Lessons on Life and Love from South Africa

Before I left for this trip, my heart was very convicted that I wasn’t living a life of love. I did things that were loving, I said things that were loving, but I didn’t live love. I want to live a life where everything I do and say, think and react to, is born out of love; not my own love, but knowledge of the love of God. God was showing me that my relationship with Him was all wrong. So many times, when I do right it is because I want to measure up – not because he loves me and sent His Son to die for me. When I do wrong, I feel like I failed; but of course, that was too dramatic to admit, so I wouldn’t – even to myself. I had been praying for God to help me change this, but it is hard when what needs to change has to do with how you think. It is so deeply engrained in me.

In my weeks here, I started asking: God, do I even know your love? It seems like such a basic questions. Should someone who has been saved for so many years really be asking that? Yes. It is good to reflect, to go back to the beginning, to where it all starts. The greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God. “How do I quit DOING and start LOVING?” I asked God. For me, “If you love me you will keep my commandments” is much easier than having the Mary attitude rather than Martha's and learning to sit at His feet. God has shown me in numerous ways, though, how important it is to Him that I learn His love.  He has shown me that it is time to stop just pushing through and taking another step; It is time to sit at his feet learn how to do things His way. It might not be easy, but it is best for me. The Father wants what is best for His children! I am learning that for me to know His love and to show His love is so important to Him! He wants me to know how much He loves me and to live a life that reflects that.

God is faithful even as he teaches us. Sarah is learning the same thing I am learning and asking the same questions! Not only that, but our discipleship book (“Comforts from the Cross” by Elyse Fitzgerald) is perfectly suited to encourage us and help aid as we change our thinking. In our discipleship meeting, we shared what we were thinking and were encouraged and taught by Debbie. God’s design for discipleship is so perfect! It has been invaluable in mine and Sarah’s growing process here. I’m so thankful for all the tools God has given me to learn about Him and how he loves me.

One way I am changing my thinking is through prayer. Another way is by changing how I read the bible. Usually I find the dos and the don’ts, the put on and the put offs. I make my list in my head and “work on it” during the day. Yeah right! How prideful I am to think I can make myself better! These are basic truths I have known since I was young, but God is sitting me down and telling me, “Daughter, it is time that these truths come out of your head and move into your heart.” No more changing for a day and going back to the easy way. That’s part of why I’m sharing this here! Not only because I want to encourage you and because I want you to share in my experience and to thank you for supporting me here, but also because sharing this will hold me accountable!

My month here is transforming my heart. God started working on it a long time ago… and I know he will keep working on it for a much longer time. I’m so excited for eternity not just so I won’t sin anymore, but so I will know His love even more!

Prayer Request Update: Pray that God keeps shooting the darts at my heart and teaching me what it means to be His Daughter. Praise God with me that He is always drawing us closer to Him! Showing me what he has and the brokenness over sin I have recently experienced are all answers to prayers! God is faithful!

Winter Wonderland... In June!

The Willoughbys are a wonderful missionary family here in Pretoria; they are a part of Living Hope Church. Debbie Willoughby is joining with Heather to disciple the interns and is an extremely godly woman! I've heard her husband, Dan, boldly sharing the gospel in my time here. Their youngest daughter, Hanna, is here with them and is one of the funnest, most joyful people I have ever met!

The girls made an initial for everyone!

Winter decorations even in Africa :)

The Willoughbys host Youth Group at their house on Saturday nights. The Living Hope youth come, the youth from another small church, and some unbelievers! They are so generous to open their house and lead this every week! Last week they had a sleepover (for the girls) and winter party! It is so fun for me to have a winter party in June! I joined in the festivities on day two. When I arrived the house was decorated with snow flakes and the kitchen smelled of baked cookies! The girls had learned to make all sorts of Christmas cookies and the boys came on the second day to help them finish all the sweets off.

We played lots of fun games: signs, pulse, etc., ate cookies, and even taught everyone how to have a White Elephant exchange! The most exciting gift was a bag of Hershey's chocolate chips!! Everyone had tons of fun!

Delicious!

Sweet Treats!

Christmas tree cookies!

The group with their White Elephant gifts!!

Prayer Request: Debbie flew to the states this week to be there for a month for her daughter's first baby's birth! Dan has an amazing parents who have suffered physical persecution in Columbia as missionaries. They have A-Mazing testimonies and have lived their lives for the Lord. They just got word that Dan's dad is very sick so he and Hanna are leaving this week for America. Pray for safety and comfort for this courageous family!

