March 2016

Easter 2016

Posted on March 27, 2016 Leave a Comment

The 16th of March marked our one-year anniversary here in South Africa. We have loved this past year and have seen God in all things. The times we felt like packing up and calling it quits, the times we saw peoples lives change and we knew it was nothing we had done, the times we […]

Extension 23

Posted on March 15, 2016 1 Comment

I know many of you reading this have enjoyed the people of extension 23, just as we have. Since we have been apart of our church family back home for 15 years – it took us awhile to hear clearly from the Lord where He wanted us. Finally we decide that extension 23 would be […]

Happy Birthday Tanner!!

Posted on March 6, 2016 3 Comments

Today, we celebrate Tanner’s 7th birthday. Yesterday we spent the day with Siyabonga, Thobile, Karabo, Nathi, Grandma and Grandpa Long and went to the movie, Zootopia and did one round of lazer tag. It was a fun-filled day!! One of Tanner’s dreams came true, Grandma and Grandpa Long brought him rocks for his birthday!! He […]

Happy Birthday Tate!!

Posted on March 3, 2016 1 Comment

Today, we celebrate Tate’s 13th birthday. Yesterday we spent the whole day at the waterpark. We also walked to the Palace and found the elephant statute (pictured above). Today we were up at 5 AM to go to Pilanesberg National Park. We saw lions, rhinos, elephants, giraffes, warthogs, zebras, wildebeest, and one of our favorites, […]

They have arrived safely….

Posted on March 1, 2016 3 Comments

My parents are here and they managed well, despite their circumstances. We picked them up on Saturday morning at 9 AM after they had been traveling since Wednesday morning. My mom stayed up all day and went to bed that night even with her days and nights mixed up. My dad slept on and off […]