You are cordially invited to travel to Lesotho, a beautiful mountain kingdom in southern Africa. In Lesotho you will breathe clean air as you live and work at the highest “low point” of any country. You will witness the power of a surreal waterfall, nearly 4 times as long as Niagara Falls; you will walk in dinosaur footprints; and you will enjoy the sunniest days at a balmy degrees. (Bring a sweater, you may get cool at night.) You will take so many stunning pictures that you will have trouble deciding which one to set as your phone wallpaper. 

Jeff and I will be leaving tomorrow to enter this paradise that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien’s Shire landscape. (He visited Lesotho as a child.) We will work alongside Africans from several nations, training in both mission studies and agricultural practices simultaneously. (Click here to learn more about the Growing Nations program.)

Here’s how you can come with us: 

Follow our blogs and our stories. Read about the wonderful people we meet and the beautiful land we encounter. Laugh at our mishaps, pray for our mistakes, and rejoice over any victories God accomplishes through us.

Pray for the Lesotho people, that they would  see and know God. Pray for the ones who are sent out as missionaries into other African nations. Pray for the farmers, that their crops would yield fruit in its season. And pray for the unbelievers, that their hearts would be turned. 

Make plans to go on mission yourself! Check out your church’s mission opportunities, look into state programs, find a summer trip-whether it is near or far- and commit to go! Seek ways to meet practical needs by being the hands and feet of Christ, even if it is in your very own community. Pray that God would put you in contact with someone that needs to hear the good news. And pray for the courage to share that message.

There is a mission field all around you, maybe even in your own home. Let our trip inspire your next trip. God calls and equips us each differently, so be on the lookout for your mission assignment today!