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Please pray…

Posted on May 21, 2015 3 Comments

Please pray for Door of Hope today. We met with them on Tuesday and are excited to see all of the amazing things the Lord is doing with their ministry. For those of you that don’t know them – they work in the Johannesburg area and concentrate on orphans. Over the years we have seen […]

If you get dirty…..

Posted on May 16, 2015 1 Comment

it is a sign of a good day!! We had a great day playing at the pond (which the South Africans call the dam). My mom decided that we should take a walk to the dam. Mom had to go home to make dinner, and so we stayed at the dam a bit longer. […]

Africa isn’t for sissy’s….

Posted on May 2, 2015 2 Comments

is what one man recently said to me as we were chatting about possible business partnerships with J-life, in order to disciple and build some work ethic with the youth. At times, I would have to agree with him. The continent of Africa has long been a place of trails. We are currently living in […]

An overdue post…

Posted on April 25, 2015 6 Comments

and I am so sorry for the delay. Our last post was April 1st – and we are almost at the end of the month. About two weeks into April our data was already gone, and we didn’t get more until this past Friday. Here is our month of April overview. Forgive me for sharing […]

Abnormal…

Posted on April 1, 2015 5 Comments

that is a good way to describe how we are feeling. Odd enough that nothing feels normal, an overall feeling of inadequacy because we seem to barely be accomplishing the simplest of tasks. I think all of our brains are on overload all day long. The climate is different, the water taste different, the showers […]

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) […]

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 […]

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. […]