Mbutfu Community Center
Mapile and Hannah Vilakati
Who we are:
Our names are Hannah and Mapile Vilakati and our ministry is in Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland), Africa. Mapile was born and grew up in Eswatini. Hannah was born in the USA and grew up as a missionary kid in Zambia. We have been married since August 2015, and we have two children. Simo was born November 1st, 2016, and Nicholas was born January 11, 2019.
God has put on our hearts a place in the southern part of Eswatini called Mbutfu, which is where Mapile grew up. Our dream is to bring radical change to the young people there by building a community center that offers support and encouragement to the youth of the area through sports, discipleship, & educational assistance. The ministry of the Community Centre includes small business projects, discipleship, a care point feeding station, youth programs, etc.
Who we serve:
We serve the people of Eswatini.
How you can pray:
- Pray for us as a family, that we would live our lives in a way that honors and glorifies the Lord.
- Pray for the people of Eswatini, that they would have a real/powerful encounter with God that would transform them into having radically changed lives.
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Recently from Mapile & Hannah's Blog...
- Vilakati Happenings..by noreply@blogger.com (Hannah Vilakati) on March 8, 2021 at 6:32 pm
Hey again! Oh how the time flies. Here were are in 2021. Last year we moved into our one bedroom house in April. At the end of the year we were able to expand it so that we now have 2 more bedrooms and a living room. It sure is nice to have a bedroom for the kids to sleep in and a guest bedroom! So far we've had plenty of guests to make good use of our new space. Mapile started assistant pastoring Big Bend Community Church at the beginning of 2020. He's been challenged by that position and […]
- Life update + cute pics from the Vilakatisby noreply@blogger.com (Hannah Vilakati) on July 21, 2020 at 10:30 am
Hey Everyone! It's been awhile since I've given an update on our life. I was hoping that by this time this year I'd be going back to the US for my brother Jonathan's wedding, but the borders are still closed here and there's only repatriation flights that leave every few weeks. Although I could potentially get on one of these flights, if I did there's no telling when I would be allowed back in the country. So, we embrace what life brings us and do the next thing. Recently a lot of our energy […]
- Quick Life Update from the Vilakatisby noreply@blogger.com (Hannah Vilakati) on November 12, 2019 at 10:58 am
Well hello there!🙋Before I gave birth to our second born, Nicholas, someone said to me “You know 1 + 1 does not equal 2, right?” I think I’m beginning to understand more of what he was saying… that two kids is a lot of work! Where I used to have energy in the evenings to get things done, now I’m done for after the kids go to bed. All that to say let me tell you our life update now that we’re settled back into life in Eswatini... (We went to the states for May & June & […]