The Boss

Well I'll call this mister The Boss since he is the oldest. This guy isn't quite two but he is already in a size 3T! He's my little big guy.

The Boss is our local dancer. I mean if The Bear Cub loves to dance.. The Boss just goes crazy whenever there is music!! He bounces up and down and claps his hands on rhythm! If you suddenly slow down the song he will too!!

He really likes to ride his motorbike outside and to be pushed in the swing!


The boss is on a different schedule than everyone else since he is older so we get some one-on-one time together most days when the other babies are napping; it is lots of fun!


The boss also loooooves to play blocks and knock over the towers!

We have a game that he plays with everyone. Almost every morning when I walk through the door he will laugh.. He has this silly smile on his face and the laugh sounds fake but it isn't. Then I'm expected to laugh back.. always just small laughs to start out, but they build on each other. Each laugh gets a little bit bigger. He played this game the first time I walked through the door! It's lots of fun!

The Bear Cub

Look at the mischief in that smile!

This kid.. oh my where to start?? This little boy is 1 year old. He constantly entertaining us, keeping us on our toes, making us laugh, making us cry... okay not really cry. But he really is the best kind of handful!

Always curious :)

The Bear Cub is his name because he reminds me of one since he is so darn curious!! (And he kinda looks like one! Haha!) Donovan calls him a little T-Rex, which is just as appropriate! Are you getting the picture?? He also has tendency to growl. From what I hear, he did it all the time when he came. Now he just does it to be funny... and it is! He will flex his muscles and growl and I just die laughing!
This guy loooves to climb... especially on anything unstable! He's a fan of rocking chairs in particular.

The bear cub loves to hug you and be cuddled.

I love the way he stands. It's a random thing to notice, but all his mannerisms are just so stinkin' silly! He will stand in front of the TV when music is playing on it with his knees bent, bum out, weight forward, head up, and arms dangling like a gorilla's! It is so hilarious!

This stuffed cow is one of his favorite toys.

He has an amazing smile! His eyes light up! He's that kid that will never get in trouble because he can charm his way out of anything! You just can't resist him!!

The Bear Cub has some serious rhythm! This week he turned a windmill toy into a trumpet! He walked around humming with it in his mouth and his little fingers moving on the stick to make notes. He tilts his head side to side and hums and sings while he is playing. Any time is he crying all we have to do is start clapping and singing and he will get up and smile and dance! My little man loves to dance to the music! If I start clapping and singing "nothing but the blood" his face will light up and he will start dancing right away :)


This guy loves his bottle! He doesn't take a paci but he will walk around with his empty bottle just sitting in his mouth. It is like his paci or blankey. It cracks me up!!

The Bear Cub definitely has his sweet-as-honey side! He loves the little babies and is so gentle with them. He loves to give all the kids and caregivers kisses, with a big "MMMMMMM WWWAAAAAAA!!" to go along with it! :)

Smiley Wiley

All Smiles as always!

This dude is about 7 monthes old. He can already crawl around some and is very athletic! We are all impressed by him! He gets super excited when anyone smiles at him and smiles right back! No ladies will be able to resist this guy's charms!

He loves to play!

He arrived here the day after The Newbie.. my first day of work!!! I'm so glad he came to stay with us! It is lots of fun to love on him.

The week he arrived, with Cambria Mack.

Prayer requests: Pray that Smiely Wiley will adjust to the home. He has adjusted well in many areas but still cries a lot when it is time to sleep.

Playing outside with Sarah!

Mr. Pleasant

You've met both our girls here at MBH; now, it's time to meet the boys!!

Meet Mr. Pleasant:

This little bundle of cuteness is the youngest munchkin at MBH. He is always smiling and happy! I've never met such a content baby!! He lets us get him up last and feed him last and never cries or demands to go first! We'll feed everyone and look around and there will be precious Mr. Pleasant just sitting in his bumbo smiling at us through all the craziness of life with 6 babies! That's how he got his name :)

He does lots of funny things! For starters, sitting up straight isn't his forté. He is always bending over and eating his feet.. AND taking his socks off! Oh that boy.. 

