The girls over at SITS have invited me to be the featured blogger for today! SO EXCITED! If you dont know about SITS then push the button below and join in the fun!
I am a girl who grew up in the Westcountry of England, who lived in Brooklyn, New York for 5 years and is now living in Durban, South Africa.
I am married with two 3 year old sons, one cat and 15 dogs!(don't ask!)
I spend my life working in the AIDS and Orphan capital of the world, The Valley of a Thousand Hills, KZN, South Africa. We have lived here for 5 years and counting.
I love it, I hate it....it is home!
I love anything to do with the beach, anything organic and most of all I love my Savior.
I hate face cloths, shaving my legs and rudeness.
I hope that you find this blog interesting, some what enlightening and most of all I pray that it stirs your heart into action. Whoever you are and what ever you do you were put on this earth for a reason and a purpose. I pray that you find it, work it out and live your life.
Have a blessed day
Because sometimes we just don't have all the answers.....and that's OK!
It's a love thing.....
You can do something.
192 comments:
Ok, call me vain, but I saw your beautiful family and just had to follow! WOW!! I'm jealous!
Congratulations on your day in the spotlight! Be blessed!
I am taking part in my first SITS ever. I am off to read your posts but wanted to say that I love the rich brown background you are using. Nice to meet you!
Enjoy your SITS day! Off to look around!
Greetings from Australia! Happy SITS Day! Best wishes, C :).
Truly touched by a bunch of your posts. Can't wait to see what new adventures are in store for you and your lovely family. :)
Happy SITS Day!
Your blog is beautiful! I love your wedding photo too. Your family looks happy and healthy. What a blessed life you have!
Have a happy SITS-day - looking forward to finding out more about you in the 3 featured postings.
Whoa, that's a lot of dogs. LOL! :O
Congrats on being today's Featured blogger. Have an amazing week. :D
from SITS :D
Happy SITS Day!
CONGRATULATIONS for your SITS-day!
How much movements in your live; incredible!!
How much experiences you have made!!
I am reading your posts today and looking forward to it!
have a sunny day!
elvira
Hey girl!!! Happy SITS day! :)
Loving your blog!! Following it now so that I can keep coming back for more :)
Have a great week!
xo Linds
lindsanity.blogspot.com
Congrats on your SITS day, first time visitor here. Look forward to reading more on your blog.
Greetings, salutations, and Congrats on your SITS Day in the Sun!
Congrats on your SITS Day! Beautiful blog you have here!
Visiting from SITS. Have a nice day.
www.tuesdaysattonyas.blogspot.com
Good morning!
Congratulations on being the SITS featured blogger today.
Wow, 15 dogs? And I thought life with ONE dog was difficult! Happy SITS day!
Hello from Canada.
Congrats on your Sits day.
Off to read your blog.
Good day
L
Congrats on your sits day! Off to read your posts....
Happy SITS Day!!!!
I have to ask, where in the West Country did you grow up?
I'm a Bristol girl!
LBM xxx
Inspiring post. Enjoy your SITS Day!
Happy SITS Day! I just read the first post you listed and can't even believe the events leading up to your post. I will be back to read more. Touching, really.
Have a great day!
great blog I can see why its your SITS Day...Congrats...have a great day. love your blog... :)
happy sits day...Congrats I can see why your blog was choosen. great job and keep it up. I hope that you stop by my blog. :)
Thank you for sharing your life and opening your heart.
P.S: shaving is overrated
Happy SITS Day!
Happy SITS Day! Thank you for the thought-provoking posts.
Congratulations on becoming a featured blogger! I just found that site today and love the idea. Comments always make me feel much better.. so I am glad there is a place where we can spread the comment love!
It's nice to meet you! So jealous that you have lived all over! England.. New York.. and South Africa! Wow!
Congratulations on your day in the limelight. I have a feeling that it is well deserved. I peeked a bit and your boys (and you as well) are simply gorgeous!
I am thankful that you are today's FB @ SITS. I really love a poignant story and every one of your posts are just that.
Many blessings to you and yours and I wish you peace.
You have a beautiful family and your personality really shines through your writing.
Congrats on being a SITS featured blog. I am liking what I am reading!
