A Giraffe Moment!!

An Awesome Moment With A Giraffe!

Aunt Linda, Daniel and Hope climb the stairs to feed the giraffe!  What an experience to have the giraffe eat right out of your hands!  That has to be the longest tongue ever!

A Hungry Giraffe!

Uncle Ben, Daniel and Hope feeding the giraffe from their hands!

The Betzer Family in the Lion's Den!

A Moment With A Lion Cub!

Linda and Hope Betzer take a moment out with a Lion Cub!!  Oh so cute!!

Off To A Kodak Moment!!

We are strutting our new duds!!  Don't we look spiffy!!

Thank You For Our New Clothes!!

We want to say a BIG Thank you to Gina and Stephen Carter and David and Nina Traina from California who organized for all of us to have new clothes!!  Don't we look so beautiful!!

Linda's Hands Are Full and Overflowing!

Ben and Linda Betzer brought us lots and lots of clothing from their children back in the USA!  The kids are dressed in the clothes they brought with them from their kids and special friends of the Lighthouse!  Thank you so very much!!

Nomhle Mputle saying Happy Valentine's Day!

Nomhle, Our Managing Director, put on a beautiful spread for the Head Caregivers and Staff that was working on Valentine's Day!  She treated everyone to a lovely meal and a special sweet treat to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day!

Lorinda, Agnes and LCS Baby

Lorinda, our Finance Manager and Agnes our Support Staff with a precious little one enjoying their time at the Valentine's Party!

Valentine's Treat!

A Valentine's Lunch For Our Special People

Jacqueline Saekanelo Treats Head Caregivers!

Jacqueline Saekanelo, Caregiver Coordinator, 

made sure everyone had treats for Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Treat!

Our Head Caregivers and Staff enjoy their special Valentine's meal!

Enjoying Valentine's Day!

Our Head Caregivers and Staff anxiously awaiting their special meal!!

Ben and Linda Betzer arrive in South Africa!

Ben and Linda Betzer, David's uncle and aunt, arrived here in South Africa on the 7th of Feb. They are from southern California, USA and have recently retired and have come to stay with us here at the Lighthouse for a month. They are spending their time feeding the babies, playing with the kids and working on refinishing our baby beds! We are so thankful for the sacrifice of time and energy that has been put forth and the finances that have made this possible!

Ben And Linda Hard At Work!

Ben and Linda are hard at work refinishing our beds for the children here at the Lighthouse! The beds have not been refinished since we built them years ago. Thus the desperate need of sanding and painting over the scratches and of course teeth marks! ha! What a project this is as the beds are over 7 feet tall with drawers at the bottom and cabinets at the top! What a blessing to be able to have our beds look good as new!! A big Thank You to Ben and Linda and their hours of hard work for the babies and toddlers!

Happy Birthday Time!

We love Birthday parties!! Lots of cake and sweeties!!

Yummy Birthday Cake!!

Jeff and Abby Hunt at Lighthouse!

Jeff and Abby Hunt are pictured here with some of the Lighthouse kids. Jeff and Abby are preparing to return to South Africa! We are so excited that God is bringing them back to be a part of our big family here at the Lighthouse. Please pray for them as they prepare and raise their budget to return to South Africa.

Old Friends Return!!

We had Jeff and Abby (Sauter) Hunt and Jeff's brother, Vern visit us here at the Lighthouse for 2 weeks in January! It was so great having them back in South Africa! Abby spent 2 years here working at Jackson's Ridge on their Children's Ministry Staff. Jeff worked with us for 2 years a few years back. Pictured here is some of their old friends. David, Daniel Betzer, Clemens van der Walt, Johannes, Catherine, Frank, Nomhle, Jeff, Abby, Job and Vern. Hope and Monty are in front.

Evangel University Team Visits Lighthouse!

We were privileged to have Professors and Business Students from Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri in the USA. David organized for them to go down into a LONMIN mine. Pictured here the team prepared and suited up to go into the mine. They were able to see first hand the mining process here in Rustenburg. Rustenburg mining is the largest area of mining platinum in the world. The team was a great blessing here at the Lighthouse as they spent time helping us work on the property and play with the children! Thank you to the Business students and Educators for giving of their time and finances to make this trip possible!!

A New Room For Our Special Girls!

We were so thrilled to give our Big Girls a new bedroom! They were so excited to have their own place to play and call their own! A special family from here in Rustenburg provided all the beautiful bedding for them! We say a huge Thank You for this special treat for our children!!

Moving Day!!

Our 3 Special Girls seeing their new room!!

Our Big Boy Gets His Own Room!!

Our precious boy got his new room! We were so excited for our kids who got to move into their new home on the Lighthouse Property!!

Jerseys from Amsterdam, Holland

We recently received some very special hand made jerseys from Marjorie Jones from the International School of Amsterdam. What a blessing for our children ! The jerseys will be greatly appreciated come winter time! Thank you to the students who knitted the squares to make up the jerseys for our children!

Volunteers for the Day!

Friends Forever!!

Special Friends had an outing at the Lighthouse Children's Shelter! The girls had a great time playing Barbies, swimming and just having fun together!! The girls are growing up fast!!