Today, I was feeding him porridge. He is just starting to eat solid food and it is soo funny to watch! He just sucks on the spoon like it is a bottle! It was a very messy experience, but Lerato (One of our volunteers; you met her briefly Here!) and I had lots of laughs!

Video Action of the Newbie!

And here is the cutie in action!

Warning! There is baby talk in this video that will induce high levels of pain in your ear. Please ignore at all costs!

I love all of her faces and noises!! My heart is officially stolen.

The Newbie

This little girl is one of our newest additions to the Home! She arrived when I did! Well, I think she came a day after me, but the first day of my training! She must have known that we were both newbies - both a little scared, but both sure that this is a wonderful, safe place to be - because she decided that we were going to be best friends! 

Right after she arrived at the MBH

Heather went to pick The Newbie up and was looking at different babies and guessing who it was. This girl was her last guess; we couldn't believe it was a white baby! It is the first in the home and was quite a surprise! It was lots of fun teaching our very competent caregivers the few differences in caring for a white baby! Heather told me how when MBH started she had no idea that if you didn't put Vaseline all over our little black babies after a bath their skin will turn ashy. Thankfully the precious caregivers know just what they are doing! They did have to learn that that wasn't necessary for The Newbie though... after her first bath, she was slathered in Vaseline from head to toe! Back into the tub she went!

When the newbie arrived she was very scared. She cried a lot and wouldn't eat. She hated to be left to play, but always wanted to be held. Her cheeks were really red and her little body needed lots of tender care.

Look! She's eating!!

Now, she has charmed us all with her smiles and laugh! She loves to play and gives the other kids kisses (and me! yay!). She has just started to eat her food - an answer to prayer! We are very thankful for that! Thanks to Donovan who thought of using udder cream (yes.. for a cow! Apparently other people know this is good for you but I didn't.. a strange idea!) her cheeks have started to clear up too! Now we can see her beautiful face! She has shining brown eyes and cute curly hair.

Doesn't she just steal your heart?

The Newbie loves to be held. We think she's in need of lots of love.. but then aren't all babies? That's something the Muphamuzi Baby Home strives to be excellent at: giving great, one-on-one care full of love to each baby! Just today, The Newbie was crying and when I picked her up she melted into my arms. She laid her head on my shoulder and put her arms and legs around me. She was still for so long I thought she had fallen asleep but she hadn't, she was just enjoying being held. I laid down on the couch and held her for a long time and she was very happy. It is sweet moments like this that I cherish the most here! Knowing that you are giving a little one love makes changing 6+ stinky nappies a day, mopping, ironing, hanging clothes on the line, and cleaning up throw up all worth it!

She climbed on top of this all by herself and was very proud.. so were we! She has come such a long way in the  2.5 weeks we have been here together!

She likes playing outside, eating pretzels, and reading books!

She has the best smiles...

...And funny faces :)

Our girl's 1st Birthday!

So ya'll about ready to hear about these cutie pies I get to spend my days with?? Good because I'm ready to tell you alllllll about them! I had to wait until I had enough pictures :)

Now, unfortunately, I can't give you names :( But that's okay because I can just give them assigned names! So girl #1 is called "Sweetie Pie." She is going first because we just celebrated her first birthday at the home!!!

Sweetie pie has earned her name! She's as sweet as a pie and as cute as a button! She has a really swell smile. She's just now learning to walk and will hold my hands and walk around the room. Sweetie pie loves to play "Patty Cake" and claps her hands along with me whenever I sing it! She also has the cutest little chubby legs!

Sweetie pie just turned 1 on Tuesday and we had lots of fun throwing her a Lady Bug birthday party!!!

Despite not feeling well and having sick kids of her own, Heather worked so hard to make this first birthday party special!  She made a lady bug cake and lots of lady bug themed snacks :)

Blowing out her candles :)

The man holding Sweetie Pie is her daddy. He loves her very much and comes to visit her every single week. He thanked us that so many people from our church would celebrate her life. What a cool testimony! When we do what God says and care for the little ones others take note!

Some of the guests :))))

Missionaries and missionaries' kids holding the Babies from the home.

Lerato and Me!

Lerato is a sweet friendship I've made here! She and her husband had dinner with us for one of my first nights here, she volunteers at the home twice a week, and when I'm not working I attend her and her husband's cell group (like care groups at home)!

It took some work....

But we got it! Love this little cutie!

