

Fun Outreach Visits
During the year, our Bakhita Outreach Team makes a monthly visit to all our children living with guardian families in area villages. They...


Gathering and Gift Giving
Each year we gather all the current Bakhita girls who are attending St. Brendan’s, along with a few of our high school graduates. We come...


Enthusiastic Welcome
After a couple days of traveling, we arrived at our home away from home, the volunteers house at St. Brendan’s School, the place of...


Ending Another Visit
February is a short month – but it really seems short when we realize that our 2023 visit to our Bakhita girls and our South African...


A Welcome Gathering
We received a warm welcome, including an original song.


Hit the Ground Running
Our first few days in South Africa 2023


Extra African Adventure
Twenty-two years ago, during our first stay in South Africa, we met a newly ordained and very young Fr. Masilo Selemela. He was the...


An Awesome Granny
We’ve talked about the “Hero Grannies” that we’ve met here in Africa, but we were especially awestruck with Granny Anna. We met her a few...


Christmas in February
Some of the particularly touching parts of our annual trip to South Africa are the Outreach visits to our children living with guardians...
















































