What should my third book be titled?

New dragons have arrived at www.Khutsala.com.  Now they  just need names!

This has been a very intense week. We had our annual Celebrate HOPE Gala in Georgia, where we typically have 200+ friends and family gather to enjoy a nice meal, a grand silent auction and a message of hope through what God is doing at Heart for Africa. Ian and I are always in attendance, but this year we are still in Eswatini, watching the live streaming event from bed in the middle of the night. The event included a virtual tour of Project Canaan and live segments with music and updates, all resulting in $70,000 being raised to help us continue the work here in Eswatini. The very next day was our Annual General US Board meeting, where we look at the year 2020 in review, then discuss and approve operating and capital budgets for 2021.  It’s a very intense and exhaustive process, but we had a great meeting and we are so very thankful for our US Board of Directors and our US staff, under the leadership of David Bryant.

 

The borders from Eswatini to South Africa have reopened, with certain Covid-19 restrictions, so Ian and I have decided to take a week’s holiday in Durban to rest, restore and get renewed next week.  I also really want to get my third book finished and published.  The manuscript is written and it is back from my editor. Now I just need to add the final touches, some photos, front and back cover, and… a title.  That is where I am really stuck. This book gives a short recap of where Ian and I started life, marriage, former lives-turned-missionaries, and then the rest is the story of Project Canaan. I attempt to give in-depth details of how the project developed, the highs, the lows, and the challenges in-between.  While it’s not a manual or “how to” book, it does give a lot of instruction or suggestions for other people doing similar ministry around the world, all wrapped in stories of joy, sorrow, miracles and wonders, with the golden thread of hope through the whole thing.

 

Today I am asking you to do me a quick favor. Please click on this short survey link

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5JRY5X8  and answer SIX easy questions, including what to title this new book. I know it may be hard to name a book without having read it, but I have given you some suggestions and I’d like to know what book title would you be most likely to buy, read or share?  Please, please take that short survey today, and maybe I can get this book published in November.

 

I do have one more favor to ask.  With all the heaviness that is weighing on the world by a global pandemic and a national upcoming election, we thought we would try to bring a little levity by producing some fun, new product at Khutsala for this Christmas season. We have designed four really cute little dragons, complete with handmade SwaziMUD eyes, that have arrived in the US warehouse, and just like my book, they need names!  Please feel free to email me at janine@heartforafrica.org and give me a name for the RED, GREEN, PINK and YELLOW dragon OR comment on Facebook with your suggestions. We will give them all winning names this weekend and they will be ready for sale next week! Thanks for playing.

 

The RED dragon should be named  ____________.

This GREEN dragon should be named ___________.

 

This PINK dragon should be named ______________.

This YELLOW (and green) dragon should be named ___________.

Lastly, we shipped 200+ blood wood charcuterie boards, and some beautiful blood wood coasters this past week to our office in Georgia (well, actually it’s Pete and Julie Wilkerson’s house – thanks friends!!), and they will arrive by mid-week. Half of them have been pre-ordered and will be shipped out or ready for pick up. The other half are ready for you to order them for your Christmas gift giving.  Please support our Khutsala and Kufundza artisans by shopping at www.khutsala.com today. 

 

Live from Eswatini … it’s a glorious Saturday morning.

 

Janine