Our grandson, Sawyer, and I both celebrated birthdays this month. Sawyer chose wild and crazy (he’s the one with the goggles)
and I chose shopping – first at an amazing farmer’s market with a marvelous view over a gorge
and …
We were able to take a few days’ break before school and work started again in early January. Free State country is amazing, breathtaking, expansive, and ruggedly beautiful. 
Crazy wonderful rock formations
A sweet little outdoor chapel
And a lovely …
Four guys and four girls, and a passel of dogs LOL, joined together to pray over the foundation of the house our son Sam is building for us. The four guys anointed the four corners and we all tucked verses …
As we celebrated the Messiah’s coming with only part of our birth family (you can see Josh and Kimia and their girls in the photo next to the Jesus candle), we couldn’t help but be thankful for 
the families God …
Sam is in process of building, pretty much in his spare time, a house for us on Lynn & Gary’s farm. Sam and family are aiming to be here for some time yet, so we thought it might be a …
Anna had to take a picture of me coming home from work on my first day – it actually was the first and last day of “work” for 2016. Everyone’s on holiday, because it’s not only Christmas, but summer vacation …
Roy built the frames and Sawyer and Elaina painted the creatures on them. I made the bags to fill with corn, following the measurement and weight online. I couldn’t help but think of Roy’s birthday last year when Maddie and …
We’ve just heard recently from our friends at Gamboula that there are a few Fulani coming again to the mission hospital for treatment. Thank you for keeping the prayers going. May peace reign again, and may the Lord’s love shine!…
Roy was the first one to use the new jar of pepper…
and he bravely ate around the biggest part of the spill, not quite the Exxon Valdez, but bad enough. He normally loves pepper, well, especially hot chili peppers, …
Roy, never one to sit still, has been on the move since our arrival to South Africa. We plan on spending Dec-Feb each year helping out with ministries at Genesis (Christian non-profit org) alongside our kids. It is dry season …
