{Thanks to my brother, Joshua, for capturing this amazing afternoon and South African Airways for helping make it all possible} Want to keep up with this homecoming trip to South Africa? Sign up to get my posts emailed to your doorstep right here Or delivered to your reader of choice. Or just like us on Facebook.
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ok seriously getting choked up here, so happy for you! I am going home to N.Ireland in 2 weeks with both my family, it has been 4 1/2 yrs for us! I pray you have a blessed visit, I am anxious to hear about your flight and any tips to share?
You made it!
Thank you, Lord!
I am crying happiness! JOY!
(((LJ))
So beautiful Lisa-Jo!! I don’t know all the relationships, but the one of your daughter gripping the finger of a loving boy she just met today–priceless!! Truly a picture worth a thousand words!!
Tears came to eyes when I saw your pictures! I got married in the US and haven’t been home for a little bit more than 6 months and my heart is aching already. It’s probably going to be a long time before I get back. I’m fascinated at your experience away from home – please keep on sharing it is such an inspiration! Have a blessed time with your family!!!
These brought tears to my eyes. I’m so happy for you!
Yay! Have the best time!
SUPER BIG TEARS…soooo HAPPY for you and can just feel the LOVE. Absolutely LOVE seeing the pictures of your sweet Dad. And the one picture of Zoe and your stepmom is amazing. What precious eyes Zoe has. Love you and have a wonderful trip…treasure every minute and i know you will. Love you sweet friend, sara XOXO
Beautiful pictures! I’m so looking forward to following your time at home. Our good friends are going home, permanently, to South Africa at the end of this week.
crying. oh i’m so excited for you LJ. enjoy my friend. enjoy.
You are home! Such a gift you share with us – these giddy-joy pictures of love, welcome, relationship, HOME! Rejoicing with you –
Teri
I’m so happy to see you’re HOME safe and sound! And like most of my fellow commenters I’m shedding some HAPPY tears for you.
Beautiful, wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing them with us
I know that airport!! Hahaha!!
These are beautiful pictures! Enjoy every second! What am I saying…I know you will!
Thanks for sharing this journey with us!!
OH, WAHOOOO! I’m so happy you made it!
EnJOY, sweet LJ! I love you. So much!
SO glad to see these beautiful pictures, these beautiful faces. Been praying for you the last 48 hours and hoping all went well on your trip. And I must say, you don’t look ONE BIT the worse for wear. Simply gorgeous – that’s you and your entire family.
Thank you so much for this!
Pictures are worth a thousand words. Awww!
Ahh, what a wonderful reunion…Just look at all that joy, love, and happiness on all of your faces. It makes me want to go hug & kiss my parents right now…and they live 5 minutes away…and just left my house!
Enjoy this precious time together!
You made it!! So much love winging your way – we’ll chat SOON! Aunty Lies
All the pictures made me grin HUGE, but the ones with your dad in them melted my heart to mush. Oh, the love in his smile.
Enjoy yourself, sister!
These pictures brought tears to my eyes.
1. Because I can imagine the emotion at such a reunion, and you can see the excitement, happiness and love bubbling over!
2. Because I remember the turmoil of emotion as I was last in that very same airport as I left behind South Africa.
Nothing better than that! Have a fabulous time at home : )
i’m in tears. this is so beautiful. i just got home from a long family visit, so i know your joy.
Beautiful!!! Your pictures truly tell the story. One of my favorites is your baby holding your little brother’s finger. Priceless.
So much beauty…so much joy! Thanks for sharing this with us. Love you!
Amazing. Now I’m crying at work
Oh my happiness!! So glad you made it safely
Enjoy your time there!!
I have tears in my eyes! What beautiful memories captures. Love you!
So much love!
Soo glad your flight went so well and you are there safe and sound. So wonderful to see the pictures of you with your family!!
So glad you made it safe and sound. Look like everybody so happy to see each other again. Thanks for sharing the precious pictures!
Totally make me wish I could go back to my home town in South East Asia. Just not the time, yet
Enjoy the time!!!
Blessings!
Happy tears for you!!
Reunions are so sweet… and they make me look forward to the promise of Heaven!
Bawled through those pictures.
The one of your mom kissing baby girl.
Oh.my.heart.
Enjoy! Soak up every wild moment.
((loves))
OMG, Tears just looking at the photos. I’ve never NOT been with family for that long. Don’t know how you do it. Our cousins are missionaries in Papua New Guinnea w/ Wycliff. May God bless your time. May you make memories to store up and treasure. May he give you time to ponder and a recharging respite. So happy for your family who can soak you all in!
so i’m sittin at the table with my husband and mother-in-law grinning, then crying…..the power of the reunion….
yay!!!! So glad you made it home, have a wonderful time!
WELCOME HOME!!! (enjoy a cup at Mugg&Bean for me!)
Maybe it’s pregnancy hormones, but these pictures made me weep. Such joy! So happy for you!
precious pictures. it’s true: a photo says a thousand words. my favorite is the one of your baby brother holding your baby girl’s hand. priceless
{That’s my favorite too
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Oh my. This makes me so ecstatically happy for you! Enjoy your time home, Lisa-Jo!
Joy, joy, joy!!! So thankful you are all there safe and sound and oh so happy.
What a beautiful reunion. You look wonderfully happy
I love reunions! Your pictures brought tears to my eyes. I’m so happy that you get to see family!
Precious times~ I also loved the photos of Zoe and her first family meeting, especially the amazing first kisses from her loving Oupa ‘n Ouma. God is good.
Enjoy every moment~ I know you are! xoxx
Awesome priceless picture, sweet moments and lots of love in this post.
Thanks for sharing these special moments! Savor the feelings!
You should have warned us at the outset that we’d need a handful of Kleenex!
Love the photos! So happy for you!
Linda
I can feel the joy radiating from those pictures! What a day of celebration.
What a joyful reunion! Thanks for sharing these pictures with us!
Oh my. These are so wonderful. I don’t think I could NOT smile looking at these loving, beautiful pictures. Thank you so much for sharing them with us!
Heart just *exploding* with happy! Love you all so
Just beautiful. The best scenery on a vacation is the faces of loved ones!
Tears! Actual tears of happiness for you! What good gifts. May God bless you with supernatural soaking-it-up abilities in this time and may He multiply your days.
LOVE LOVE LOVE.
Love these pictures! So so heartwarming!!