Happy SITS day! I loved everything about your intro!
Congratulations on your day in the SITS sun!
I hope your day today is beautiful.
Welcome to your day!!! Have a great one!
Happy SITS Day. I am anxious to jump into reading your blog. I am gonna become a follower because I can see from the first post that there is so much more here that I wanna read!
What a great way to start off the week by being SITS Featured Blogger! I hope you enjoy your special day!!
Jen
Congrats on your SITS Day!
I'm off to read your posts! :)
I so admire you for donating your time and life to helping the children in South Africa. God Bless you! I enjoyed reading your posts. Happy SITS day!
Happy SITS day! What you do is inspiring! Thanks for sharing with us!
Amazing posts and pics!
Happy SITS Day!
I haven't even read your three featured posts yet and already I'm wondering, "Could I live in Africa?"
Enjoy your day!
Enjoy your SITS day! This is a fantastic post! I just love it! I have a friend who is out in Kenya doing something along those lines. She adopted two little brothers who's Mother sadly died of AIDS. She always makes a point of regular meetings with the boys family though, just so they don't forget their roots and traditions.
Happy SITs day. May God bless you and keep you while you do his work.
happy SITS day!! you sound like a wonderful fantastic woman. :)
Happy SITS day!
Congratulations on your SITS Day! Wow, is this a departure from the usual FB. You blog is fascinating and your life is a blessing to all those who you help.
Happy SITS day! I have many missionary friends around the world... it's always so amazing to read their stories. May God bless your work in Africa.
Happy SITS day. Congrats on your feature. Your family is beautiful. I am now following you and I am off to read your other posts. Hope you have a great week.
Sheri
http://sherisstory.blogspot.com
Congratulations on your special day in the SITS sun. Off to poke around a bit.
Have a great day!
You lead an interesting life, sounds like! It's great to meet you. Happy SITS day!
Happy SITS Day! :)
Congrats on your SITS day!! :)
Congrats on you SITS Day!!!
Your life sounds hectic, rewarding but also exciting!
Frannie
Happy SITS Day! The work you do is incredible. Keep it up!
What a wonderful blog. Thank you for doing what you do. I am now a follower.
what a great blog you have! Stopping by from SITS, have a great day!!
Happy SITS day to you!!! Your blog already looks amazing, I'm off to read more!! Hope you have a wonderful week.
SITS congratulations, well deserved! This is an amazing site, what an inspiration!
Congratulations on your SITS day! You're blog is wonderful, I can't wait to read more!
Wow! What an adventure your life is! just stopped in from SITS to say hi and congrats on being the featured blog!
What a fantastic way to start the week...and inspirational woman with a fantastic blog. Congratulations and enjoy your day!
I'm new to the SITS world, but I absolutely love your blog! Have a great week in the spotlight!
Congrats on your SITS day!! I hope you enjoy it!! I also hate to shave my legs:D
Comgrats on your SITS Day!
Your blog is just amazing.
Many Blessings, ~Melissa :)
You have such a beautiful blog and family!
Hugs and Mocha,
Stesha
Congrats, Vashti!!!
And I HATE shaving my legs as well. ;) I knew I liked you for a reason :-D
xxx
Congratulations on your SITS day!
It sounds like you lead a very exciting life and you seem like a very giving person :).
www.americantribal.blogspot.com
Hi! Congrats on your SITS day! :)
I can't wait to look around. :)
Wow--what an amazing story you have---I am off to read more about you and your BEAUTIFUL family=)
~Sarah
http://sarahbrownsfavoritethings.blogspot.com/
Congrats on your sits day!!!.Enjoy your day.
You have a nice blog.
Nice to meet you.
Happy SITS day! I enjoyed visiting your blog!
Blessings!!
Happy, Happy SITS Day! I can't wait to sit back and read much more:)
Congratulations on your spotlight day! I'm excited to read some of your posts. :-)
Happy SITS day! Looking forward to reading your posts. Have a good day!
PK @ Room Remix
Hello, your photos are stunning, kids, beautiful, writings moving, indeed. Happy for your feature on SITS...Keri
www.samwich365.com
www.spitnglue.com
Congrats to being the FB today! Wishing you lots and lots of comment love - am off to read your posts now.
Congrats on your SITS day! You sound like an amazing woman, and I look forward to reading your posts, following, and getting to know you better through your writing.
Jenn @ rookno17.blogspot.com
Happy SITS day, I look forward to exploring your blog, I love to meet people from all parts of the world!
WOW! You have experienced ALOT over there! My heart goes out to those child soldiers, the child prostitutes,...How can we make this world a better place? Love is a good start and it sounds like you are doing a great job! Hope you have a fulfilling day, cause God loves US! God LOVES everyone, we are his children!:)
Hi! Stopping from SITS where I am a new memeber. I love your photos! Really beautiful. If I ahve one regret in life, it is that I don't live closer to the ocean. Hope you have a great SITS day.
Enjoy your SITS Day!
I've read your three and now looking forward to exploring the rest of your site!
***Ally
happy sits day!!!
Great posts...great site...so moving! Hope you have a great SITS day and I look forward to reading more of your site!
Happy SITS day!
Wow...may God richly bless you as you continue to serve Him! I love finding other moms sharing their faith in God through blogging!
www.reallyworkingfromhome.blogspot.com
Happy Sits Day!
Congratulations on a great blog and being a SITS FB. "All good." Peace!
Having lived in RSA for six years, your stories and photos bring back so many memories of the country I love! I used to collect dresses and children's clothing on my visits home to NY to bring back with me for all my local friends. We were outside Joburg and I had visited Durban often. I loved your blog and what you are doing. I am back in NY now - but will keep reading your words to keep in touch with S. Africa. God Bless you and your family for all you are doing. I am glad I found you throgugh SITS!
Jenn
Happy SITS Day1
So do you shave then? I try not to. But I have a maternity massage today (oh my aching back) and wondering if I should shave or just warn her. LOL
Great blog! Happy SITS Day!
Happy SITS day!! :)
Happy SITS day and good to see a sister in Christ! Have fun on your day and keep up your amazing work..God is blessing you and your family!
Have a wonderful day being the center of attention! I think what you are doing is totally awesome. Your boys are adorable, and must be quite a handful. God bless you in your work, and may he sustain you and your family.
Happy SITS day from a fellow South African. (Pretoria)
Love your blog!you have a great soul and heart.
Thank you
What an incredible blog and pictures! I am moved by the outstanding work that you do in S. Africa. Congrats on your SITS Days!
Wow! beautiful pictures and blog! Stopping by from SITS! congrats. on your day!!! I am going to have to follow you!
Happy SITS Day!!! Your blog is amazing and the fact that you live in SA is truly awesome to me!!
Congratulations on your SITS DAY!! Your blog is amazing, and very inspiring with the work you are doing. All the best! Janell
Visiting from SITS... Enjoy your special feature!
hello...enjoy your day. 15 dogs? dying to know...
Happy SITS day! I'm enjoying your blog : )
Happy SITS day! I love your blog and became a follower.
Congrats and Good Day to you!!! Enjoying the blog how nice;D
SITS is the BEST!!
Happy SITS DAy!!!!!!
Enjoy your SITS day!
Wow! What an interesting life you have! So great to read about your adventures....congrats on your SITS day----you are oh, so deserving!
Congrats on your SITS day! Off to read!
What a lovely corner of the blogosphere! Can't wait to take a peek around!
a very interesting introduction. What a nice thing you are doing.
Stirred to action! What a lovely phrase:) Happy SITSday!!
Congrats on being a SITS pick! Great job! I am now following your blog.
I pray that many people will be moved into action by your posts! God bless you & your beautiful family!
Happy SITS Day, looking forward to reading more of what sounds like an amazing life. x
Happy sits day! Gosh, your pictures are beautiful!!!
Happy SITS day! Very moving blog! I hope you find much success with all your projects and lots of people who can help do at least a little something!
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Fight The Frump!
Congratulations! Your blog is beautiful and extrememly interesting.
Hello and Happy SITS Day. Just went through a few of your posts. Amazing stuff. You give good meaning to having an attitude of gratitude. I love the photos of the puppy and of the child climbing on the dog.
- Cougs
www.cougar-tales.blogspot.com
I hate shaving my legs too! That is why I am loving that it is cold here and I can wear pants every day! :)
First of all you are the second Vashti that I met this year.
As the namesake of King Xeres' wife, it's my favorite female name this year. And yes it changes as I discover new names.
Congratulations on your SITS featured blogger day! Good job and BEAUTIFUL blog. Your picture stories are amazing and as a former New Yorker [ I was born and raised in Queens] I want to send an extra cyber hug for having experienced my home for five years. NYC is pretty fabulous hun?
Anyway, in closing, let me introduce you to a wonderful internet program called Whrrl.com where you can create photo stories on the fly and email them to everyone you know. I just returned home from the first [and hopefully annual] SITScation and I'm kinda on steroids with information so forgive this very long winded congratulations because today it is all about YOU.
Whew!!
Wow that was a lot of comments in one day! Love you xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mum, for those who dont know)
Fun blog! Happy SITS Day! My sister went on a mission trip to Africa with a ministry at her college last summer. I'm REALLY bad with geography - but I know she went to Kenya. I have no idea where that is in Africa. She had a life changing time there and really enjoyed it.
~Kathryn
Happy SITS day! I look forward to reading your posts. Take care!
Congratulations! Enjoy your day :)
RJ's day to day activities
Journal of RJ's mom
Congrats on youre SITS day. You seen like such an amazing family. I cannot wait to read all about your adventures!!
I am a new follower now too!
Happy SITS Day! Loving your blog!
My first visit to your blog and I must say that it's beautiful! Will def. be following :)
Great blog!!
Beautiful blog! Visiting from SITS - have a wonderful special day!
Happy SITS day! Very powerful and thought provoking posts. What and interesting life you lead.
Love the pics - you have a very interesting life.
Congrats on being FB!! Great blog you have some great pictures. I hope you have a great SITS day!
Congrats on your SITS day, the opening of the Childrens' House, your beautiful boys and nieces, etc. It is very exciting to catch a glimpse of your world through this blog. (It is not every day that I see a picture of a witch doctor, so thanks for reminding me of the size of the planet.) I also lived in Brooklyn for years, love the beach and hate rudeness. Then, does anyone cherish it?
Congratulations today! Wonderful blog! Have a great day! ~Gretchen
Wow, okay, I won't ask but 15 dogs! I get overwhelmed with my 2 dogs plus 3 cats, but then they are all inside with me and I'd be willing to bet those 15 of yours get lots of wide open space to roam.
Hope that you have a wonderful SITS Feature Day!!
Hi! I'm visiting from SITS, and I'm new there, so your blog is my first visit! And wow...very intriguing. I look foward to reading more of your posts and learning more about your life in South Africa, and your work there.
I can totally relate to you saying "I love it. I hate it." I lived and worked in Turkey for a while, and it was heartbreaking to see some of the things I saw there, but at the same time, I loved life there.
Many blessings to you!
Another expat! Hellooooooooo down there (I'm in Moscow).
Happy SITS Day, too.
:-)
I found your blog through SITS - what an encouragement you are!!
"May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by His grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word." - II Thessalonians 2:16&17
Happy sits day to you! lovely site you have!
www.anniebakes.blogspot.com
Here from SITS. I really wanted something new to read in bloggy land. Your blog is just the thing. I'm following you. When you make it thru the hundred's of posts...We'd love to have you come for a visit. Have a great day. Holly at lifelaughlatte.blogspot.com
Happy SITS day and abundant blessings upon you and your family and your work. Your blog is amazing.
Hi! Beautiful blog!
Your blog has such a beautiful message, thank you for sharing.
Congrats on being the FB today. I'm going to go and look around!
Congratulations on your SITS Day! I am a new follower and going to look around some more.
p.s. I LOVE DOGS and wish I had 15 of them!!
Shaving legs? Whats that?
Happy SITS day!
Thank you for being a blessing in the lives of those around you. My prayer request is that those of us that visit your blog don't simply visit but become encouraged by your example. Happy SITS Day! Enjoy...Life is waiting!
Happy SITS day to you. You have a beautiful blog look, I must say. Green is my favorite color and it just drew me in. You also have a gret writing style and interesting life and great family. Congrats again!
