I am leaving this blog for the next 2 years while I am in South Africa, so check out my new pictures at www.stacie2southafrica.blogspot.com
Somehow my mom and dad dodged the camera during the hectic days of my departure. I love and miss them very much!
November 12, 2008
Things I miss from Home
Morgan
Truffles and Phish have an unusual friendship!
Bob, the stray unfriendly cat that adopted us.
My Blazer!
The Hokies!!
A surprise Going Away Party on Bays Mountain
I was totally surprised by this party! Thanks!
I appreciate it more than you will every know!
All of my friends and family are a true blessing from God!
Good friends and good food make for a great party! Watch out Melissa and Mel the giraffe might be hungry!
Love this beautiful family!
Aren't these just the cutest kids?
Love these guys! Thanks for surprising me with the party!
Nelda---Mama #2
EC---Daddy #2
Jessica--friends since Middle School
Our bridge of friendship!
The playground was fun for the big kids too!I'm leaving for Africa/Pumpkin Carving Party
Aww--I love the African animals and so did the kids!
Dad and Jackie--best buddies!!
Mamaw Mac is just like kin folks to me!
Everyone had fun with pumpkins!
But Kyndall made hers a work of art! Keep scrolling for the
continuing tale of this little French mouse!
It's the Headless Horseman or maybe Josh's new costume!
My pumpkin carving friends!
Audra and what is left of the pumpkin after its untimely fall.
The remains!
Only the French mouse is left after that wild party!
Carson Newman Homecoming '08
It was fun to share the day with Rachel, Garin, and Isaac Hill.
Isaac is going to have to grow to love the CN Eagle.
Am I trying to get in or out???
We had fun with Isaac!!
Fall Fly Fishing in North Carolina
Look at the trout I caught!
Dad is a great fly fisherman!
Ms. Pat was so excited! Dad loves to teach folks to fly fish!
We had a fun day!
Grandparents
I just love my Papaw and Mamaw! Papaw tells the greatest stories and Mamaw makes my favorite biscuits!
Putt Putt Golf
Look out, Josh! There are "trolls" under the bridge.
We lost a ball or two or more in the water!
Fun!! Love these girls!
October 4, 2008
Virginia Tech Football!!
Stacie at Virginia Tech!!
View from the amazing suite that my friends allowed me to sit with them in!!Thank you all so much! I had such an amazing time!!
Patrick a good friend of mine from Botswana stopped by for a visit!!Laughing with Audra!!
Stacie and Audra having fun in the big city!!
We have way to much fun taking photos!
September 30, 2008
Packing?!
This is Truffles way of trying to keep me at home!I am not sure what my animals are going to think when I move back to Africa!
All over VA!
Stacie and Patrick
Tyler and Jocelyn
Stacie and Tyler
Jocelyn at UVA
Amazing family friends!! Mary Ann and Doodle!! Love these people!Fun with Friends!
Kyndall for a dollar got a "glow grill" a mouth piece that lights up!So as you can see her mouth is blue!
Melissa and Stacie wishing we had a "glow grill" also!
Audra trying to obey the sign!
So cute!Crazy Cat!
Truffles enjoying the opened window!
While painting the kitchen the cat like to tower over the family from the ladder!He is so silly!
Shopping in Knoxville!
Stacie, Melissa and Ayden
We even caught up with Carmel for lunch!Carmel was a good friend that I made when I lived in Botswana!
So good to spend time with all these ladies!
Lion Cake!!
My mom taught me how to decorate a cake!
Not to bad for my first try!The lion tasted great also which is the most important thing!
A Dolly Wood Good Time!!
Kyndall making friends with the locals!
Obeying all the signs!
Kynall and I both have very happy memories of riding the Blazing Furry when we were kids. Now that it is one of the oldest rides if not the oldest it is pretty low tech compared but it still holds a very special place in our hearts, always!!
Kyndall showing off her love for Dolly Wood in the Friendship Garden!
Diet Coke in the Dolly Wood cup that Kyndall's mom loaned to us, that saved us big bucks, that says "We rode them all" which is exactly what we did! We even rode all the roller coasters 3 times! It was a wonderful day at Dolly Wood!
Stacie with her blue kettle corn!It made her mouth very blue!
Even had blue teeth!Big Praises in little Packages!
Billie and Travis have a son!! Issac is so beautiful! Please continue to pray for this amazing couple as God continues to bless them!Melanie and Melissa
This is a few of the photos that I took during a photo shoot for my good friends Melanie and Melissa. They are twins and blessed to have babies due near the same time! I have had such a great time with these ladies while I have been back in the US! I am praying for you ladies and your growing families!
Briley in her very cute bath towel!
Briley just after her first set of shots! She is to tough!
Grandpa and Briley
Stacie and Briley hanging out!August 19, 2008
Sharks!!!
While serving as a volunteer missionary in Cape Town, with ACTS http://www.actsoverland.com/ a group went Shark cage diving in Gansbaai, near Cape Town, South Africa! This was such an amazing experience to be in the water with huge Great White Sharks!
I shot these clips with my point and shoot while diving! The part where the camera is upside down and very thing is all crazy and you can see a sharks tail powering away from the cage and hear Kyndall and I screaming, the shark had just hit the cage with his tail! Pretty cool!! Enjoy!
The company that we were diving with is http://www.sharklady.co.za/ I would highly recommend Shark Lady, top notch people!
I shot these clips with my point and shoot while diving! The part where the camera is upside down and very thing is all crazy and you can see a sharks tail powering away from the cage and hear Kyndall and I screaming, the shark had just hit the cage with his tail! Pretty cool!! Enjoy!
