THIS IS HOW

THIS IS HOW MY COOKING CLASS IN ESWATINI ENDED UP WITH ME PROMISING A STRANGER TO BUILD THEM A HOME. AND IT ALL STARTED WHEN I ASKED MY INCREDIBLE GUIDE MK IF HE COULD FIND ME AN AUTHENTIC LOCAL COOKING EXPERIENCE. AND THAT'S HOW I MET MAMA T. SHE WELCOMED ME INTO HER HOME AND TAUGHT ME TO COOK OVER AN OPEN FIRE EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS NERVOUS TO HAVE ME. AND IN THE PROCESS SHE ALMOST WATCHED ME LIGHT MYSELF ON FIRE AND THE ENTIRE YARD. WE LAUGHED, WE COOKED AND SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN SHE SHARED HER STORY. AND SHE TOLD ME SHE'D ALMOST SAID NO TO HOSTING BECAUSE SHE WAS EMBARRASSED BY WHERE SHE LIVED. THAT SENTENCE HAS STAYED WITH ME. NO WOMAN SHOULD EVER I CAME TO ESWATINI LOOKING FOR AN AUTHENTIC COOKING CLASS. I WASN'T LOOKING FOR A PROJECT. I WASN'T LOOKING TO CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE. I WAS SIMPLY LOOKING FOR CONNECTION. THEN I MET MAMA T. SHE WELCOMED ME INTO HER HOME, LAUGHED WITH ME WHILE I NEARLY SET HER YARD ON FIRE TRYING TO COOK OVER AN OPEN FLAME 😂, AND SHARED A MEAL WITH ME. BEFORE I LEFT, SHE TOLD ME SHE'D ALMOST SAID NO TO HOSTING BECAUSE SHE WAS EMBARRASSED BY WHERE SHE LIVED. THAT SENTENCE HAS STAYED WITH ME. NO WOMAN SHOULD EVER SO I SHARED HER STORY WITH MY COMMUNITY AND MY LOVED ONES. AND I ASKED EVERYONE, WHAT IF WE ALL GAVE A LITTLE? AND NEARLY 40 PEOPLE SAID YES. AND BECAUSE OF THEIR GENEROSITY, NOW WE'RE BUILDING MAMA HER HOME. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN INCOMPLETE FOR 13 YEARS AND IS FINALLY GOING TO BE BUILT. MAMA IS A MOTHER TO 10 KIDS, THREE WHO HAVE PASSED AND ONE WHO HAS A SEVERE DISABILITY. THE STORY ISN'T JUST ABOUT BUILDING A HOUSE. IT'S ABOUT HOW ONE INVITATION, ONE SHARED MEAL AND THE KINDNESS OF 40 STRANGERS IS ABOUT TO CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE. TO SEE THE REST OF THIS JOURNEY AND HOW THE HOUSE TURNS OUT, MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW.