She's Back from South Africa

 

Oldest daughter returned to us on Sunday evening, itching from bed bugs bites. She loved and she hated it at the children’s home, which is, I suppose, the way it is with all things like that.

 

It was exhausting and difficult work. Constant crying, she says, from morning to night, because there were not enough people volunteering to work over the weeks around Christmas. That’s one of the parts she hated.

 

And there is a fair bit of corruption, locally, that shows up in things like portable jungle gyms appearing before a dignitary’s visit and disappearing two hours after he left. That’s another part to hate.

 

But then,  she got to hang around with cute kids like the one above and feel needed by them. And that’s where the loved it came in.

Comments

[Karen]

Welcome back.

[darlene]

so thankful she is back - safe and sound!
I am sure it is a delight for you!

[rosemary]

Really cute--the child and your daughter too. What a wonderful experience for her. Glad she's back safely.
My niece is in Kenya, a very dangerous place. She's been evacuated a couple of times, but she's determined to stay and help the Kenyans.