We're moving - a sneak peek!

As you look at the front gate, our place is immediatlely behind it - the one you can see from the road. The two windows on the left our our room and the kids room.  The third window is our lounge, followed by our double garage.  Home office is behind the garage! The garden wraps around the whole house. We should be in by the weekend!  Thank you LORD!

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Grace & Eli dancing!

Eli & Grace dancing some more....

Prayer Request - Recent Burglaries

I'm sure many of you have heard about the recent burglaries our church has experienced over the past month. As luck would have it, early this morning, our neighbours, Paul & Catherine experienced an attempted break-in. This is the fourth break-in we've had in four weeks.

Tonight, our church executive met to discuss steps forward, to ensure our safety and that of the church. Our request to you, our friends and family, is that you would hold us up in prayer. Please pray for our safety, our neighbours on the plot and for these guys that keep trying to break in.

We are doing well, despite the break-ins. Yes, we are concerned for our safety but we are trusting in the Lord to keep us safe. He brought us here to fulfill His purposes...so we are trusting in Him for the rest, our safety included!

Sending much love to you all!

And I am 30...

My parents and wife treated me to an amazing 30 birthday experience!  It started with an evening at the Madame Zingara theatre where extravagance and burlesque were the order of the event.  The food and entertainment were really top class and with the extra 'props' on sale, we were soon looking the part along with all the other guests, it was truly a night to remember!

My wife then surprised me with another dinner that I was totally not expecting and rounded off a stunning visit to the Monte Casino Bird Park. 

All in all - a truly memorable 30th!  Thanks!!

A day in the sun with Gran and Poppie

My parents were staying at friends of ours in their house whilst they were away, for a few days, at the start of their visit and we spent an awesome day there in the pool, braaiing and soaking in the balmy highveld weather.

Grace and Eli loved it there, they spent half the time in the pool and the other half in their playpen, exploring and pushing every possible boundary that they could.

Christmas memories

Wow - we downloaded pics a few days back - didn't realise how much time has passed since Christmas!!  Here are a few pics of Eli and Grace on Christmas eve, and then a pic of my parents first day here (Jan 2). 

Christmas was fairly quiet and uneventful for us, just enough to keep us busy and with several interspersed visits from some valued Cape Tonians, Durbanites and 'Ozzies' it was a good break!