The birthday party was lots of fun. It was really cool to see the church come together and celebrate the life of this little girl! God cares for her so much and I'm honored to witness God's family showing His love.  Pray for Sweetie Pie! Pray that she'd become clearly adoptable and be adopted into the perfect forever family!

This is Africa!

Monday is shopping day. We always SAY we will leave at 8:00am.. but of course that never happens. This week's Monday morning was even more eventful than normal though!

At 8:30 Sarah and I met Heather at the car. We all hopped in the car first. Donovan came out and suggested that we take the van instead. Now, the van is recently known for not starting properly. And by "properly" I mean at all! So feeling a little nervous that we might be stuck at the grocery store we agreed. After we loaded into the van, it wouldn't start! So we loaded back into the car. Heather put some bags in the back and, oh no!, it wouldn't shut! It had recently suffered in a wreck and we didn't know until that moment, but whatever causes it to latch shut wasn't working.

We spent 45 minutes trying to shut this thing people! I wish you could have seen each of us taking turns trying it out. All you can do is laugh... it's a Monday.. in Africa! 

We called someone who knew how to shut it and he would tell Donovan, "Push hard! Push Gently! Don't slam it! Push harder!" Sarah and I were rolling with laughter by the end of it all! "You're getting blogged about, Donovan!" Heather said. And she was right!

At 9:15, when we were finally headed to the grocery store, Heather shrugged,"Hey! TIA! This is Africa!" And it's true :)

We did eventually get the door to shut, just fyi :) We had to put down the back seats though and slide the groceries in from there! I'm sure anyone who saw us in the parking lot had a good laugh.. but that's okay because we did too!! :)

An African Garden

The backyard of the baby home is full of beautiful, exotic plants! I love looking at them! Beautiful birds that are considered common here are continually praising God. It is fun to take the kids outside to play and get to listen and see parts of God's creation that look so different from Arkansas and equally as beautiful. I haven't figured out the names of anything yet, but here is a quick tour of the beauty in my South African backyard! I have a strict no touching policy; please keep all hands and legs inside the vehicle at all times.

I love this big flower!It is on a bush and each flower has several vibrant orange petals and one blue petal. They look a little like birds to me :)

Edit (6/20/13): This is called a "Bird of Paradise" Pretty crazy since I thought it looked like a bird! What a good name :)

A poinsettia tree in June! It really is winter here! ;)

These little guys are fuzzy!

This is an avocado tree! I love its twisty trunk. Makes me think of the backroads of Arkansas and my favorite country song.. "Makes me wanna take a backroad. Unwind, unravel.." Sorry just reminiscing here. Don't mind me.

This prickly thing is pretty cool looking!

Edit (6/20/13): Part of the Aloevera family

I love this purple flower!! Look at the cool colors on it!!!

Edit (6/20/13): This is a dying flower.. the live ones are even cooler!

There are many more flowers I haven't taken pictures of yet but these are a few of the pretty things I get to look at everyday! Feel free to comment if you know any of their names! Hope you've enjoyed the tour. Please exit out the back door.

"The Joy of the Lord is my strength"

This verse from Nehemiah was on one of the letters that people sent with me to read during my time in Africa. It was extremely encouraging to me. Tonight though, I saw it lived out. Tonight I saw contentment. Tonight, I saw grace.

• Donovan, Heather, Sarah (my intern buddy), the Drew’s kids, and I all went to Salvakop tonight to hand out blankets and join in on the bible study that Randy Clark does there. On the way, Donovan explained the situation to us. We were going to an area that used to be a suburb but now is more of a shantytown. It is mostly full of refugees from Zimbabwe. There are houses just like the one the baby home is in, but these are rented out to LOTS of people. Then, in each yard, there are tin huts. They are made of scrap metal and about at the size of one of those tool sheds that we would buy at Home Depot. Whole families live in these, sometimes more than one family. They are not warm, they have no running water, and they all share another hut that has a hole for the restroom. While I was bundled up in my North Face coat, children were running around in shorts and Tshirts.
  
