Pink Blossoms with #WW #Linky

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Party Linky #157!

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Here's a peek at
My Latest Post

on 1camera1mom:

Milkwood Village and Family Picnic

Check out the selection of photos of our time
in Wilderness, South Africa!

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My Weekend Post:
It's All in the Mind
Forget what you know.

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It's All in the Mind with Weekend Linky

Welcome to my weekend blog hop -

Make My Saturday Sweet #141!

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Once a week, I have the pleasure of choosing videos for the level 5 English class at YWAM (Youth With A Mission) as I have them for one hour a week for "Listening." The topic this week was, "It's all in the mind."

One of the videos that I chose was from Jacob Barnett on TEDxTeen titled, "Forget what you know," with the subtitle, "The wisdom of not knowing."

Here are a few points that I got from watching this video: 

* Traditional learning does not help us to think for ourselves.

* We learn best when we learn in our own unique way, not accepting everything that is already out there - the straight facts that get told to us.

* We need to stop learning and start thinking in our own unique perspective, which leads to creating.

Check out this fun video by an autistic boy who looks at numbers and problems in his own unique way and be inspired to see things differently!

By the way, the comments below the video have a lot of derogatory statements about how he moves and laughs, but everyone must remember that he is not a typical boy, but an autistic boy who has overcome great obstacles to be speaking in front of an audience. Hasn't everyone seen "Rain Man" the movie?

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My Previous Post:
Wildflowers
We're heading into spring here in South Africa
and wildflowers are popping up everywhere.

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Last Weekend's Post:
Gender Equality
Will our daughters be given the same
opportunities as our sons?

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Make My Saturday Sweet is a weekend blog hop for all family friendly blogs. You are welcome to link your favorite post from the past week(s) and to visit the last link before yours and leave a sweet comment. It's a really easy and fun way to make new friends and to catch up on old acquaintances.

Now on to my blog hop...

It's time for another Make My Saturday Sweet blog hop!

Join me (your host) for this fun and easy hop.

All family friendly blogs are welcome!

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• Share about this hop on Twitter, Google+ or Facebook.
• Visit the last link before yours and leave a sweet comment.

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Wildflowers and #WW #Linky

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Wildflowers are blooming and covering the fields like carpets as the weather is getting warmer in South Africa. These are signs of Spring.

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on 1camera1mom:

Bird Watching

Check out the neat selection of photos of our time
Bird Watching in Wilderness, South Africa!

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My Weekend Post:
Gender Equality

Amanda and Samantha

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Now on to my blog hop...

Come link up your Wordless Wednesday

(with or without words) or any picture post

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If you host your own blog hop(s), then feel free
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and

I'm also now on Instagram!

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Gender Equality with Weekend Linky

Welcome to my weekend blog hop -

Make My Saturday Sweet #140!

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I'm one of the listening and pronunciation teachers for several classes at the English Language School in YWAM this term. This week's theme in the Level 5 English Language class was on "Battle of the Sexes." The class is made up of a few men and women from Brazil, Angola and Madagascar. I only see them for one hour a week for their listening class.

Gender equality is a topic close to our hearts. For example, my husband is a big advocate for women in ministry. He spends countless hours on forums and writes blog posts on the topic on Real Church Life.

For my listening class, I chose two excellent YouTube videos. One is about the roles of American women during World War II, "Wartime Rosies," and the other is a speech by Emma Watson at the UN. I don't necessarily condone everything that is said on these two videos, but the message is clear in both of them and that is what I want to leave you with.

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Last Week's Post:
Living in South Africa
My life as an American mom in South Africa

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Make My Saturday Sweet is a weekend blog hop for all family friendly blogs. You are welcome to link your favorite post from the past week(s) and to visit the last link before yours and leave a sweet comment. It's a really easy and fun way to make new friends and to catch up on old acquaintances.

Now on to my blog hop...

It's time for another Make My Saturday Sweet blog hop!

Join me (your host) for this fun and easy hop.

