African Aid - Questions, Messages, Comments

Questions, Messages, Comments 01/13/2008

It is wonderful to hear from people back 'home', to keep up to date with what is happening in your lives and to still share in your adventures. So please feel more than welcome to contact us with anything from a simple 'Hello' to an deep 'moral/ethical question about the relevance of Western Aid philosophies in an ever changing African environment'..... in other words ask anything, say anything and share everything. We would love to hear from you.

We are so very, very grateful for the wonderful people who we have supporting and sharing this adventure with us. Your love, support and messages sustain, encourage and motivate us.

To leave a message on this website for us (and everyone else) to read then please click on 'Comments' or the 'Title' (Questions, Messages, Comments) above and type away.

Thank you.

Comments

Tracy

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:18:25

What an awesome website! you have both done a great job.
Just wanted to try out the comments section and say hi!!
Love you both xxxx

Jenny

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:26:30

Hi Jodanne and Andrew

Just a note to say hello. Fantastic website!!! I am going to ask if I can put some of your comments into my newsletter for my customers to read, and maybe some of them would want to make donations towards your cause.

All our love

Jenny, Luis and Michael

Rose

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:45:20

Hi guys,
Didn 't know you had a website until now. It's fabulous. I'm really proud of you both. I am going to put your website in the links section of my website, and when the group begins in feb, I will let them know about it. I will also send it out to everyone in my contact list, as I feel the more people that know the good work your doing the more support you will receive. Keep up the good work. Love Rose x

Kevin (Old Man)

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:04:05

Great way to keep up to date. Web site is really top class. Am proud of your efforts. Dad

Vicki

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:08:08

Just wanted to say hi and say what a great job you are both doing. It looks like you are both having a great time.I hope to see your latest adventures in the near future . Stay safe and well. Best wishes Vicki

Chris Dave & Boys

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:15:34

Hey Jodanne and Andrew
Lovely website ... look forward to reading all your adventures. Give all those beautiful babies a big hug.

Luv an Peace
Chris

Stacey & Sheldon

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:24:41

Hi Guys

how fantastic you are!!! I got very teary seeing what meaningful work you are doing. Makes our last 7 months touring around Sth America, the US and UK look very selfish indeed. We are in London today and head to Turkey on Thursday. Another 4 months of travel to go but unfortunately not anywhere near Sth Africa or else we would definetly have come and found you.

Be safe and we'll be in touch (a lot more often).

love

Stace & Sheldon xx

We think of and talk about you both often and look forward to the day we can see you again.

Mom and Dad

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:18:12

Hi Andrew and Jodanne
You guys must be busy because there have not been updates for a while.
This is good but I/we look under latest news regularly to see if there is anything to read. It is always disapointing when therew is none but I guess if you are busy then we will support you by waiting and thinking of you.
Cheers
Mom and Dad.

Ross and Wend

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:35:12

Hey guys, hope youre doing good. Sweet website. will enjoy reading it and keeping up to date.

Ross and Wend

Amanda and Paul

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:28:35

Hi Jodanne and Andrew,
Your website is absolutely wonderful. It is so great to be able to read your latest news and expecially to see photos of you and the work you're doing. It makes you feel quite sad reading about the poverty and unrest over where you are but at the same time, so proud of you both for doing your part to make a difference in this world. You are both so inspirational!! Love from Amanda

Kylie J

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:54:09

Hi Jodanne and Andrew!
Hope you are doing well!
Amanda has been forwarding your emails to me and I was very excited when she sent me this website address - I checked it out straight away! It is fantastic - Congratulations! What touching stories and pictures.. they all bring a tear to my eye! I am in awe of the two of you! You are such special, beautiful people with big hearts! Please add me to any email updates. I have been thinking about you both and even telling my friends about the work you are doing in South Africa!
Keep safe! I look forward to reading your next update!
Lots of love Kylie

Pam and Dennis D.

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:28:56

Dear Jodanne and Andrew,
Wow! Mindblowing or heartrenching in a very powerful way. We have just got onto your website and am now joining the "teary response brigade" (Dennis). Your material is so beautifully written. Africa also such a beautiful nation yet in many places including Kenya wracked (wrecked as well)
by the ugliness of human hatred. Yet you sit and work in the midst of wonderful people.
Look forward to keeping in touch. This afternoon will be officiating at a wedding ain the Bridgeleigh gardens - the same spot that we well remember your own glorious day. Much blessing always in His precious name.

Sue & Greg W.

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:00:14

Congratulations on your great web-site but most of all for having the courage to overcome all adversities and do your bit to make a difference to the lives of these beautiful children. - and what a beautiful place, look forward to more pictures when you settle in Qwa Qwa.

