• The Long Haul

    Almost casually, my Son mentioned to me that he was flying down to Cape Town from Johannesburg to ferry a pick-up truck and drive it to his home in Johannesburg. Typically, alarm bells went off in my mind. I expressed my concern about him attempting a journey like this on his own. A journey, in…

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  • Hold My Emotional Hand

    Hold My Emotional Hand

    We are naturally self-centred and therefore it is not easy for us to accept negative things that other people say about us. When we do not agree, the built-in instinct to defend ourselves, criticise situations and blame others, raises its head. This is true of us in our general lifestyle – our daily work place…

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  • Air Force & Public Buses – Goa, India

    Originally posted on DanVenture Travels: India. A country so unique & fascinating that all the words in my vocabulary could be used to describe it in some way & somehow that description would fall flat. Some people do a very good job at summing up their time in India, I was so awestruck that I…

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  • Mission Malawi – Chapter 23

    Mission Malawi – Chapter 23

    September 1996 We now find ourselves preparing to go back to Joburg to see what the Lord will have for us. In the natural, we have nothing to go back to. No place to live, no work and once we arrive back in Johannesburg, we will have no money. Well, one thing we have learnt…

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  • Dreams Are Good

    I have a habit. I love dreaming, not talking about the sleep kind, I’m talking about drifting off at various times in the day, whether it be whilst I’m working, eating, driving (be cautious with this one), eating and so on. Sometimes, embarrassingly,  I even drift off whilst in the company of family and friends.…

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  • Our daily Garden

    Our daily Garden

    As we travel along our daily road of life, we can find ourselves, broadly speaking, in one of two states of mind – filled with fear and anxiety or abiding in the peace of the Lord. Let us imagine walking into a neatly laid out vegetable garden. The rows of plants are straight, and access…

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  • Adapt or Die!

    If we don’t adapt to our environment, whether this is geographical, political or socially speaking – we won’t necessarily die physically; but what is almost certain is that we will die to such important issues as opportunity, excitement, discovery, fun and I’m sure you could think of many more. All earthly beings face the issue…

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  • My Armour or God’s Armour?

    My Armour or God’s Armour?

    How many times do we feel that we have need to go out and ‘fight the good fight? How many times do we feel that if we don’t go out and fight the good fight, we will be disappointing God? How much of our own strength can we commit to this task when we have…

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  • Bucket List Items & Broken Engines – Krabi, Thailand

    Originally posted on DanVenture Travels: Hi again! I’ve finally got some time to write another blog post. If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram (and if you don’t you can find my pages here & here) or if you know me in person, you would know that I’ve been to Thailand a few times.…

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  • Mission Malawi – Chapter Twenty-Two

    Mission Malawi – Chapter Twenty-Two

    END IN SIGHT?……….. Since February, life has been hectic with the usual spate of attempted robberies, but by the Lords grace we haven’t lost much. It’s very sad to witness the amount of thieving especially from those who come to stay with us saying that they want to be taught the gospel. I guess times…

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