Ethiopia to Lusaka, Zambia. It was long flight but all did very well considering the circumstance. The airline had us scattered throughout the plane, but thankfully they had a section of 6 seats available for us all. It was a very full flight to Ethiopia so it was a miracle that we were able to be all together. We made it through the Ethiopian airport smoothly, but no one mentioned to us that our gate number was changed. We were sitting at our gate but no one seemed to be boarding which we thought w...