Winter Holiday

Most (if not all) of the schools in South Africa are year-round, so the kids have short vacations throughout the year instead of one long summer break. Today is their first official day of their winter holiday. Since South Africa is south of the equator, it's actually winter here now. You can read more about that in the post called "Winter in June."

The five older kids who live in the Main House have been outside playing most of the day and have been pleading with me to abandon the toddlers and babies to come play with them. After a couple hours of having toddlers attached to my legs and trying to talk to me all at once, it's nice to have a little break, so I went out and spent some time with the older kids.

Annah, Dineo, Hopie, Mary, and I found a nice spot away from the rest of the kids where I could repaint all their toenails. The last time we did this, the little kids were all over us sticking their fingers in the nail polish and making a big mess. This time we were much more prepared. Although we did get a little spot of pink nail polish on my "camping in Alaska" fleece. That was sad. (But will I still wear it every single evening? Yes!)

This is completely unrelated, but please be praying for Nomhle (pronounced nome-clay) today. She is the Managing Director at Lighthouse and had become very close with Lee Ann over the past 9 months. Nomhle took Lee Ann to Pretoria this morning to meet her new family, and I know it's been a really difficult day for her, so please keep her in your prayers.