The Waldron World
November wasn’t a typical month in the life of the Waldron household. With a 3-week trip booked for HopeShares (Seed of Hope’s Canadian partner), I we preparing final details in late October when we learned that Michelle’s dad, Ray, would need heart surgery. A handful of complex health concerns meant that although the surgery would…
I recently read a story about a little boy who had just learned about inches in school. He and his family were going on a road trip to Capetown and he wanted to know how many “inches it was to Capetown.” Well, the family lived in Durban, which is 1750 kilometers from Capetown!! The Mom…
It’s our first pool training day, and I’m buzzing with excitement. Eleven teenage Bhekulwandle boys are about to swim for the first time. Ryan, one of their mentors, and I are going to teach them! My imagination leaps ahead a few months. In March, 2013, we’ll cross the finish line of the Mudman Triathlon together, and this…
A face that has graced Seed of Hope’s grounds from the beginning…Mondli. He is now in high school, facing the peer pressures of drugs, sex, crime, disrespect, etc… but daily he is at SOH by 2:45pm, so that he is on time for our 3pm After School Class. He is usually the first student there.
Some days just stand out in your mind more than others. Today was one of those days. Most of my days I am with my children, homeschooling, guiding, scolding, loving, playing…. I love every part of raising my children and take that job very seriously, but my part-time work at Seed of Hope fuels my…
Not much to smile about. Her mom is alive, but doesn’t want her. Her dad comes and gets her every now and then. But it lasts about a weekend and then he drops her back to her Gogo (grandmother) because he can’t handle her.
Last weekend, Mish and I were guest speakers at our church’s youth camp. It’s been a long time since I spoke to a group of teens, but what felt even more unusual was to talk about something other than our work at Seed of Hope, which has been my most frequent speaking topic for the last few…
Beauty came with me on a women’s retreat with my church recently. The weekend was made richer by having Beauty there. One of the ladies likened Beauty to the woman who had to push through the crowd to get to Jesus. Beauty has had to push through hardships beyond most of our comprehension, and to…
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Here it is! The romantic, heart-warming, charming, engaging (pun intended 🙂 story of how Carl asked me to be his wife. Go get a cup of coffee, tea, or whatever the drink of the day is, and sit back for a sweet love story! Someday you will be reading it in hardcover – with my husband…