The Waldron World
Elise has started school this year – kindergarten, or Grade R as they call it here in South Africa. She is at a lovely little pre-school just up the road from our house. Most days she comes home with fabulous stories of crocodile games, art class with paint everywhere, songs about toothless monsters, and playground tales….
I live in a country that one must live in peaceful coexistence with the insect population or one might go mad. The tropical climate that we enjoy is also enjoyed by a multitude of flying, crawling, inching, squirming, squishing, sliming 6-8 legged creatures.
Fun little video I found while reading some of my missionary blogs I follow. I loved it! Especially the end…. stop the pity. unlock the potential. Awesome!
Tomato. Tomah-to. Potato. Potah-to. Appendectomy. Appendicecto -what????
I have been a homeschooling mom for the past 5 years. And this year, it all changes! We have decided to put all 3 of our children in local schools, for a variety of reasons, but the biggest one is that after nearly six years living in South africa, I really feel drawn to spend…
We still didn’t get much of a smile out of her, but she was discharged from the hospital just in time to come to our Seed of Hope kids Christmas party. We made sure there was a present with her name on it. She stood in the queues to get some love from Father Christmas…
South Africa holds the distinction of being ranked #4 in a list of 2012’s most dangerous countries. Sadly, we also hold the title of rape capital of the world with 118 rapes per 100,000 people, and the murder rate is among the highest in the world. Most of the time, we don’t really focus on…
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…
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…