As our theme was “A Reason to Believe”, allow me to share a few of the testimonies of the families whom we had the privilege to meet on our way around the Kamanassie Mountain area. I believe that each of these short testimonies prove to us as believers that Father …
Our first child, Divan, was born out of wedlock and we got married when he was a year old. My husband, Nico, is however, the love of my life and we were in a long-standing, committed relationship but the pregnancy was unplanned. These circumstances put a lot of strain on …
I am (happily) married, although it has been a difficult marriage, over time it got better. In short, reason being that my husband, the third of 4 brothers, grew up in a family where conflict was dealt with in an aggressive way – shouting and screaming, attack and defence where …
I was born in April and soon after my parents moved to a small town where I later started school. The example that my parents lived was of a loving relationship, respecting each other, showing affection, dealing with differences in a calm, respectful way, discussing and resolving issues behind closed …
In 1997, I, for the very first time, admitted to myself and others that I have a problem with alcohol addiction. I attended a clinic for alcoholics and was discharged 2 weeks later. It went well for approximately 6 months after which I relapsed. My father’s brother heard about a …
Most of our very special friends know the long and hard and sad journey my husband, Barry William Wienand and I walked for 5 years prior to our 10 years of parenthood, anxiously wanting to have children: doing 2x inseminations, then IVF no1, then IVF no2, finally pregnant with IVF …
ROMANS 5:3-5 “We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance, endurance brings God’s approval and His approval creates hope. This hope does not disappoint us, for God has poured out His love into our hearts by means of the Holy Spirit, who is God’s gift …
A few things about the Botswana Outreach that stood out for me or meant a lot to me include the following. It was freezing at night. Those who have been on the outreach previously will tell you that it is cold but they don’t tell you that it is THAT …
I greet you all in that wonderful name of our Saviour. Like so many others I know, I grew up in home where we went to church and Sunday school and did first Holy Communion and Confirmation. But that was not enough. Growing up we all long for a deeper …
This thought takes me back to Grade 8 when I was still young, coming out of a loving home and very close family (a mommy’s boy). This was the year for the big move in my life to go to boarding school, the smallest guy in the school, lost between …
