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 …
BOTSWANA, KHEKHENYE, DESERT – what can I say! I will use the first line of the chorus of the Botswana theme song “For the God of the city, is still God in the Desert”!! So True!! For me the idea of going to Botswana was something Niesje (my granddaughter) and …
I am a survivor of abuse, an overcomer! After meeting my husband in 2010, I gave my life to God and since then I have been on a journey of finding and knowing my true identity in Christ and that I am Royalty in His eyes! My journey, for now, …
Botswana Outreach 2017 was nearly over. After watching “The Shack” with the team Charles and I were getting ready to go to bed, at about midnight on the Saturday night. I had to go out to turn on a tap for Charles to shower and hit my head on a …
I have lived with shame for as long as I can remember. I was always ashamed of who I am, Ashamed of where I came from, ashamed of where I am. I never felt good enough, I never felt worthy and I always felt rejected. I was a false human …
The last few years I kept myself busy with all kinds of bad publicity about SA. I spent my time reading negative newspapers articles, listening to negative news and corrupted my heart with all the bad news, doom and gloom about the future of South Africa. At gatherings with friends …
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 …
I grew up in a Christian home. We were Lutherans and went to church on Sundays. Easter and Christmas were major traditions in our lives. But we only knew about God, we did not know Him intimately. I got married in church, had 2 children, had them baptized and served …
It’s not always easy to look back at our life, at the Sodom & Gomora we came from and left behind. We do not, like Lot’s wife want to turn into salt, but after a while, it becomes absolutely necessary to look back. It is a chance to once again …
