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.
Category: Michelle’s Blog
Beauty
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…
The Proposal
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…
Hard Sometimes
I am blessed to be able to call Africa home. I don’t know for how long, but for the time God has me there, I count it a blessing. It is hard to live here when my heart is somewhere else. May our hearts beat for them. For the hurting. For the lost. I am not complaining….
Pace-ing Myself
You might find it absurd that my first post after a 5 month hiatus would be about salsa. But anyone who spends much time withe me knows my addiction to a good salsa, and how salsa-deprived I feel in South Africa. So yes, we are home in North America… have been for 4 months. We…
Drown-proofing
This was the last time Nate would happily step foot anywhere near the ocean – for a LONG time. Approximately 10 days after the above picture, Nate was with some good friends of ours at a local beach. Both Carl and I were busy with getting our house set up, and some generous friends offered…
We Won this One
Last August our health team at Seed of Hope was called to visit this home. The young mom had given birth only a month before and had never recovered from the birth. We arrived in the home to find her in a horrible state. Upon investigation, we found out she was HIV+ (with a CD4…
My boet rocked up wanting to drive my bakkie.
Interpretation – My brother showed up wanting to drive my pick-up. 😀 English is widely spoken in South Africa, but they definitely have their own flavor of English. It is a lovely mix of English, Afrikaans, and a bit of Zulu thrown in. We are coming home for 6 months this year! We are thrilled!…
My Friend Beauty
I would like to introduce you to Beauty. Her Lesotho name is Keketso (She is from a tiny little country within South Africa called Lesotho.) She just turned 30 years old in September and has 3 beautiful sons. She is vibrant, fun-loving, sarcastic, happy, passionate, bubbly, and full of life. She has been working with…