1 OCTOBER 2011     A MESSAGE RECEIVED ON THE EVENING OF 29 AUGUST 2011 SET UP A MONTH FULL OF EVENTS – MOST OF THEM TESTING OUR FAITH TO THE LIMITS. LOOKING BACK OVER THE PERIOD WE HAVE NO ILLUSION  HOWEVER THAT OUR GOD IS ALIVE AND IN CONTROL, EVEN THOUGH IT SOMETIMES FELT LIKE WE WERE ALONE. LEAVING CHANDAME AT MIDNIGHT WITH LIMITED FUNDS WE TOOK ON THE 3,089KM, TRUSTING THE LORD FOR FUNDS. WE EXPERIENCED HIS GRACE AS HE BLESSED US THROUGH PEOPLE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE BY FORWARDING FUNDS TO OUR ACCOUNT. WE ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE SUSAN`S FATHER WAS OPERATED WITH CANCER IN HIS ABDOMEN , AT 5H45 ON WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST. WE HAD TO BE BACK IN CHANDAME ON 15 SEPTEMBER TO TRANSPORT THE WOMEN FROM OUR CONGREGATION AND THE OUTLYING PRAYERHOUSES TO MAPATSA, A CONGREGATION 60KM FROM US IN THE PRESBETERY. PA FLIP WAS NOT RECOVERING SO FAST AND SUSAN AND I MADE THE DECISION THAT I WOULD LEAVE AND SHE WOULD STAY BEHIND TO SEE TO HIS RECOVERY AND DISMISSAL FROM HOSPITAL TO THE OLD AGE HOME. HEAVILY LOADED WITH IMPLEMENTS FOR MY TRACTOR DONATED BY CALLA BOTHA AND WIT PIET, I DEPARTED FROM RAWSONVILLE ON SUNDAY 11 SEPT AT 03:00 IN THE MORNING. MY ROUTE WOULD BE JOHANNESBURG, MAPUTO, CHIMOIO, TETE AND THEN FINALLY CHANDAME. I REACHED MEYERTON WITH A LEFT REAR SPRING WICH SNAPPED 300METERS FROM MY DESTINATION. I STAYED AT JAN AND ANNEMARIE, WHO TREATED ME WELL (MANY THANKS!) AND, […]