  I’m not sharing this to tell how bad the conditions are of someone’s lives, I’m telling this because I have been so very humbled tonight. At home, we don’t want to invite anyone into our house unless it is perfect. We might choose not to be hospitable or host something at our house because someone else has a bigger, nicer one and we would be embarrassed. Tonight one of the ladies from the church invited us into her home with a genuine smile on her face. She took pride in what God has given her and had decorated the 10 by 6 foot home of her’s. One of her decorations was a framed picture of her recent baptism! She did not complain or apologize ever, even when we had to wait to go inside for the electricity to start working. She showed me contentment, and she showed me what the grace of God does to a person. She was so thankful for the home that God provided and she would not compare it to what he had given other’s or hang her head because He saw fit to give her less. She may have lacked in earthly possessions, but she was rich in heavenly ones.
  
  

  

  Me, Sarah (The swiss intern whom I love!) and three little girls from Salvakop!

  
  After this, we walked down the street to a school auditorium for bible study. Praise God that the gospel went out tonight! Randy shared the gospel despite the language barrier and did fabulously at a very hard job. Nickson is an African seminary student who helped Randy to lead. Many of the people who came to the bible study did not speak English as well as they did their first language (Shona) and Nickson was invaluable as an interpreter. He boldly shared the gospel tonight as well. Everyone was quiet at first but after a while, they started asking questions that revealed what they had understood about what was taught. One woman asked “what is sin?” and then we sat for about 5 minutes while a bunch of people talked extremely fast in their first language. There were some new converts in the group as well and it was so fun to see them speaking up and telling their friends what they now know – even if I could not understand a word of it! You could see the faces as sin was explained to them – from, “That doesn’t apply to me” changing to “oh… maybe that is me.” I love seeing God at work!

  New Prayer Requests:
  Pray that the Salvakop bible study would grow, that the attendees would come to understand that they have sinned and need a savior, and that they would repent
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Adoption and the Family of God

You would think, wouldn't you, that you might feel lonely if you traveled 8,888 miles away from home all by yourself? This doesn't have to be true for the believer though. I was reminder by Donovan Drew (Missionary here over part of the baby home and interns) of the beauty of adoption into the family of God. We call someone our sister or brother, we call God our Father, because it really is true. I felt that not just in name but as a reality tonight more vividly and tangibly than I ever have in my life.

This afternoon I went to church for the first time here at Living Hope - and I couldn't think of an more appropriate name for this church. It is a church that is on fire and alive; full of hope and sharing hope with the community.

At 1 o'clock, we loaded up the babies and drove to a rented property where the church was gathering. We were greeted as we walked in, people introduced themselves to me with genuine smiles and tried to get to know me - consistent with the hospitality I have felt from the moment I entered this country. The music  was familiar - although a little more upbeat :) During the service I had to take my little charge outside since he was getting a little too fired up over Josh Mack's sermon. I went to the "cry room," which is really just taking them outside, and listened to the sermon through the open door. Josh taught an encouraging and convicting sermon on prayer today.

After the service, everyone (Maybe 100 people but I'm really bad at estimating) drove about 30 minutes to the Mack's home for a meal and communion (we couldn't stay in the church longer because the land owners recently upped the rent times three). The Mack's had filled their home with tables. All the kids played in the living room while everyone else sat around the tables and answered questions like, "Where is the most beautiful place you have ever been?" and "What is your life story in 4 sentences?"  Instead of cheesy I'm-too-cool-for-this answers people were genuine and conversation was interesting and God-glorifying. A girl my age invited me to sit by her and I felt at home immediately. At my table, was an Afrikaans couple, a colored couple (not an offensive term here.. it just means that they are a line of mixed races), a girl from Zimbabwe, and a man from the Congo, an English South African (Donovan Drew), and an American who lived for 10 years in Spain (Heather Drew). The rest of the room was filled with even more diversity.

It was amazing to sit in that room with people from every nations who were truly worshiping as we sung to the Lord. I was with people with languages, traditions, histories, and lives so different from mine but we are all in the same family, with the same Father, worshipping the same God. Later we took communion together. THIS is the body of Christ, I thought. As Heather said on the way home, "It's a taste of heaven." What will it be like when there is someone from every tribe and every tongue worshiping him? I think tonight showed me just a little bit. I'm so thankful to be meeting all these sister and brothers of mine. Most of all I'm thankful that God adopted me into his family.

