The days in between

Months have past since graduating our students and so much has NOT happened. I have been learning how to DO LIFE without having a million checks on a list. Some days there have been no lists at all. Yet life still happens and things get done. Though it is probably obvious to everyone else, I am just now learning that my value ... my worth to God, the world, to my family/friends is not in what I do. Who would have thought not having lists (and set jobs) would turn me upside and shake me so hard?!

Along the road there were some great moments - we had a fantastic day working with the kids in Cape Town's make-shift refugee camps. These kids ... so much joy in the midst of great uncertainty and trauma.













I had my wonderful cousin come and visit, so of course there had to be some tasting of local produce ...















And the heights of Table Mountain had to been conquered ...














In the end, watching the biggest whale I have ever seen just simply hang out and play, I was reminded that this life is a blessing and should be enjoyed (at all times, in all seasons).