4th of October 2017 Riaan and Saretha Terblanche visit us on Chandame.  They bring us more coffee beans than we expected and eventually 5 variants were planted in our nursery.  We eagerly await the first harvest. 5th to the 19th of October 2017 Our daily chores continue as per usual at Chandame. 20th to the 22nd of October 2017 We host an Evangelism weekend at Namanweja where one of our prayer houses is situated.  We transport some members of the congregation with our tractor and trailer.  Jannie drove the tractor with all the congregation members on the trailer and I drove the bakkie with their entire luggage.  We start at Chandame and pick up people who want to attend the evangelism weekend along the way.  These folks are met on the main road as we do not pass each prayer house individually.  The tar road to Namanweja is good, but it takes the tractor 3 hours to drive 10 km on the dirt road.  At Namanweja, there were many speakers and there is virtually no time for the attendees to rest.  The schedule includes praise and worship, speakers and sharing meals amongst attendees.  The schedule is jam packed and there is almost no time to sleep.  300 people attended the weekend and the prayer house also received many new members. 28th to 31st of October 2017 We head over the border to Nkhoma and on the 29th, Jannie and Hennie head to Salima, Malawi.  Jannie collects the windmill that he wants to use in Chandame to help […]

1st to 2nd of September 2017 We go medicine shopping in Lilongwe.  On the second, Jannie takes Kobus Minaar to Tete.  He visits Willie Gouws, and Riaan and Saretha Terblanche. 5th to 8th of September 2017 Jannie contracts malaria.  Wynand and Beualah Theron arrive with a truck with a TLB.  Jannie is amazed that he receives help to deforest the farm. 11th of September 2017 On this day, we start.  Jannie is very excited since everything is falling into place.  Jannie drives the tractor and wagon, Wynand the TLB and Beaulah the bakkie.  I pack them a lunch and the 3 of them only arrive back home late.  Tuesday and Wednesday are also dedicated to working on the farm.  Jannie brings a massive load of wood with the tractor and wagon because he needs the space to bring some women to a women’s meeting in Tsangano. 14th of September 2017 Jannie departs early with the tractor and wagon to collect women in Tamb for the women’s meeting.  Eventually, he uses Wynand’s truck to take them to Tsangano.  He leaves the truck there and returns with a bakkie.  The women’s meeting is from 14 – 17 September. 15th and 16th of September 2017 Jannie and Wynand do a recovery mission with Kwaai babatjie.  They only return on the Saturday after 6 pm and are dead tired.  The next day, Jannie drives to Tsangano to collect the women from the women’s meeting.  The meeting was a success.  They had many speakers, lots of food and little sleep.  A great time […]

3rd of July 2017 We drive to Tete to pick p John and Fatsane and do ACRI shopping.  We also collect Wayne and Lynette Dodd, and Amber Polley of Josh Generation.  They have come to visit us at Chandame and we spend the night in Tete 4th of July 2017 We have breakfast and head towards Chandame.  We arrive back home at 11:00am, drop off the guests and drive to Pastor Dzonzi funeral (he was a pastor at Chandame).  Wayne and some of our local laborers remove our bakkie’s diff.  We arrive home at 18:00 to the smell of an amazing dinner done by Lynette and Amber.  The two of them also had socialized with our Youth Choir.  They sang with the choir and also learned them new songs.  Currently, our Youth choir practices every Tuesday and Saturday afternoon. 5th of July 2017 Amber assists us at the clinic.  Being a 6th-year medical student adds great value to the clinic session.  Lynette assists with bandaging wounds.  The Chisomo knitting group meet up with Amber at 16:00 for a knitting session.  Josh Generation sent a ton of wool gifts for the group and the ladies are very excited.  Wayne assists Jannie in doing all the small chores that Jannie does not get around to.  These include installing a cupboard in the kitchen, breaking down a wall so that the freezer can stand in the kitchen, wiring the fridge and parts of our bedroom and finally fixing our broken kitchen window. 7th of July 2017 We head […]