Category Archives: Family & Friends

Tim and others

Please pray for our brother-in-love, Tim.  He has been through some examinations that indicate he might have cancer again.  The various test results have taken him up and down with prognosis, but he has remained so very steady and full …

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Memories

Wow!  Walking down memory lane is very fun!  Finding old pictures and filling up two “muesum” cases with family and Africa memorabilia.  It is delightful to be able to settle in to our home, knowing that we are going to …

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Photos from our sweet South Africa family

We’re thankful to our daughter-in-love, Anna, who is so good about sending photos to us.  We are blessed to see family and friends, and we get to enjoy all the flowers in bloom – it’s definitely spring in South Africa …

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Who are your heroes in the faith? I’m thinking of Opa!

A couple of weeks ago I was reading Hebrews 11, the chapter about people of great faith throughout the bible.  I got to thinking about the many heroes of the faith that I have known, in my lifetime, and the …

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On Zoom

I could keep wishing and praying for the old days when we could be in a room filled with friends and family, chatting and hugging and just being together, but I don’t think that wish and prayer is going to …

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Walking down memory lane

One of the tasks we need to accomplish while in California is to digitize Mom’s years and years of artwork and photo albums, loose family photos including some dating back to the 1800’s, and Dad’s slides.  Roy’s guessing that he …

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Mom

Mom is very quiet these days, and we wonder what things go through her still beautiful head.  When we walked into the room after not seeing her for a year, her face lit up like a Christmas tree!   She sure …

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Two beauties at Back 2 Eden

Meanwhile, back at the Back 2 Eden farm in South Africa, flowers and grandchildren are blossoming.  Anna just sent us this picture of the jade vine by the nursery tunnel blooming, with our sweet Elaina peeking from behind.  Two beauties!!   …

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Busy, busy

August has flown by, full of Zoom meetings and reports, working on our new home and yard, and of course enjoying doing life with our kids and grandkids right next door.  We have been able to join in on many …

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At home, at last!

During our quarantine of 14 days we painted and cleaned and built cupboards and bookshelves to complete the work in our little granny flat that has been built on the back of Josh and Kimia’s farmhouse.  Roy was amazing, putting …

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