These are a collection of photos that I thought would be fun to post.
Ok so me in the middle with Mama Flora on the readers right and Winnie on readers left. Mama Flora (as in Mary) who works at BCC is my mummy here even though she is only 6 yrs older than me. And Winnie also lives with us. She is one of the most fun people to be around and you will always have a good laugh with her.
Lazarus is a beautiful little boy that lives with us. The Congo Bishop saw him outside a village church. He was just sitting there because no one was caring for him. He had a big injury to his head and couldnt walk. We dont know if he had cystic fibrosis or Polio that made him lame and have twisted limbs but the braindamage is a result of the injury to the head which very easily could have been someone trying to kill him because they thought he was useless or he was just too draining on the finances. Since living with us, he has been able to walk around a bit and he plays with the children and you will always see him wearing a big big smile. He cant go to school so he often is idle so I gave him a texta and some paper to do some drawing. He drew those beautiful pictures that you can see there. I truly think they are really creative.
Here are all the women and children lined up at the well near my house waiting to get water. Its fun going to the well. I have carried a 20L jerry can on my head for the 2km walk home. Its quite a skill. The women that can do it with no hands are truly amazing.
Here I am with 5 of the kids/brothers and sisters we live with. Every Saturday morning we fill our basins and wash wash wash. It really is a very social event and you will often see women out together washing their clothes and chatting and laughing away while they are doing it.
This is Deborah my sister I live with. She has the best Afro ever!! so I just had to get a shot of it. Of course she doesnt wear it like that but its just what you get when you brush African hair.
Ok so me in the middle with Mama Flora on the readers right and Winnie on readers left. Mama Flora (as in Mary) who works at BCC is my mummy here even though she is only 6 yrs older than me. And Winnie also lives with us. She is one of the most fun people to be around and you will always have a good laugh with her.
Lazarus is a beautiful little boy that lives with us. The Congo Bishop saw him outside a village church. He was just sitting there because no one was caring for him. He had a big injury to his head and couldnt walk. We dont know if he had cystic fibrosis or Polio that made him lame and have twisted limbs but the braindamage is a result of the injury to the head which very easily could have been someone trying to kill him because they thought he was useless or he was just too draining on the finances. Since living with us, he has been able to walk around a bit and he plays with the children and you will always see him wearing a big big smile. He cant go to school so he often is idle so I gave him a texta and some paper to do some drawing. He drew those beautiful pictures that you can see there. I truly think they are really creative.
Here are all the women and children lined up at the well near my house waiting to get water. Its fun going to the well. I have carried a 20L jerry can on my head for the 2km walk home. Its quite a skill. The women that can do it with no hands are truly amazing.
Here I am with 5 of the kids/brothers and sisters we live with. Every Saturday morning we fill our basins and wash wash wash. It really is a very social event and you will often see women out together washing their clothes and chatting and laughing away while they are doing it.
This is Deborah my sister I live with. She has the best Afro ever!! so I just had to get a shot of it. Of course she doesnt wear it like that but its just what you get when you brush African hair.
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