Here is a regular conversation between one of the little girls and mama at the orphanage…
Nosiphiwe: Mama, I am cross with you.
Mama: Why are you cross with me?
Nosiphiwe: Because my birthday isn’t every month. Why not?
Mama: Well because you were born in July and birthdays only happen once a year.
Nosiphiwe: But why?
Mama: Because that is how God made it.
Nosiphiwe: Well I’m still cross.
Today was Nosiphiwe’s birthday…finally…and as you can imagine there was much joy and excitement for this special long awaited birthday.




Yesterday and today have been cold. So I have consumed a lot of tea and coffee. Tonight I’m curled up in my warm robe, with a winter hat on, drinking chai tea. A fellow American missionary gave me a recipe for chai tea…so I’m drinking a homemade chai latte. It is so good! I’ll share the recipe in case anyone wants it.
Yesterday afternoon Mpho, an 8 year old girl at the orphanage, was sitting in my lap. We were goofing off, being silly and laughing. While she was laughing I noticed this white spot on the tip of her tongue. She has had swollen tonsils for a bit so I wanted to check to see if it look like strep throat.
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