I’ve mentioned it before, but I wasn’t a good student. I did everything but study. I drove Intercape buses, I managed restaurants, and I even had my own irrigation business. Between all those activities, there was little time, or desire, for academics. My daughters, on the other hand, were the opposite. They probably take after […]
Read moreThere are two forces in the world. It’s actually very simple: Two spiritual poles attract people. And if you’re with one, the other pushes you away. On the one side, we have the power of God – the Light, the Truth, the Life. On the other hand, there is the power of the evil one. […]
Read moreMy sister-in-law sometimes helps out at a home, taking care of young babies whose parents don’t want them. They stay there until suitable homes are found for them. It’s very sad how these children’s lives start here on earth. With their first breath, they are rejected, no, basically thrown away. Often, this throwaway child syndrome […]
Read moreThis is Hanlie’s story: I am staying in a retirement community. A couple stays close by, but to be honest, I don’t really like the woman. But the Lord has been working on my heart. I recently heard from other people that her husband has Alzheimer’s and was admitted to another facility’s infirmary a month […]
Read moreWe were celebrating a wedding with the family. It was a lovely wedding, and we enjoyed ourselves until the early morning. Grandma too. She watched the young people from her wheelchair. She was smiling the whole time. I suspect it had something to do with how different the in-laws were. You see, they are from […]
Read moreWe enjoy spending time in the Kruger National Park. It’s always pleasant to get up early in the morning and get ready to go looking for animals. I’m always the one who wakes the others up and when our children were still small, I loaded them still sleeping into the bakkie. Sometimes we wait in […]
Read moreThere are almost three million orphans in South Africa. Four hundred thousand of them are in foster care. The rest are somewhere else. According to research in America, 25% of children in foster care will not graduate from high school. Fifty percent will develop a drug addiction. Seventy percent of women will become pregnant before […]
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