We are over three months into this journey, and I cannot be more proud of my children.
Right now they are returning from several days of ministering in the bush.
They will be tired, thankful for a hot shower and their soft beds, and some good home cooking’.
We will be thrilled to hear their tales and hold them close.
We have always been an extremely close family, but living here has brought us even closer.
We are even starting to look more alike, people always tell me Michael looks just like me, and Emily like Gary…Ha! Our children made great sacrifice to come here, like giving up football, friends and grandparents.
They never complain, they have become my heroes.
They are focused on the dream, and all the work that goes with it. They are excelling in school, and serving this community.
I don’t know that I could have done this at their ages.
They each have a dream and a destiny apart from us, and we are trying to help them find it, and then release them into it. I am grateful for all the time we spent together when they were very small, time is going so fast, and soon they will have their own families.
We are encouraging them to “tithe” their teenage years to the Lord, and watch in amazement to what blessings their 20’s and 30’s hold. I am so grateful to be their mother, and cherish every moment with them, it is truly my greatest honor. Thank you for covering them in your prayers, we can feel it.
(above the “twins” Michael and Noah, and to the right, Alexis, Emily, Noah and Caleb at the beach in Durban last week…..Africa is very beautiful, as you can see, there is so much here, I can’t believe we get to live here! We have only scatched the surface…
Lisa, they look great! We miss you terribly – pray for you all the time…love you.
Now you know how the Father of ALL feels about YOU!
We love you!
Your Smith Family
here at the Davis house. had a fun time w/ them and the Irwins tonite. and earlier today, lunch with those wonderful grandparents of yours. you are indeed blessed. thanks for setting such a great example, Lisa!
Just lots of love Lisa . Andrew.
Lise, cherish them as much as you can for as long as you can! Living far away from my family and then hearing that my brother got killed in a motorcycle accident last month and then getting news that my son almost got himself killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday morning at 06:00, is lying smashed up in a hospital bed, my parents’ health deteriorating by the day, with me sitting 100’s of kilometres away, is not a nice feeling and helplessness overcomes me constantly as I watch others interact with their family, but I have made a choice to serve the Lord Jesus wherever He calls and leave my whole family in His very capable hands, and even though it hurts terribly not to be there were they are, I know that He is able and that has to be my only hope at times like these. So enjoy them while you have them close!
Lisa, I envy the vision that you have with your children. I hate that I have caught the vision after my have gotten older. Pray for those of us who are trying to “reprogram” our families! Much prayer is being lifted up for the Black tribe!
Love the dress Alexis, you are rockin it!