The company that we were diving with is http://www.sharklady.co.za/ I would highly recommend Shark Lady, top notch people!
July 23, 2008
Mission Trip to Cape Town, South Africa!!
God truly blessed us with an amazing trip to Africa! It was so interesting to see how God worked out every detail to get us to Cape Town and then work through the ministry that we were there to do while there! We worked with ACTS (http://www.actsafrica.com/) and Living Hope Ministries (http://www.livinghope.co.za/). Thank you so much for your prayers! Pray for the children and families that we were blessed to work with while in South Africa and please continue to pray for Zimbabwe and God's plan for that beautiful country!
Melissa and Kyndall all excited in the DC airport, pointing at the South African flag!
Melissa and Kyndall all excited in the DC airport, pointing at the South African flag!
Kyndall and Melissa enjoying the pool outside the bed and breakfast where we stayed!
Kyndall, Mandy, and Melissa decided to climb a tree! Kids Club!
Melissa, Kyndall and Stacie were blessed to attend Kids Club one afternoon!
A skit about how Jesus can take you heart and make it new!
Simon's Town, Boulders Beach
African Penguin
Melissa, Stacie and Kyndall having fun with the penguins!
Kyndall and Melissa fighting with seaweed! Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope!
Beautiful ladies at Cape Point!
Kyndall and Melissa really wanted to see baboons, but the baboons were a little intimidated!
Look we are pointing to the Cape of Good Hope!
Lighthouse at Cape Point
Cape Point where the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean meet!
Looking back from Cape Point.Atlantic Ocean -Left, Indian Ocean- Right
Kyndall and her love for Sharks!! 
Christian Radio in Cape Town
This building is the sister station to WCQR which is the local Christian radio station in the Tri-cities area! It's a small world! Soccer Ministry
The man on the left of the photo is Nash. He is an ex-pro soccer player who felt the leading of God to start a soccer outreach program in Ocean View. Please pray for this ministry, as it not only reaches out to the community through sports, but also trains them to be leaders in the community and followers of Christ!!
Melissa helping with the younger kids!
Beautiful houses in Ocean View
Nice view of Chapman's Peak
Ruth works for ACTS as a guide! I feel so blessed to have met her! 
Kelly, Julie, MelissaKyndall, Amanda, and Stacie
Girls having fun on Long Beach
Sunset on Long Beach!
Jump Stacie jump! Shark Cage Diving!!!
Sharks!!
They were really big!
Kyndall is in the far right side of the cage and Stacie is beside her ready for all of the action! 
Muizenberg Beach
Melissa, Kyndall, and Stacie and the Indian Ocean
Chrisie and Emily
Amanda, Kelly and BeckyIt was so great to meet people from all over the world that had come to serve as volunteers to help reach out to the Cape Town area! Praise the Lord!
Surfing in the Indian Ocean!
Jess catching a wave!
The surfers!
Mandy works for ACTS and helps out so much with the vols!
Kyndall having fun! Refugee Camp in Soetwater
This is the refugee camp at Soetwater where we worked for a week and a half with kids that were from Somalia and Democratic Republic of Congo. The two groups did not get along so we played with kids from the DRC first then ended the day with the Somalian children!Pray that God would continue to bring light into both sides of this camp.
This is the tent that we were supposed to use on the DRC side of the camp. The tent was ripped really badly during a storm the night before. I am happy to say that most days were were able to play with the DRC kids outside! Kids from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Playing with the kids from the DRC beside the Atlantic Ocean
I was happily surprised when a mission team from Carson-Newman (my alma mater) pulled into the refugee camp to help us for a day!!
It was such a blessing to have a little piece of home to help out! 
Tony and his brother, Benny are from the DRC. Their mother has passed away, and their dad remarried and does not want the responsibility of these boys. So they are not only refugees but also orphaned at the camp. These guys stole my heart!
Benny
Tony and Kyndall spending some quality time together!
Melissa playing fun games!
Lucky was so fun to be around!
David is such an amazing kid from the DRC. Pray that he and the rest of the kids are able to get back into school soon! 
Melissa showing off marker where she got bitten. Kyndall also suffer two bites from kids. Stacie managed to stay away from everyone's teeth! None of the bites broke the skin just made for nice stories!
Lighthouse at Soetwater.Pray for these two people groups. The Somalians are a Muslim African cultural. The people that are from the DRC are more of a Christian cultural but many of them really do not have any idea who Christ is and how He can impact their daily life! Pray that God would continue to send Christian vol to work with these wonderful people!
St. James
The little changing rooms are one of the more photographed sites around Cape Town.
Michael and Mike, these two guys work for ACTS helping people get to Africa and helping get around Africa once they arrive! Pray that God would continue to bless their efforts and the amazing company that they work for!
Mandy and Jess have fun at St. James tidal pool along the Indian Ocean! 
All the ACTS/ Living Hope vols!! What an amazing group of people!
Kyndall, Danielle, Melissa, and StacieDanielle is from Nashville and will be serving in Cape Town for a year! Pray for the rest of her time that God would bless her ministry!
Pam and Mike Tally! They are Living Hope vol coordinators.Pray for them as they serve two years in Cape Town!
Noordhoek, Long Beach
Playing in the Atlantic Ocean!! It was very cold!
The moon rising over Long Beach! The Lion Park! Johannesburg, South Africa
Kyndall and Melissa feeding the giraffe!
Stacie, Melissa, and Kyndall with a hungry giraffe! 
Kyndall and a new little friend!
Stacie and a cute little two month old lion cub!
Kyndall and Melissa having fun on the rocks with the little lions!
Such a cute little face! 
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