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Crossroads...

We have been in South Africa as a family for 13 years next month.  We left Tyler, Texas 13 years ago with a clear vision in our heads of how we were going to help with the orphan crisis in South Africa and Africa.

 Over the next few days, I am going to use this blog as a way to reflect on this journey we have taken as a family...

 Part of the reflection has to do with trying to figure out how to read the current place we are in.

 It feels like a crossroads...

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