March 2015

Adjusting to South Africa

Posted on March 28, 2015 1 Comment

I met a new friend as all of us were playing outside a few days ago. His name is Siyabonga (pronounced C – YA – BONGA). He is 12 years old and in 6th grade. He is one of the farm hand kids and his mom is Esther. Siyabonga is on holiday (off of school) […]

Different, but not wrong…

Posted on March 24, 2015 3 Comments

We have been here almost a week, and every night I have been so tired that I can barley keep my eyes open but 5-10 minutes. It has been so different, but not wrong to watch my dad drive because the blinkers are on the other side of the steering wheel and we drive on […]

We are here….

Posted on March 19, 2015 6 Comments

and trying to find our feet (as the South Africans say). I will recap the past few days, so everyone can understand why we are walking around still looking for our feet. We left North Liberty Monday morning at 7 AM – to Chicago with a van load. It was a great trip, and even […]

These boots

Posted on March 15, 2015 2 Comments

We are leaving in the morning for the start of our two-day transit to South Africa. This morning I put all of our mud boots away, for now. But these little red boots, have been with us a long time. I remember the day Rob brought them home from work. He was working on a […]

South Africa….HERE WE COME!!

Posted on March 6, 2015 3 Comments

Well, we officially have our visas and we are approved for 2 years!! Our plane tickets are rescheduled for Monday, March 16th. From a few of our prior posts, (as all of you know) we have been on a roller coaster of emotions. Up’s and down’s, high’s and low’s. But, I have been thinking of […]

Here is what we know…

Posted on March 5, 2015 1 Comment

I called the South African Consulate in LA on Monday morning and explained the situation to some gentlemen, and asked to confirm the address so we could overnight our paperwork. He said there was no way they could process our applications because we weren’t from their jurisdiction, NO EXCEPTIONS!! What? Are you serious? So, I […]

A glitch within a glitch…

Posted on March 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

…is that possible? we have felt like our roller coaster emotions had seen its highest and lowest these past few days but Thursday and Friday proved to take us on an even crazier ride. We got a phone call on Thursday from the US Department of State. I had spoken with them briefly on Wednesday. […]