my african family.

these are my african parents, john and trish roberts. i know, i favor my mom! we get lots of jokes about that one!!!
i think these are two of the most amazing people i know. god uses john to change more lives than I have ever seen one man do. it's an honor working with him.

just recently he and his wife have been more exposed to the muizenberg boys. it started when ryan was on special assignment, a local news tv show/documentary thing. the episode was about sexual abuse of street kids in cape town. ryan was on there talking about his work with the kids in town and all he's seen them go through as it relates to sexual predators.
trish's heart broke. she came up to me the next day at work and said "ok, i get it. i see your heart for these kids. i want to support you finding a safe way to work with them. but you must not stop because you have been given that same heart that ryan has."
i felt understood for the first time in months!!! since that time, God has so awesomely combined the lives of my african parents with the lives of these boys. They hung out at my birthday party and had a great time. We went to visit Brian in the correctional facility he's been put in, and Trish fell in love with little Brianie. John talked to him about his future. John was also a street kid, and these boys really love "uncle john" as he's now known as!
I took them into Capricorn yesterday afternoon after work and they visited with Mingo and Ricky. It was so cool!!!

I just want you all to really pray for these two great people, and for the Fish Hoek Drug Crisis Center. We are in greater demand than ever before and it's so exciting to see what God is going to do with this little center! I'm so glad to have hearts unified with John and Trish. God is so good!!! He has blessed me so abundantly through their friendship. And they love what Ryan is doing, so it's cool to see God unite those worlds as well.

And now, some photos from a few weeks ago--
Neiltjie and I eating Blow Pops.


Mingo outside the barber shop.

here are just a whole lotta photos...

keaton playing soccer.


john roberts and gangsta melissa!


erica, my new sister in christ!!!


damien and ryan.


keaton and i (and john in the background!)


spune, poem's baby sister!


poem and jenny


me and smart, who is a "foreigner" as his mom said!


perdjie back at home.


happy 30 to me!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ASHLEY!

Hi everyone! This is SD, an old friend of Ashley's. It is officially her birthday in S. Africa. We have until midnight in the states. But August 22 is the day God decided to grace the world with her presence, and what a glorious day it is. I know we are all thankful to him that she is here and sharing herself with us and the world.

Ashley, I just thought this would be a fun way to say a big happy day to you. I will be thinking about you and praying for you all day as you turn, well one year older. :) We are now the same age again. I miss you and can't wait to see you... hopefully that will be soon. I will probably be an old married woman by then. haha Take care, love. And, again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

"Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,
At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,
When he bares his teen, winter meets its death,
And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again."

the franciscan benediction:

"may god bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart. may god bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace. may god bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain to joy. and may god bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done. amen"

fooled the quizzers.

the ONLY reason i even took this silly quiz is because my thai/nepali/boulder,co/soontobecapetonian friend emma suggested it on her blog. i've never read little women, tried to watch the movie once but pretty sure i fell asleep when they lit a fire or something in their cozy colonial home. but now, here i am, being told again that I am this character i've never even met. amanda 1 and 2, and marlee called it as we strolled across the national mall in dc.

i need a life.

Which Classic Female Literary Character Are you?

You're Beth March of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott!
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