A Spring of Hope

Finally! A well is at last operating at Leoma High School in Limpopo, South Africa. The school is academically strong, but lacks basic facilities. Now, the school can boast their driven students as well as their clean water supply...

ASoH is growing, and it's growing fast. As of September, 2009, with the help of students and donators around the globe, we have constructed and/or repaired 7 wells, 6 of which are in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga regions of South Africa, and the final in Uganda...

After many hours of frustrated phone calls, much aggravation, and worry, the pallet finally arrived at the Beretta School. We came from the backyard after playing baseball with the learners to find a truck pulling into the school grounds...

Rachel:I have been accused of being cliché in the past, which I apologize for and always attempt to avoid. Yet it is difficult when faced with situations that so startlingly shake one's world to find words that do not sound trite....

Christian squishes the rare and elusive wild dog at the Cheetah Project Center.A beautiful cheetah is utterly bored with our presence. A young learner at Beretta stops for a quick photo.It's naptime at a local daycare.

We spent Monday night at Helen's home, so that we could film one of her typicalevenings. Lynette joined us to help with navigation, as Helen's house is in the middle of a maze of other homes, fences, and barely distinguishable roads...

Yesterday, we spent time decorating the library. We began painting our mural and hung up posters of the Big 5. We are expecting the book shipment to come in on Monday. The students will be ecstatic towards the library by their return from winter break...

We took a long drive away from Acornhoek to attend the water ceremony at the Daniye Primary today. The school is located in a small isolated area with scarce water and lots of children...

We were too eager to not visit the Beretta School the day of our arrival. Lynette, the principal, greated us with enthusiastic hugs and led us immediately to the clinic and library. The buildings were more gorgeous than in photographs...

Fear not, we haven't been eaten by lions (though we did see quite a few.) Actually, we've been having major difficulties with the internet here, despite our many attempts to remedy the situation...