The last couple of weeks have been incredible. There is no holiday out here between now and Christmas so the Christmas music is already in full force for me. The babies are doing so well and growing faster than I can seem to keep up with. I’m slowly becoming an African Mama and learning all the different cultural things. I can now carry a baby on my back and just last night I made my first batch of chicken and pap, which is the most South African dish anyone can make.
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| Baby T on my Back! |
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| Party in the Kitchen and everyone's invited! |
Our big girl is about to finish her first year of preschool. The transformation just from June is crazy, she is such a clever girl.
Rockstar has become a toddler right before my eyes. He loves to get into everything with his new walking skills.
Giggles has started to scoot. He goes backwards and spins in circles, the forward motion isn’t quite there yet.
Chubby Cheeks started cereal! She absolutely loves it.
Then, we are actively working with my sweet girl, teaching her to hold her own bottle and to strengthen her back muscles so she can sit on her own.
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| She looked so beautiful |
My dear precious Smiley, Baby A, has been united with her forever family. She looked so beautiful lavender dress and flower headband. This is my first adoption since I arrived 5 months ago.
I’m going to be completely honest. I am constantly having to check my heart and remember these babies are ultimately Gods children and not mine. The process is a lot easier said then done since I have such a close relationship with each of them. I worried about not having her in my care and how the other children would handle the transition. I was concerned about her new family and if they would love her like I do and know all the little special things about her. When I saw the picture of the first moment her new mom and dad saw their new daughter, I knew she was going to be so loved and cared for. It makes the transition a little bit easier.
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| Adoption Day |
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| Last full day at El Roi |
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| I let her play with my phone the day she was leaving |
I now have seen full circle what the baby house does with receiving babies and now seeing them matched with their forever families. It really is such a beautiful journey. We are waiting for a new baby to be matched in our care to love and prepare for his or her forever family. In this season they’re so many babies being abandoned. Please be praying for all the mommies out there who are deciding between life and death for their babies. We all so desperately want them to know that they can still choose life for their child even if they cannot care for them personally.
I am continuing to spend some of my time at the preschool. I really enjoy getting to be with the kids and introduce all the fun songs I learned back in America. I must be doing something right because in the last two months I have been handed a class 4 times to teach on my own while one of the teachers has been out. Three out of the four times the class has been very good.
Kids Club this last Saturday went very well. I am pretty sure we had record numbers, 82 kids! God is continuing to bless this program and provide volunteers, food and a solid number of kids were are able to feed and share Jesus with. 
I just want to let everyone know that the weather and storms here are crazy! One minute its so hot then an hour later clouds have rolled in and rain will fall any second. Rain storms are not like anything we have in California. I have never witnessed so much lightening and intense rain fall in short spurts. It is my favorite type of weather so I am enjoying Gods creativity in every storm.
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| Sunset After a Crazy Storm! |
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| Lightening at 11pm |
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| Crazy random Hail |
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| Pictures do not even capture how cool this storm was. Colors in this picture do not do justice. Rain in the Sunset |
A verse on my heart the last couple weeks:
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalms 76:26
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