January 08 Newsletter

THANK YOU…………………………………..

To all of you thank you so much for giving us all such an amazing time in oz. For Hlo especially his life has been transformed, he is now a confident man who knows what he wants and is going to get it.

We had a fairly uneventful flight and arrived safe with all out luggage to be met by a brother of a friend who took us to his house cooked for us and let us stay the night. The car had been cleaned and fully services absolutely amazing after warning the kids we were back to roughing it what a welcome!

The house was still standing although overgrown, but we found it. We were all waking at 4am in the morning so got up and had breakfast and started cutting back the weeds.

Monday spent most of the day checking on people who I had been assisting before I left all were well and recovering well so much for being indispensable………………

Hlo has come to work at home for a week to try and get the yard under control and fix all the leak.. He has been researching chefing courses and has found two possible that we are working on fingers crossed.

Doong found a uniform we had been given a year ago just in time for Monday morning with a pair of shoes we have bought in oz and the grey airplane socks he had a uniform and looked like he should for his first day hoorah! I must be a real mummy!
He hopped out of the car and was swamped by the older girls and escorted off to his classroom he is having a ball and loving it from one day to the next he is reading unbelievable

Homework more of an issue as I couldn’t work out how to do it, fortunately Tris who looks after him in the afternoons has volunteered to do it with him joy!

Miya is back into freedom mode running round like a mad dog and loving it, although still asking to go home so not sure how the ultimate realisation will go.

Sli and her two kids are still in the volunteer house and she has now enrolled back in school so have had words regarding her finding alternative accom.

Thando, I went to visit her at Eka Jesu the orphanage who have been looking after her, she has started in Grade 1 this year with them, after talking with them they offered to take her on long term subject to welfare to issue a safe house order for her there which they verbally agreed and she is doing so well and loving it. It is an amazing place with only 9 other children full time there so for now a great environment.

Moses was here on leave for 10 days and is flying and helped Hlo a lot with his college research. He left to go back today to college.

Cameron leaves on Monday and is counting the days, his work has gone mad so he is running all the way.
We now have a 2 month old whose mother is very sick and not strong enough to look after the baby and the neighbours’ are stealing the babys milk so hopefully just a few days until she can get on her feet again. He is very sweet Miya on one side and the baby on the other bed does not allow for much sleep between 2 hour feeds aghhhhhhhhhh

Other than that it is great to be back and lots happening the crèches are under way in Khetani.

I have just come back from a meeting with the owners of the old school site Celumfundo and I can pick up the keys tommorow we have the go ahead to move in and start, after nearly 5 years of trying to get land it is happening…………. Hoorah!!!

Lots of love to you all and thank you

Sofi, Hlo, Doong, Miya and cling ons…………………………