All family friendly blogs are welcome!

If you host your own blog hop(s), then feel free to

link them on my Blog Hops page!

I would love for you to follow me on

Google+

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Twitter 

Facebook 

I'm also now on Instagram!

Here are the easy rules:

• Follow Tina (your host) on one or more links listed above.
• Link up a post from your family friendly blog.
• Please try to add my hop button on your post or side-bar.
• Share about this hop on Twitter, Google+ or Facebook.
• Visit the last link before yours and leave a sweet comment.

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Weekend Linky

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Cats Snuggling with #Linky

Welcome to my Picture Perfect
Party Linky #155!

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Our Cats, Prince and Sheela

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Here's a peek at
My Latest Post

on 1camera1mom:

Beside Still Waters

Check out the nice selection of photos of our stay
at Beside Still Waters in Wilderness, South Africa!

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My Weekend Post:
Living in South Africa
My life as an American mom
living in South Africa.

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Now on to my blog hop...

Come link up your Wordless Wednesday

(with or without words) or any picture post

at this Picture Perfect Party Linky.

Join me on this fun and easy blog hop!

If you host your own blog hop(s), then feel free
to link them on my Blog Hops page!

I would love for you to follow me on

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Twitter 

Facebook 

and

I'm also now on Instagram!

Here are the easy rules:

• Follow me on one or more links above or via email.
• Link-up your post with a picture and follow as many new blogs as you like.
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• Tell others about this hop on Twitter, Google+ or Facebook.

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Living in South Africa with Weekend Linky

Welcome to my weekend blog hop -

Make My Saturday Sweet #139!

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As an American living in South Africa, I've had to adjust to a new lifestyle. In South Africa, most people don't have central heating or cooling in their homes. Usually laundry machines are only hooked up to cold water taps and laundry is hung outside to dry.

Having a gardener and a maid is common among middle and upper class families, since it's affordable and totally worth it. We have a guy who comes twice a month to work in the garden and a lady that comes once a week for half a day to clean the house. They are a great help!

Clean Washing on the Line

Electricity is a luxury and our power gets cut occasionally as the power company, Eskom, does not have enough to power the whole country. It's called, "load shedding." (I shared this information and the photo below on Wednesday.)

Amanda doing homework in the dark
due to "load shedding"

Amanda is learning to play field hockey and netball at school and has participated in mini matches against other schools.

Amanda's Mini Field Hockey Match

Amanda's Mini Netball Match

Living in a foreign country always has its ups and downs. When I began 1camera1mom, I fell in love again with the region we live in. There's so much beauty around me and interesting things to do. I miss family and I miss conveniences that I don't have here, but my kids are thriving and things are pretty good.

And so, the grass isn't always greener on the other side. I just thought to throw that in, because last week's post, "My Favorite Color Is...," was about color and color idioms. 

Let me know where you're from and leave me a link so that I can visit your latest blog post! Have a great weekend!

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My Latest Book Review:

The Contaminants
Book 1 in the New Dakota Series
Science Fiction for middle grade

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Make My Saturday Sweet is a weekend blog hop for all family friendly blogs. You are welcome to link your favorite post from the past week(s) and to visit the last link before yours and leave a sweet comment. It's a really easy and fun way to make new friends and to catch up on old acquaintances.

Now on to my blog hop...

It's time for another Make My Saturday Sweet blog hop!

Join me (your host) for this fun and easy hop.

All family friendly blogs are welcome!

If you host your own blog hop(s), then feel free to

link them on my Blog Hops page!

I would love for you to follow me on

Google+

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Twitter 

Facebook 

I'm also now on Instagram!

Here are the easy rules:

• Follow Tina (your host) on one or more links listed above.
• Link up a post from your family friendly blog.
• Please try to add my hop button on your post or side-bar.
• Share about this hop on Twitter, Google+ or Facebook.
• Visit the last link before yours and leave a sweet comment.

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Weekend Linky

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