Orphan Fund made possible by a grant from Baptist Global Response On Sunday our family drove out near a village to see the church of Dennis ALLADOE; he runs a school made up primarily of orphans and a church made up primarily of children. He had asked us to contact BGR to give him an orphan fund for 21 orphans that would have been on the streets had he not taken them in. BGR bought their school supplies for this school term. A little after we arrived, the village chief did. Then the ceremony began. Everyone was introduced to everyone else, songs of thanksgiving were sung, and then Dad explained how BGR was doing this, what it was doing, and why. The orphans sang and danced for us and Isabelle stood up and said a formal thank you to everyone in French, and ending with, "Thank you very much." in English to us. The Chief's 'Second in Command' also gave a speech, thanking BGR for taking care of the chil...
As some of you may know, I babysit for an amazing family. That family recently had a 'business' trip up to the slightly mountainous region of the country I live in. I would 'nanny' the kids while the adults took care of their work, then they would come and have fun with us. Great, right? Yes! One of my charges My other charge The drive up was pretty enjoyable, and we listened to lots of music before we arrived. They even found me a theme song that included my name: 'More Than a Feeling' :) This video is of an encroaching village, with one of the mountains in view. When we finally arrived, we were stopped at this gate and then escorted to the Guest House. The Guest House Everyone made us feel so welcome there! I have no complaint other than the bugs and the heat, but no one there was responsible for that :) Once we got settled in, I was taken to my dorm-like room to meet one of my roommates. ...
Bonjour . The reason I created this blog is because I love to write. I love to write about daily occurrences, my thoughts, what I do with my friends, and basically everything that goes on in my life. As a young girl growing up overseas, I have had lots of incidents that a lot of people will never deal with. For instance, we have two faucets in our kitchen sink. One is "dirty water"; the other is "clean water." People from the U.S. are a bit startled by this. Recently my grandmother was visiting from the States for the first time; she was staying in a separate apartment for the night. I was getting ready for bed when it hit me. GranAnnie was going to use "dirty water" to brush her teeth. The last time I had attempted this, I had become violently ill during the night, and overcome by nausea. My little brother and I shot across the seminary campus we live on to the housing section and furiously banged on the door. GranAnnie was unpacking and reachi...
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