1 December – 75 patients visit the clinic.  At 13:00, I went to our kitchen feeling weak and realize I have malaria.  I was horribly ill.  Jannie was busy with a recovery for mpy in Harare.

1 – 4 December – Piet and Estelle du Plessis from Nkohoma visit us.  It was great having them at Chandame.  Estelle assisted in cooking and Piet made a scrumptious potjiekos meal.  I was not a good host because of the malaria.

10 December – We spend the night at Johan, Anina and their kids.  They are new friends we met in Mozambique.

11 December – We depart at 5:00am to transport Fernando’s belongings from Vila to Milange.  He is a student at Hefsiba, Vila.  We drive in the pouring rain and spend the night in Milange.  The next day we head for Milange to pick up Hennie Smit’s items to be sent to South Africa.

14 December – We depart for South Africa at 4:30am.

17 December – We arrive in Rawsonville.  It was great seeing our family and friends and spending time with them.

25 December – We head to church and enjoy the Christmas sermon.  A definite presence of the Holy Spirit and love of the community is felt.  We spend Christmas day in Porterville with our children and grand children.  We also spend time with friends in Rawsonville under “the tree”.

We end off our year feeling that God put us here for a reason and we just need to be obedient to his will and word.  Exodus 33; verse 21 – And the Lord said, “Behold there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock.

God Bless!

Susan