23 AUGUST 2011 A MONTH HAS PASSED AND WE ARE HAPPY WITH OUR PROGRESS. ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE SLOW SOME DAYS, WE LEARNED THAT THE LORD`S TIME IS NOT OUR TIME. AS ANGUS BUCHAN HAS MENTIONED MANY TIMES, WAIT ON THE LORD, MAKE TIME FOR HIM AND WAIT ON THE LORD!!! THIS DOESN`T MEAN WE MUST ONLY SIT BACK BUT INSTEAD THAT WE MUST ADVANCE AS HE LEADS. GET OUT OF THE BOAT AND KEEP YOUR EYE ONLY ON HIM!   WE INCLUDED A FEW PHOTOS THAT TELLS A STORY OF SOME OF OUR ACTIVITIES.   THE WATER PROJECT NOW CONSIST OF 10 WATERPOINTS OVER A DISTANCE OF 2KM. THE FURTHEST THAT WE SUPPLY A POINT, IS 4,7KM FROM THE SOURCE. MAINTENANCE IS CONSTANTLY NEEDED, BUT THE LORD SUPPLIES THE RESOURCES. OUT OF NOWHERE I FOUND CONNECTORS AMOUNG MY FITTINGS  AND THEY WERE DEFENITLY NOT THERE THE PREVIOUS DAY!   Water project needs constant maintenance     Two additional taps added   VAALJAN OUR FORD HAS DONE 333,000KM AND ALSO NEEDED SOME ATTENTION. THANKS TO WILLEM DE VILLIERS, I RECEIVED THE NECESSARY PARTS VIA AIR COURIER, AND COULD FIT THE UPPER CONTROL ARM BUSHES. BEING OUR ONLY  BAKKIE IT IS RATHER INPORTANT FOR HER TO RUN!   Vaaljans upper control arm bushes shot     THE PHOTO OF THE CHILD THAT BURNED IN A FIRE AGAIN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLINIC TO BE FINISHED. WE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY ABLE TO DO FIRST AID, AND WE REALLY DON`T NOW […]

WE LEFT FOR MOZAMBIQUE ON THE 29TH OF JUNE, ACCOMPANIED BY CALLA AND HETTA BOTHA AS WELL AS WILLEM DE VILLIERS OF OUR CONGREGATION IN GOUDINI. GOD HAS BEEN WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, AS WE HAD SOME EXTENSIVE TRAVELLING TO DO! WE FIRSTLY ARRIVED IN CAOXE, 8KM BEFORE LUABO, TO FETCH OUR TRACTOR AND TRAILER. ON ARRIVAL, WILLEM AND I (JANNIE) REPAIRED THEIR 5640`S 4×4 WITH THE CORRECT PARTS, SUPPLIED BY BOLAND AGRI OF WORCESTER (COURTESY OF INFO SUPPLIED BY JAN OF RCL TREKKERDIENSTE OF PATENSIE – THANKS JAN FOR THE MANUAL THAT YOU SENT ME!) WITH  500KM LEFT TO TRAVEL, WE LEFT IN HIGH SPIRITS, THE ROUTE BEING  MOPEIA ZERO FIRST, THEN MORRUMBALA, MUTARARA AND DOA ON TO THE 103 LEADING EAST TO MALAWI, AFTER WHICH TURNING OFF 10KM BEFORE ZOBUE ON THE 223 FOR 62KM TO OUR DESTINATION, CHANDAME [S15,8952 DEGREES, E34,3118753 DEGREES]. WE HAD TO SLEEP OVER WHEREVER WE CAME, ASKING THE LORD FOR GUIDANCE. HE SUPPLIED SAFE POSITIONS EVERY NIGHT. SLEEPING OVER FOR THREE NIGHTS AND DOING 130 – 150 KM PER DAY, WE COMPLETED THE JOURNEY WITH NOT EVEN A FLAT TYRE, EVEN THOUGH THE ROAD WAS VERY BAD, ESPECIALLY FROM DOA TO THE 103. A SPECIAL THANKS TO HETTA AND SUSAN, THE ONLY 2 WOMEN ON THE TRIP, FOR THEIR ENDURANCE – BEING IN THE BUSH FOR 4 DAYS ON DUSTY ROADS, RAIN DURING THE END OF THE TRIP AND ABLUTION IN THE BUSH TAKES SOME DOING! BACK AT CHANDAME, WE […]