We just heard from our farm family in South Africa that devos in the morning with the workers is going well. They’re reading the Old Testament now and Zweli, the farm manager, translates into Xhosa as Gary reads and talks …
Thankful for God’s creation, for the definite change in seasons that we miss when we’re on the other side of the ocean. Magnificent colors heralding the cold to come. It’s already cold by our standards, but winter isn’t here yet!…
You can take the boy out of Africa, but you can’t take Africa out of the boy!! Roy has been super busy clearing trees from the yard, and he found these grubs thriving inside the rotting wood, just like in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
