April showers...

 Hello sweet friends! I hope you are well and enjoying spring! I know my friends and family in the south don’t know what spring is. We leave winter and the next day it’s in the 90's. It is getting colder here. Currently the weather is in the mid 40's and low 70's. I’m finding South Africa fall very nice.

April was a fun and stressful month. We had a fundraiser for Door of Hope and I helped with coordinating it. I had lots of documents and paper work to have approved and signed before we held the event. Then the day of the Superhero Fun Run came. I was in charge of coordinating games for the kids to play. We had lots of volunteers come and help which was great. We had a wonderful time.

We have had so much trouble with technology lately. The office phone didn’t work for 6 weeks and then the internet was down. Guess what guys, my job is to answer the phone and emails. Even though I found other things that needed to be done around the office, it was a bit slow at work for a while. Which was nice with the stress of the Fun Run behind us, we were able relax in the quiet a bit. The phones are down again so we are just praying they are fixed soon. Things take time to be fixed here. We can’t just call someone and they be here in 15 minutes and fix it immediately. Different country, different people, different way of life.

The May newsletter was sent out yesterday. If you would like to receive it, you can go online to www.doorofhope.co.za and sign up for it. Hannah and I had an introduction feature in it.

I moved out of Baby House 1 and moved into Don and Cheryl’s home for 6 weeks as they are in the states promoting Door of Hope and Arise Ministries. The flat that I will be staying in for the time I’m here is being renovated. We just moved back to Baby House 1 because Don and Cheryl return from the States this week. Hannah and I were talking about moving back to the Baby House. We felt like we were on vacation, it was nice while it lasted but we were ready to come home. This morning when I went to have breakfast the aunties kept saying welcome home. I didn’t realize how much I missed the aunties, babies and toddlers. I didn’t get to see them very often because I work at another baby home. It was nice to be back.

I want to open the floor up for you to ask questions and I answer them in my next blog. I don’t really know what you guys want to read about. Writing isn’t my strong suit and I forget everything so I need some help from you. If you would like to know something, anything, please send me a Facebook message or email at aredden87@yahoo.com and I will answer it on the next blog. I’m thankful for each of you. You, my sweet friends, are my favorite people.