Safari Highlights: Lions, Cubs, and Sunglasses
Photographing the Big Cats is one of the top reasons many people journey half way across the world. Spotting one in the wild can be one of the most exhilarating experiences of your life. It was for me, that is. I am drawn to the Big Cats and find myself wanting to get as close to them as is humanly possible. But there is also a sane part of my brain that recognizes their strength as well as the danger and foolishness of not respecting that these are wild animals. Just look at this guy! We have spoken… Read More
Our help at the School
Lorna and Marty volunteer to teach English at a school a few days every week. They have a large group of different kids each day. One of the ways my family and I helped Lorna and Marty while we were in Capetown was by giving these kids a little lesson of our own. For the three mornings that we did it, my dad was the main speaker. My mom had previously created a slideshow using some of the photos she’d taken so far of our trip. This was to help give the… Read More
Our Help with the Storage Room
Lorna, Marty, and Steve own a storage room. In it, there are many things that they use for helping others. In fact, the only reason they have this storage room is because they need it to keep the supplies they give to people. Without this space, it would be very hard for them to do a lot of the work they do. Steve undertakes different tasks than Lorna and Marty, so his section of the storage room is used for something different. His job is teaching people how to share the gospel… Read More
Some of the Ways Lorna and Marty Help
Lorna and Marty are two wonderful, selfless, sweet people with very big hearts. They, and Lorna’s husband Reinaldo, have been very good friends for quite some time. They all live in South Africa and Lorna and Marty do the same work together. There are several things that they do each day, and through what they do, they touch the lives of many, many people. Here is a general idea of the work they accomplish. First of all, Lorna and Marty volunteer to teach English at a school in Capetown. Every morning, at about… Read More
Danny in Cape Town
In Cape town, we met Lorna and Marty. They help kids who often live in difficult conditions, and sometimes provide food and toys for them. After we met them, we had breakfast with them, and then went to their storage room where all of the products that they give the kids are kept. We helped organize a lot of their toys, cardboard, and recycling. During the week, we went to several homes with the kids they were helping. These homes are called Educares. We enjoyed meeting and spending time with all of the kids. Each… Read More
The Daycare Women
There are several groups of women (about thirty groups in all) who have dedicated their homes and their hearts to providing a daycare for very young children who have no one else to take care of them during the day. These women are hard-working, kind, strong, and dedicated to their job. Their jobs are not easy. Every day, except for maybe one to two days a week, kids are dropped off at their home (sometimes very early in the morning; it depends on when their parents go to work) until sometime in… Read More
Our Help with the Daycares
For three days, Lorna and Marty took my family and I to several different daycares. We hopped around from one to another each morning after giving our presentation at the school, and spent anywhere from 5-20 minutes at each home. While Lorna and Marty checked on the women’s plants, the rest of us handed out “sweeties” (little gummie worms) to the kids. The kids’ ages ranged from about 1 – 6 or 7 years old. I felt a lot of different things when going to all these different homes/daycares. I was sad to… Read More
Day 314: Of Churros and Chocolate
We love trying new foods and I was especially excited for the kids try to typical Spanish Churros with chocolate, as it was one of my favorite treats when backpacking through Europe many years ago. These Churros did not disappoint! You have to know to ask for the chocolate, which, although technically a thick hot chocolate drink, is used to dip the Churros in. It is a delicious combination! And what better to top it all off than a hot cup of coffee? Above is one of my childhood friends growing up…. Read More
Danny in Cairo
We first flew into Cairo at about 6:00 a.m. which had to mean it was an early morning flight or an overnight flight which was very tiring for me (I snored away on the plane.) We met a woman named Leila (Lay-la,) who was our tour guide for Cairo. She picked us up at the airport. We drove into town, and got Falafel which is a patty of deep fried chick peas in bread. I didn’t like it very much, so I just ate the bread. We then drove to a museum and studied the… Read More
Day 312: Safari Highlights: Our Cheetah Encounter
This post is dedicated to the beautiful Cheetah we stumbled upon in Sabi Sabi, South Africa. We are thankful to our amazing tracker, Dollen, and our friendly, knowledgeable, fun guide Kosie, who were almost more excited than we were when we found him! Our Cheetah allowed us to watch him for a while and then, without warning, crouched low, became very alert, and shot off in pursuit of something. It all happened so quickly and though we tried to find him again, he had just disappeared. Here is how we began our mornings,… Read More
Deena Gainor
Six Hearts One Journey 
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