My baby is FIVE!

I can't believe that my baby is 5.  These 5 years have been the best years of my life! It has been such a joy and honor to raise Davis. 

2 days old!

1 years old!

2 years old!

3 years old!

4 years old!

 

Davis' First Day of School

A new school year here in South Africa.  Davis was very excited to start today with a new teacher and a new classroom.  He even brought a picture of Lily to show off his sister!

My baby is growing up!

Welcome Lily Raelynn

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Noah, Davis and I are thrilled to anounce the arrival of our sweet daughter, Lily Raelynn Kaye.  

 

Date: Saturday, January 7th, 2012 (EXACTLY 5 years after Davis- get ready for some MAJOR birthday partying January 7th, 2013)

Location: Constantia, Cape Town, South Africa

Time: 2:14pm

Weight: 6lb, 7oz

Length: 18.5in

 

Lily's name is spiritually significant...it means beauty and purity-- indicative of her future.  We belive that the Lord has great plans for Lily.  She will be a radical, Holy Spirit led, Jesus lover.

 

Lily's name is also practically significant in that she is our "Lily of the Valley"-- we live in the Fish Hoek Valley of Cape Town.  What is really cool is that Davis choose her name! 

 

She is a miracle and an answer to prayer and prophetic words over our family. Read about it HERE when we announced our pregnancy.

 

Join us in praying for Lily's life-- that it would shine for Jesus.

Davis' Last Day of School

I can't believe we have lived here in South Africa a whole school year! It just seems like yesterday we got of the plane and started this new chapter in our lives. 

Yesterday was Davis' last day of school.  He is now on summer holiday for the next 4 1/2 weeks. We are so proud of the growth and maturity we have seen in this last year. He has learned so much at school and got to play his little heart out each day!

 

Davis' first day of school (Jan. 2011)

Davis' last day of school (Dec. 2001)

Baby Shower!

My friends got together and blessed Lily and I with a shower.  They showered me with lots of love, prayers, and gifts.  What a blessing they are to me!

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[[posterous-content:pid___4]]Deby is the life of the party!

[[posterous-content:pid___5]]Tersia and I posing!

[[posterous-content:pid___6]]Julianna writing on a diaper!

[[posterous-content:pid___7]]Noah and I have alot of funny things to read during the middle of the night changes!

[[posterous-content:pid___8]]Anette, just one more pose!

 

Thank you ladies for making me feel so loved and supported!!!!

 

Family Pictures

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Davis in Masi

One of Davis' favorite things to do right now is playing with his spinning top that he bought in Masi. It is what all the boys are playing with in Masi and so Davis wanted one too!

Here is Davis playing with some boys today in Masi with his spinning top outside of where we have our VC Kid's Club.

Blessing in Community!

I know it has been a long time since I have written a blog post but life got really busy and being pregnant I only had enough energy to give to my family and to ministry. That said I am feeling better and my energy level is getting better, so I promise to write more often!

My first post being back I want to talk about being blessed in the community I am living in. God knew exactly what I needed when He moved me 8000 miles away from my family and friends. While Noah was away for 2 weeks, I came down with the flu. It was pretty bad and it was hard for me to get out of bed and tend to Davis.

I have made some amazing friends here and they were ready and willing to take turns nursing me back to health and tend to Davis. I couldn’t believe the care they were giving me and they made it easy being sick without Noah home and having my family to lean on.

In these last several months I have never experience community quite like this. 8 months ago these ladies were total strangers and now they are there when I need them. One was even willing to hold the trash can as I puked my guts out and if that wasn’t bad enough, she insisted to clean it out so I could go back and lay down.

Township to Township

One of my friends, Sarah Prince, that works in Ocean View (a coloured township) got some of the ladies she works with to come in a pray for some single moms in Masi (the township I work in). It was a powerful time of prayer and song and I felt so honored to be apart of this divine moment with these ladies.  The visit took place in the dark and the shacks had no working electritiy.

 

Fun With My VC kids

Wanted to share some pictures of the kids I mentor in Masi

Sinazo (11), Loyiso (8), and Sihle (15)

Loyiso and Davs after having some ice cream!

Sinazo and I  before Kid's Club.  It makes me so happy to see her smile!

Davis and Sinazo.  He has grown very close to these kids!

Stolen Post: Storying in Masi

This video captures something that we are really seeing the Lord bless. We call it storying. Since so many people do not learn by reading (close to 80% of the world are oral learners), we are experimenting with different ways that: A) People can learn the scripture in a manner that penetrates their hearts. B) They can reproduce it for others. I encourage you to try this in a group soon. Later, I will post some stories that we have crafted. Use, reproduce, tell others and let the Word of the Lord go forth.

Storying in Masi from Noah Kaye on Vimeo.

Masi Fire

What a week we have had!  Last Monday we woke up to the news that there was a massive fire in Masi, burning at least 1500 shacks.  People were left with no home and many with no possessions to their name. When I arrived on the scene, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.  I have never seen a fire so big and do so much damage.  I felt for the people because I could remember what it was like to watch a home burn down.

The fire started in the middle of the night and when we got in at 9am the people were already clearing their site and starting to rebuild.

Even the kids lent a helping hand!

Each day there was more progress!