Airplanes, babies, and more babies

Well, you'd think with all the exciting things happening my mind would be swimming with creative blog posts, but in all honesty it is just so darn tired!! I left Little Rock Monday evening and flew to Dallas. All was good so far, nothing scary about Dallas right? Then, I made that big step. One of the biggest step my short legs have taken in their life. And that's when all the bravado left me. I truly hadn't had a single fear or struggle until then, but as I walked to the very back of the plane and sat down straight across from the bathroom, I suddenly realized... "I am about to fly across the ocean!!" I was in the middle of asking the stewardess an ordinary question when I just started bawling! One of the absolute, most embarrassing moments of my life! I'm ashamed to say I cried at all. What reason had I to fear? I wasn't going alone, God was with me! That was my comfort as the stewardess gave me a Kleenex and a hug. Mean while, through my sobs the 19 year old Czech guy sitting next to me introduced himself and asked about where I was going. He then shamed me further by telling me how his dad dropped him in the states at 15! Once I got past all the drama, I had a really nice talk with him.I think God used my crying to make the point that even though it was a big deal to me to cross the ocean that Jesus Christ was a worthy reason for it. He didn't think there was a need for "religion" in his life, but I hope that God will answer my prayers and open his eyes.  We were companions until we had to go to different terminals in the London airport. I'm thankful for Him and praying for him and the things we talked about in his life.

 

Me on the plane to London

After such an unexpectedly rocky start, i was thankful when I got through London and onto plane number three. God's gracious hand was on me again. At this point I hadn't slept all night, he placed me on an nearly empty plane and I had three seats all to myself to stretch out on!

From the London Airport.

It was 6am when I arrived in Jo Burg, SA. God graciously made customs and baggage claim extremely easy and I met the Drew's very quickly after landing. They stole my heart the minute they asked, "Would you like some coffee?" And I haven't stopped loving them since. They are the most gracious of hosts and I'm learning daily by their example.

I spent my arrival day (Wednesday) trying to stay awake! The Drew's kept me busy meeting people: The babies, the caregiver, my roommate (Sarah from Switzerland...a true gem), the Macks, a German couple.. and the list goes on.. so that I wouldn't fall asleep. I also got a tour of the city, went to the grocery store, and had dinner at the Mack's (another missionary couple here and my original connection to the organization.)

At 10:00 I finally went to sleep and rested for a full 13 hours!! Thursday afternoon started my training. I got the blessed news of being told that contrary to my expectations, they have unlimited Internet access - that means more blogs and video Skype! Praise Jesus! A sweet surprise joined us: a new baby!! She's a precious little thing who is adjusting quickly. Thursday night was dinner, where I got a awesome experience talking to a couple from the church. They told us all sorts of stuff about their culture and promised to cook a few specialties for me: Chickens feet and Mopane worms!

Friday I worked in the home in the morning, had discipleship after lunch, went to awana in the afternoon, and then worked my first official shift that evening. After that I watched Invictus with Heather Drew and got an initiation into some of the history and culture here. All that is boring though.. what exciting thing happened? Another baby came!! There are now 6 babies in the home! I hope to tell you about each of the nuggets that are holding my heart right now, but I won't be able to tell you quite as much as I'd like because for their privacy and protection.

Today is Saturday, I'm not quite to normal with my times yet, but I'm getting there. I worked another shift and then went to a couples from the church's house for dinner (The hospitality here is so convicting!) and a rugby game!

I know this post is a little dry, but hey! a lot has happened! I have a lot of processing to do still :) I'm very happy and loving getting to know the rainbow country. A few things that I have learned and/or loved so far are: 

1.The kindness of the church family - everyone has been so friendly to me and genuine trying to get to know me.

2. The cultures...plural. There are 11 official languages here and just as many cultures. All around you are many accents and many different languages. There are so many tribes, all with different traditions. It's stunning (as in beautiful)!

3. My little babies, their heart-breaking stories, and their beautiful smiles and heart-stopping laughs.

4. The tradition of the Afrikaans people to walk their guests all the way out to their car as they leave.

Updated prayers:

1. Pray that I would grow in my love and relationship with Christ.

2. Pray for Martin who I met on the plane to London. Also for our brother in Christ, Randy who is met on the way to Dallas and who is reading this :)

3. Pray that I would be an encouragement to the people around me.

4. Pray that a smile would never leave my face.. even if I'm changing a nappie or mopping the floor.

5. Pray that I would be a humble servant - this is important because it will encourage the leadership of the African caregivers.

Hopefully the rest of the posts will be shorter and have more pictures and details.. but hey this is a start :) God bless!