Archive for May, 2007



When I’ve read the Old Testament story of the children of Israel being led by a cloud each day after they left Egypt, I’ve often wondered what that meant……or more specifically, what it might have looked like.  There are clouds every day.  What’s to distinguish one from another?  What makes one more special?
When we […]

I don’t usually think of a bird as something that I would feel safe and protected under!  When the Psalmist used the analogy of finding refuge “under his wings,” that always sounded a little weak to me.
A while back we were with some friends at a restaurant in Pretoria called “The Blue Crane.”  We […]

I am still learning the “English” language here.  I’ve written before on my “Sally” page about wondering if we speak the same language.  So many words are new, different, or used differently.  Here are some more I’ve been learning:

hoot: to honk the car horn
rocket: a green leaf vegetable used in salads and cooking
pudding: dessert
rates: […]

I’m regularly asked what my daily life is like in South Africa.  In many ways it’s the same.  There’s still laundry to do, the house to clean, groceries to buy, errands to run…..the ordinary things of life don’t change.  I guess the biggest difference in that area is that things seem to take longer.  […]




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Our Vision

Justice. Community. Hope. Discipleship: Our vision is to establish a training and outreach community in Cape Town that impacts Africa from Cape Town to Cairo. Our vision is for a multi-cultural community that exemplifies the kingdom of God and brings heaven a little closer to earth. read more

Books We Like

Starting a House Church

Starting a House Church
by Larry Kreider & Floyd McClung

Awesome Flicks

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace
directed by Michael Apted

What Others Say

If we neglect what we have to grieve what we have lost, at some point grieving becomes an indulgence.

Anonymous

Why Africa?

It is Africa's hour: Africans are rising up in great numbers to take hold of the promises of God for their continent. The president of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, says there is an African renaissance in the making. Everywhere you turn you find a spirit of entrepreneurship and vision for new things. read more

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