by Lisa-Jo | Jul 4, 2011 | Callings, Faith, Family, Kids, South Africa, Travel
He’s wearing his red pajamas with the puppy print and chasing the dog from room to room as determinedly as the dog chases her own tail. As if by the sheer volume of his voice and desperate pitch of his pleading she will condescend to sit next to him for more than five...
by Lisa-Jo | Jul 1, 2011 | Five Minute Friday, Giveaways
I’m in South Africa this week. Well, for the next three actually. I’m processing the amazingness of being home again after three years away. So, I’m stealing five minutes in between crocodiles, mountain lions, roaring kids and fifty guinea pigs or so...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 30, 2011 | Family, South Africa, Travel
How do you fit three years into three weeks? How do you pour a grain silo worth of time into a teaspoon? Slowly, perhaps. With lots of prayer to the God who multiplies loaves and fishes. You pray He will multiply the 21 days and nights into a season of memories so...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 29, 2011 | Family, South Africa, Travel
{Thanks to my brother, Joshua, for capturing this amazing afternoon and South African Airways for helping make it all possible} Want to keep up with this homecoming trip to South Africa? Sign up to get my posts emailed to your doorstep right here Or delivered to your...
by Lisa-Jo | Jun 27, 2011 | South Africa, Travel
What? You’re going to South Africa? Yes, Ma’am- we fly out tonight (Monday, June 27th) at 5.20pm. Why on earth? Well, I’m South African. And while my husband is a home grown Michigander, for me home means South Africa. Specifically, Pretoria, South...