The Kalgoorlie Primary Year One Wonders

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:43:45

Dear Andrew and Jodanne,
We are learning about you at school You met our bears Miller and Murphy.
We loved looking at the pictures of the kids in the Care Centre. We will raise some money to buy the kids some things.
Lots of love,
The Year One Wonders

Andrew & Jodanne

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:50:04

Hello everyone,
Our internet connection up here in Leratong village is very slow and weebly won't let me update the website because of this, so....just wanted to let you all know we are well and our silence is due to nothing more malicious than a slow internet connection. Hope you are all keeping well. And thanks for all the ongoing support and love,
Andrew & Jodanne

Andrew & Jodanne

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:39:27

To add insult to injury 'Yahoo' has decided that because I was sending so many group emails that I must be a 'spammer' and canceled our email address. So the Jodandrew@yahoo.com.au will no longer get to us. If you would like to keep in contact and receive updates from us then please email us at Jodandrew@gmail.com so that we can get your email address again, as we lost them all when Yahoo decided they didn't like me.
Thank you,
Andrew & Jodanne

Jan & Angela Hofmeyr

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:45:38

Hi there Jodanne and Andrew, We last saw you on your visit to S.A. a few years ago and it is with great joy and pride that we read about what you are doing. Our ability now to actaully get on the net and sort of know how to read things like this is so exciting.
Please know that we are here at the Hartbeespoortdam with place for you to rest should you need it - and have some meals prepared for you. Please don't be shy to ask.We would then feel a part of somthing special if we can offer you something. May God continue to bless you and use you. Take care.

Wayne & Debbie

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:28:14

G'day! Andrew and Jodanne,
It took a little while, but we have finally managed to read your blogs and see your pictures. What you are doing is fantasic and makes Debbie and I quite inspired and envious, because we would also like to do what you're doing one day.
We have all been very busy getting ready for the BIG Day! Yep, our Wedding wich is getting very close, err like this Sunday (16 March) We are sorry that you will not be here to share it with us, but you will be thought of and mentioned by us on the day!
We are both very happy for you guys and of the challenges that you have decided to face together. You are Inspiring!
Thinking of you regulary and especially on Sunday. Stay Safe...
Love Wayne & Debbie xxx

Kara Parkinson (Donnelly)

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:54:00

Hi Andrew and Jodanne
Its your high school mate Kara from St Stephen's. I am married now hence the new surname. I was responding to a reunion email from school when I came across your website. Congratulations on the wonderful work you guys are doing I had tears streaming down my face at every picture I saw and at the passionate way you describe your work
you are doing. I am proud to have gone to school with you both and I will be passing on your website to my church on Sunday.

Stay safe and I would love to hear back from you and catch up with you both one day.

Love Kara

Auntie Judy, Uncle Paul, Tanya and Julia

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:06:08

Hi Jodanne and Andrew,
We finally got some time to really explore your website - what a wonderful effort you have put in! Gosh, what can we say other than what beautiful people you are to be so selfless and courageous to do all this fantastic work. The photos are absolutely stunning and make us smile, coo and sigh. The children are all gorgeous and living above the clouds - oh my G..!! Your detailed recounts enlighten and humour us.
We hope all continues to be well (enough) and send all of our love.
Know we are thinking of you, stay safe and all the best.
Lots of love,
Your Stafford rellies :)

Jodanne & Andrew

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:52:18

As I lay here watching a Gilmore Girls episode at Cranberry Cottage in Ladybrand I feel loved and supported by family and friends. It is Andrew's birthday and we are spending a few days away from QwaQwa heading into Lesotho tomorrow.

Thank you very much for everyone's messages and emails. Great speaking to people yesterday too. Thinking of everyone, lots of love Jodanne.

Hannah

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:33:51

AWESOME!!

Hi there, this is Hannah, I did a Reconnective Healing course with Andrew in Sydney.

Wow! This looks like so much fun! It is inspiring to see people living their lives with so much sharing, adventure, variety, compassion; it seems like you are very present with life, people, each other, and your selves!

Thank you for the laughs, and for the glimpse into a different way of being. Those kids seem just so full of fun and joy, thanks for sharing the beautiful photos and videos!

And keep having fun!

Love, Hannah Hatfield

margy

Sun, 18 May 2008 02:57:55

Hi there
Enjoyed the latest photos. Good to have a glimpse into your lives. love mom

Oliver Bradshaw

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:36:09

Hi Jodanne & Andrew,

Wow, just spent some time reading your blog. Sounds like you guys are doing some amazing (and dangerous, by the sound of the border guard incident) work. Keep safe and keep up the good work.

Regards
Oliver.

"Oldie" Kevin Talmage

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:31:48

Hi,
If I have a moment I still check the website . It played a big part in our lives while you were away.

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