Little did she know...

What is it exactly that goes on in the office at random hours of the day?  wonder no longer checking out SA's most eligible bachelors Q and A time School planz.... in the which we pretend we are organized teachers. ha. harassing Martha hahahaha i MEAN. encouraging her and building her up ;)  Next top models, right here.  But really, 90 some "dresses" made out of pillow cases???? A little bit of an excessive donation....  we may or may not have gotten yelled at for laughing too loud. ;) 

  simplicity. and yellow walls. and being satisfied. because, in the end, i have everything i need. Naan. It makes me happy. and so does eating with my hands :)   sometimes, a walk to the park is the best afternoon diversion I don't actually LIVE on this road, but I walk/drive it every day. O.o it's spring here, and i am in love with sunset and the trees.   surprise birthday parties are the best.    this is what dinner usually looks like on any week day night. fancy pants. sometimes it's the simplest reminders that are the best.   quality time with scratch paper and crayons. i  love these tiny hands.   these two dancing had me crying from laughing so hard. i wish i had taken a video clarification: "mama" actually means mama, auntie or grannie. which is good news for me ;) 

I was reminded, in the middle of distractions, to be still.  to do more than sit in physical stillness, but to be mentally and emotionally still . to not engage the temporary, not to embrace the imaginary, not to satisfy the narcissism. but to quiet my judgments, my infatuations, my frustrations, my adorations, and "know that I AM GOD." a God who deserves so much more than i can give.  a God who KNOWS ME . all of my insecurities, my pride, my desires, my thoughts, my lies, my failures to serve and give and love. yet he loves me anyways . "blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing..." Eph. 1:3  God has blessed me with some amazing people to live with and work with and, well, party with. or make that adventure with. because, people, it is an adventure. and a party. :)  location location location. frequently as i am walking around this lovely neighborhood i ca...

So I have now been in South Africa for a week and 4 days, and at Lambano Sanctuary for a week and 2 days  :) The good news: I am sleeping at nights now. The bad news: Sometimes I go to bed before 9:30 pm. ( blink, blink ) When in Rome, neh? (that's my excuse, anyways) Me and L trying to keep warm at the soccer match. I am loving words like, clever, brilliant, boot (for the trunk), robot (for the traffic light), see you now now (which means, see you any time from now til tomorrow), pram, plaster (band-aid), rubbish bin, howzit? (my new favorite lazy greeting), cheers!, neh? (which is basically thrown at the end of any questioning sentence, or commanding sentence, or whatever sentence), this one! (when scolding, tattling, whining, teasing) and the list could go on. It's a fun game to remember and use my new vocabulary.  I am not so much loving walls and gates and locks and alarms and being stuck inside as soon as the sun sets. I am not so much loving speed bumps and in...