One of the kids took this picture of us. L to R: me, Jele, Smanga, and Reed. One of the funny things about going on a “missions trip” is that you go hundreds or thousands of miles to work alongside folks for whom the mission is not a short trip but a lifestyle. And that’s funny [...]
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December 26, 2009Joyful
December 20, 2009I returned from South Africa about a week ago and wanted to share a few memories from the trip with you all, so over the next few weeks I’ll be posting some stories and photographs to the blog. One of my favorite memories of the trip happened early on, the first night of Leadership Camp. [...]
More thoughts from a rambling pregnant lady
December 4, 2009More than a few people have said to me lately something like, “it’s great you let Jonathan go to South Africa.” Yes, yes, it’s great that Jonathan is in South Africa, but I did not provide him with the permission to go. Oh, I prayed alright, and I know that if I’d ever said anything [...]
Random
April 30, 2009Well, I’m at work and waiting to get a document so I can work my magic and then send it off and then go home. While I wait, I thought I’d share with you all some of the things that are bouncing around my mind right now because well, nobody else is around. 1. I [...]
You’re not tired of hearing about Africa, right?
December 31, 2008Africa. To me it seems sort of cliché to say, We’re going on a mission trip to Africa and yet, the call was undeniable. We were going despite the timing and the craziness of our jobs and the fact that I had no vacation time and that I prefer to travel by myself (I know, [...]
Africa-thank you!
December 30, 2008First, we are so very thankful for our host family, the Meneses, who welcomed us into their home and let us sleep and eat as much as we wanted! Also, we rather enjoyed spending time with them. Here is a photo of us with them on our last day: Also, we could not have done [...]
South Africa Game Drive
December 30, 2008On our last weekend in Durban, we were taken to Hluhluwe Game Reserve. We were SO excited to have the chance to see some African wildlife (other than monkeys) up close! Upon entry to the park, we were all sort of thinking of the Lion King and amazed at the beauty that surrounded us! We [...]
Africa FUN!
December 26, 2008We did some great fun things in the evenings whilst in Durban. We tried Bunny Chow-a local favorite: We got to see the Indian Ocean! We went to a themed restaurant and had our faces painted: We had amazingly delicious coffee from this coffee shop: We tried some local foods: (This is our friend Tami [...]
Holiday Club
December 26, 2008The last official part of our “job” in South Africa was Holiday Club. iThemba Lethu has basically a day camp style program during the week of summer holidays (remember, southern hemi, it’s summer for them!). We were thrown for a bit of a loop when we found out the day before Holiday Club started that [...]
More Africa…
December 24, 2008It feels like I’m in a time warp. What we did two weeks ago seems like both yesterday and last year. At any rate, continuing the “story” of our time in South Africa, after returning from Pennington Beach Camp we went to Glenridge Church with our host families and had a really wonderful time praising [...]