By the end of the week many shacks were rebuilt and people were trying to replace the things they lost from donations the community was providing.

 

He is My Refuge!

Praying through this today!

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High 
   will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, 
   my God, in whom I trust.”

  Surely he will save you 
   from the fowler’s snare 
   and from the deadly pestilence. 
He will cover you with his feathers, 
   and under his wings you will find refuge; 
   his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. 
 You will not fear the terror of night, 
   nor the arrow that flies by day, 
  nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, 
   nor the plague that destroys at midday. 
  A thousand may fall at your side, 
   ten thousand at your right hand, 
   but it will not come near you. 
 You will only observe with your eyes 
   and see the punishment of the wicked.

   If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” 
   and you make the Most High your dwelling, 
    no harm will overtake you, 
   no disaster will come near your tent. 
   For he will command his angels concerning you 
   to guard you in all your ways; 
  they will lift you up in their hands, 
   so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. 
   You will tread on the lion and the cobra; 
   you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

  “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; 
   I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. 
    He will call on me, and I will answer him; 
   I will be with him in trouble, 
   I will deliver him and honor him. 
     With long life I will satisfy him 
   and show him my salvation.”

Easter 2011

Easter was very different for us this year being in another country.  We really missed our family and our church, but we managed to make the best of it.

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I left Davis' Easter basket in the states so I bought this basket for him.

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Davis' finished Easter basket!

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Davis looking for his Easter basket!

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He found it!

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Davis and Mona playing with their Easter things!

[[posterous-content:pid___6]]We had an Easter breakfast with the 2 other families that we live with!

On the Eve of Easter

Davis and I had a very special moment tonight as I was putting him to bed.  We read the Easter story in the Jesus Book Storybook and then off to cuddle into some sweet percious dreams.  As we layed down I told Davis that instead of just praying tonight let finish this statement......

Thank you Jesus for.... 

Mom: Thank you Jesus for giving me such a wonderful son!

Davis: Thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for my sins!

Mom: Thank you Jesus for my husband!

Davis: Thank you Jesus for not staying dead and is alive!

Mom: Thank you Jesus for giving us food!

Davis: Thank you Jesus for giving food to Masi people!

Mom: Thank you Jesus for giving us a nice bed to sleep in!

Davis: Thank you Jesus for calling us to South Africa!

I am so proud of my boy and feel so blessed to call him my son! To think I wouldn't be having this special moment if Jesus didn't step in and let his own life be taken so mine would be saved! He LOVES us that much!

 

HAPPY EASTER!

Prayer Journal

A few weeks ago we had a guest speaker that uses a prayer journal everyday and it really got me thinking. So I decided to start one and it was the best thing I could of done. I have been writing in it everyday and it has changed the way I think and talk to God.  It has been a powerful tool for my prayer life!  

Each day I do four things:

1. Write at least 5 things I am thankful for from the perious day.
2. Write words that express what I am feeling for God and in my heart, and what prayer needs I have.
3. I have 28 people/families that I pray for, so on their day I spend time writing a prayer for them.
4. Then I pray it out loud and add anything else I feel that I didn't write.

 

 

Treasured Gifts

I have been meaning to share two special gifts that I got for my birthday.  I have been so blessed by all the amazing new people in our lives. They have been so loving, caring, and supportive!  Recently, I was given two gifts that had meaning for my life. They represent things that God was showing me before I left for South Africa and continued when I got here.

My friend Tersia (staff of All Nations) bought me these flowers for my birthday to go along with a word she gave me the second week of lecture. She came up to me one day to tell me that I am here for a reason and that God wants to continue to bloom me into what He has always intended me to be. When Tersia gave me the flowers the buds weren't open. She went on to tell that this is a beautiful flower that hasn’t bloomed, but it will, and when it does it will be beautiful. Just like the flower I am ready to bloom into something beautiful!

My friend Julianna (staff of All Nations) gave me a painting that she painted of a tree with this Psalm 1:5 on the back. “You’re a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.” Julianna had no idea what was going on in my life and yet she thought this would be a perfect gift for me.  It is hanging in my room with the verse under it so I can see it everyday and be reminded that God is changing me everyday!

 

God is doing amazing things in my life these last 3 months and He is far from done.  It has been painful at times but I know that in the end it will be so rewarding! My greatest prayer right now is, "God please don't stop until you are done with me!"

School Project

Davis' first school project

Davis' class was studying countries and we were asked to put a poster together for the USA. I really had fun getting this project ready and teaching Davis how to present it to his class.  He did such a great job and he was so proud to show his classmates where he is from!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selah's Visit!

We had an awesome visit from Noah's sister these past 10 days.  We were so blessed to have her and so sad to see her go!

We are waving at Selah as she gets off the plane!

Selah's welcoming committee! 

Their first hug!

Selah with kids in Masi!

Selah giving out candy!

The view from Table Mountain!

Selah taking us out for the night!

Awesome view!

Selah was amazed by the African Penguins! 

 

 

Where is Davis?

We put Davis to bed tonight in our bed. When we left the room there was an adorable 4 year old in our bed.

Noah's heart stopped when he came into the room and saw this.

This is where Noah found him! Noah thought it was cute to come running into the kitchen to tell me Davis was gone.  Not Funny! Not cute!