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by Lisa-Jo | Jul 7, 2011 | Callings, Faith, South Africa, Travel
My nearly six-year-old has felt the strong tug of his South African roots these last three years. If my heart is buried beneath the purple bower of a Jacaranda tree in Pretoria, his must be blooming in the back yard of my father’s house where he first crawled, walked,...
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 | 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...
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by Lisa-Jo | Jun 17, 2011 | Five Minute Friday, South Africa, Travel
{Turns out it only takes one minute to read my five minutes out loud. Some of you asked, so here it is: click to listen to my five minutes on Home} This is the time of the week when we steal those five minutes while the kids are fingerpainting the dining room table,...
