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Aquila Game Reserve.

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Last week I got the chance to go on my first safari!! It was so cool, and sooooo cold!  We were wrapped up in blankets and hats and gloves and hot water bottles.   Thanks BBC for treating us to a special day we may not have treated ourselves to otherwise :) xx

Graduates.

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On Friday we graduated another batch of clients from Living grace! I was sad to see these people go. Each one has touched our lives in a special way. One in particular has overcome the most unlikely odds.  Diagnosed with a host of mental impairments, we as staff met often to discuss if we were finding middle ground between empowering him and maintaining our standards. I praise God He came through for this guy and I trust he will continue to do so. Living Grace runs an amazing and essential program in Cape Town.  So proud to be part of it!

Phillip and his God.

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The last few weeks of life in South Africa have been very hard.  The grief has come in like a tsunami that bit me out of nowhere and left a mess behind. It started rather obviously, actually.  Early one Monday morning while driving to work I saw an amazing sunrise over the Helderberg mountains.  I had one of this deeply profound moment of knowing God loves me and others with the most perfect love.  It was such an overwhelming feeling that I phoned Simon when I got to work to tell him about it. As I hung up the phone, a message came into my Living Grace whatsapp group, marking the first of many tragedies: --one of our dear clients had hung himself the day before, leaving his newlywed wife and their 2 month ok'd baby behind. --another client, due to become a proud father over the weekend prior had watched as his beloved gave birth to baby, blue and brain dead from malpractice at the government maternity ward they were delivering in.  The baby, Caleb, died that next day. --news spread

Defying the odds.

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Today, Penny passed the exam for her Learners Permit! Penny continues to defy the odds she comes out of. The first one in her family to reach the 11th grade. The first to get a learner drivers permit. The first to stay on a path that will open up door of life and possibility and joy. I am proud of this girl. This young woman (18 in March). Today she is my hero!