JanuaryJanuary was the start of a new year and a new month of ministry for us. We were in Johannesburg earlier than expected to treat a two of our girls with malaria. We were blessed to find a family to host us and take care of us for the extra days through a church sms chain that all started with a hair cut! The lord is good, that is all I can say about that!
During our time we were fighting for a place to stay in Cape town for our coffee shop ministry, and the family we were staying with was fighting along side us. They had head pastors of several churches looking for last minute housing, and it was just not working out…
We had to revaluate our plans for the month and open our hearts to the change that the L
ord had brought to our months ministry. We were going to work at an orphanage called Door of Hope!
Door of Hope was started as a hole in the wall of a church that was designed to offer people a place to
drop their babies rather than abandon them in trash cans. This home for abandoned children is a hard working orphanage that fights for each one of their children to get the best possible forever family they can find as early as possible.
While we were at Door of Hope we worked in three sections of their homes for the over 40 children they were housing. We had two in Big babies, two in a section called Starfish (for children who have extra needs anywhere from disabilities to strict medicine schedules) and we also lived and worked
in the Toddler house.
I had the privilege of working mostly with the toddlers. So for 3 weeks we were the “aunties” of 6 to 7 20month-4year olds 24 hours a day! “Aunties” is what we were called but
our roles looked a lot like Moms! It was the hardest month I have ever had to leave, but I loved those kids so much and I pray that they have the best possible families, and futures, because they deserve the best!
So here are a few confessions from World Race Mothers, at Door of Hope:
“A little pee on the bottom of my pants from a potty training toddler isn’t enough to make me change.”
“I change dirty diapers because I hate smelling it, not because they have to sit in their own poo”
“ I find personal enjoyment in picking up babies spinning them around, setting them down a
nd watching them fall over in dizziness.”
“I overfeed
one baby because I love to hear him laugh and he laughs every time he takes a bite.”
“Bathroom breaks are the only time without a kid with you during the day…. I never knew I could pee so much!”
"When I go into the kids room to tell them to lay down and go to sleep with my stern teacher voice, shut the door and hear them laugh…. I laugh with them, because I think they are as funny as they think they are!"
“So one time… I didn’t put bubbles in the bath, so they wouldn’t want to stay in there for a long time.”
“I let the kids eat chalk so I could take their pictures.”
“When the kids refuse to open their mouths to eat, I just smeared it on their faces, hoping that it would absorb through their skin.”
“I accidentally hit a baby in the face with a soft ball, and he thought it was funny, so I kept doing it…”
Hope you enjoyed our teams confessions! We truly love those children, so we know that our stories will be training for our future baby endeavors.
was the start of a new year and a new month of ministry for us. We were in Johannesburg earlier than expected to treat a two of our girls with malaria. We were blessed to find a family to host us and take care of us for the extra days through a church sms chain that all started with a hair cut! The lord is good, that is all I can say about that!
During our time we were fighting for a place to stay in Cape town for our coffee shop ministry, and the family we were staying with was fighting along side us. They had head pastors of several churches looking for last minute housing, and it was just not working out…
We had to revaluate our plans for the month and open our hearts to the change that the Lord had brought to our months ministry. We were going to work at an orphanage called Door of Hope! Door of Hope was started as a hole in the wall of a church that was designed to offer people a place to drop their babies rather than abandon them in trash cans. This home for abandoned children is a hard working orphanage that fights for each one of their children to get the best possible forever family they can find as early as possible.
While we were at Door of Hope we worked in three sections of their homes for the over 40 children they were housing. We had two in Big babies, two in a section called Starfish (for children who have extra needs anywhere from disabilities to strict medicine schedules) and we also lived and worked in the Toddler house.
I had the privilege of working mostly with the toddlers. So for 3 weeks we were the “aunties” of 6 to 7 20month-4year olds 24 hours a day! “Aunties” is what we were called but our roles looked a lot like Moms! It was the hardest month I have ever had to leave, but I loved those kids so much and I pray that they have the best possible families, and futures, because they deserve the best!
So here are a few confessions from World Race Mothers, at Door of Hope:
“A little pee on the bottom of my pants from a potty training toddler isn’t enough to make me change.”
“I change dirty diapers because I hate smelling it, not because they have to sit in their own poo”
“ I find personal enjoyment in picking up babies spinning them around, setting them down and watching them fall over in dizziness.”
“I overfeed one baby because I love to hear him laugh and he laughs every time he takes a bite.”
“Bathroom breaks are the only time without a kid with you during the day…. I never knew I could pee so much!”
“So one time… I didn’t put bubbles in the bath, so they wouldn’t want to stay in there for a long time.”
“I let the kids eat chalk so I could take their pictures.”
“When the kids refuse to open their mouths to eat, I just smeared it on their faces, hoping that it would absorb through their skin.”
“I accidentally hit a baby in the face with a soft ball, and he though it was funny, so I kept doing it…”
