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Monthly Archives: March 2020
Masinenge
Behind this door and so very many like it, a family of anywhere from 4-10 people might live in one room in the huts of the Masinenge settlement. This particular door is the threshold of the home of the grandma …
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Work at B2E keeps on
Though I am missing being able to help out at the Genesis Care Centre and at the Masinenge shantytown, Roy is keeping busy on the farm. We live at his workplace, so being on lockdown means little to him …
Avril
Roy’s farming colleague and tropical plant co-enthusiast, Avril, recently bought 150 trees from the Back 2 Eden nursery. This was a boon for Roy, who now, at least temporarily during lockdown, has no way of distributing the trees. Whenever they …
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Visas applied for, please pray
Our plans for visiting missionary colleagues in Mozambique flew out the window with the advent of the Covid19 pandemic. We had not only hoped to catch up with our buddies, the Vianas, but we wanted to renew our South African …
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Corona virus
Yes, the virus is alive and well in South Africa. We are under “lockdown”, only being allowed to venture out for food, medications, or banking needs. I have been to the grocery store, and the highway is pretty empty, with …
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All praise to our creator God
God’s creativity astounds me. All for us! Thanks be to God!
The heron is one of a pair that have been hanging around, maybe looking to nest? Our pair of crowned cranes haven’t been around for awhile.
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Reservoir covered!
In February our visitors, the Johnson family, helped us put up the reservoir, and last week Brian and Anne helped put up the shadecloth over it. This will help keep the water clear of falling leaves, though there still will …
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Brian, Anne & Maddie, YAY!!!
Our Maddie arrived, accompanied by her great Uncle Brian and great Aunt Anne, even in the face of covid19’s beginning stages for us. We had an absolutely delightful time with Brian and Anne, taking in the zip line and Lake …
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Gunnel & Lulu
Our long time Swedish friend/missionary colleague and recently widowed Gunnel M. and her buddy Lulu (also was a CAR missionary) came to stay with us for a couple of days on their way from Capetown to Joburg where her son …
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Sweetdale students
At the beginning of the month, when all was still normal, we had a group of students from Sweetdale life skills center coming with their teacher, Jaydene, to the Back 2 Eden farm regularly. They have chosen to study farming …
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