Wow! You have been everywhere it sounds like!!! I am so jealous of what you do. Helping others! Someday soon (I hope!) I will be nurse and I will help others too. Happy SITS day!!
Happy SITS day to you. Can't wait to poke around!
Congrat's on your sits day!! I am off to read your 3 posts!!
Congrats on your FB day SITSTA! Wow your blog is beautiful and you and your family are quite the travelers! I live in Brooklyn too, thats funny you lived here for 5 years before your time in Africa! I think it takes so much courage to live life helping others like you do!! I just looked through and saw the pic of your nieces primrose and magnolia, they are too cute!!
You've got yourself a follower!
Happy SITS day! you are an inspiration! I have read a few of your posts and I am have great admiration for you.
I hope you are having a wonderful SITS day! Enjoy:)
Happy SITS day. This looks like one blog I'm going to ENJOY! So glad to meet you!
Wow, amazing. I love reading what your seeing because while I know these things exist in the world it is so easy to "forget" and keep on living in my own world. Thank you for opening my eyes again. I will need to follow you now so you can continue to remind me what our world is really like.
Happy SITS Day!
Low Expectations
Happy SITS Day!! I hope you enjoy it!
congrats on your day in the spotlight!!!
what a lovely blog, and I agree with you, everybody does have a purpose in life.
going to be following you now.
stop on by and say hi when the commotion slows down :)
cheers
cameron
conquer the monkey
Happy sits day! Hope it brings lots of comment love!
I am so excited t read your blog. My computer is acting kind of crazy lately so I can not read today, but I will read soon! Can not wait! God bless!
Congrats on sits day!!! you hav such a beautiful family.
Glad you are our SITS Girl of the Day! I can't wait to read all your posts. Come by and visit me when you can. Happy Monday!
Sandra
Happy SITS Day!!
Happy SITS day! I have enjoyed looking at your blog, and learning about what you do. I am looking forward to following your journey!
Happy sits day!!
This is an inspirational blog and I'm glad I stopped by!
How awesome that you are ministering to those in need in Africa.
God Bless!
Sonya Lee
Wow, I can't wait to have a look around. Happy SITS day!
Oh you go girl. THanks for sharing your life and work and encouraging us to 'live on ..."!
Stopping by from SITS. Can't wait to peak into your life!
LOL. I hate face clothes too! Happy SITS day.
Happy SITS day. I look forward to reading around your blog.
Happy sits day! Have a good Monday
Congrats on your SITS feature day! I'm off to read your posts now.
Happy SITS day !! What a big heart you have !! Going to take a look around your blog !!
Hugs
Oh thank you for a beautiful post and sharing your heart and life. I'm so excited to have found this!!!
Took time to read through your blog today and truly enjoy your heart. You got yourself a new friend :o)
You are an amazing person and thank God for women who have such a good heart as you. Those children are so blessed to have you. Be blessed
Happy SITS Day! What a great blog and great stores / inspiration. I am now a follower!
Hello from SITS. I love the entries of yours that I read and I am following! You have a beautiful heart formed by a beautiful Saviour! I look forward to reading more and being challenged and encouraged.
God bless!
April
I just had to laugh when I saw that you were from Durban. We had some dear friends from there and ever since, we find people from Durban almost everywhere we go - on a cruise, the guy who sold us our car, someone from work, from church, all over.
We've decided that Durban is sending out agents to spy on us for some mysterious South African reason. Hope you're enjoying your SITS day!
Happy SITS day! I can't wait to read more of your blog!
Congrats on your SITS day..and what a beautiful family you have. :)
Cheers.
I just found SITS and in turn found you. You have a beautiful family and such an amazing blog! You are doing great things!
My best,
Brandi
Happy SITS Day! Wow, what an amazing life and so encouraging how you are being used to spread love and light to others!
I don't remember if I commented yesterday, but grats on your SITS day :D
Congrats on your SITS day :) I'm late but I just got my internet back so it's time to play catch up!
Great blog and congrats!
So I'm a little late...but I hope you had a fun fb day, SITSA! Lovely blog, beautiful purpose! You will be in my prayers.
Mox
Happy SITS day! Enjoy reading your articles & great pictures across the sea!
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