ABBY BROWN MAKES HER DEBUT

Abby Brown, two and a half years old, made her singing debut at the Northlands Junior Primary School, singing "Twinkle, twinkle little star"

I was invited to sing at their annual art auction. Abigail is the step sister of Emmylou and Hannah, my daughters.

UNIQUE CARROTS AT BOSCH HOME

Well when you plant carrot seeds you expect to harvest something that looks like carrots. Look what came out of the ground at Andre and Tracy's garden

ALISON CAPTURES SILVER

Alison represented 'Headway" in a recent gala. She had to swim a 25 metre freestyle.She swam so well using her one arm. We were all proud of her as the other competitors, used two arms.
Alison Wewege came second............awesome!

PORT EDWARD ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND

Alison and I spent our 1st wedding anniversary in Port Edward at the Estuary Country Hotel,ourtesy of Geoffrey and Ann Reardon. What a comfortable and relaxed facility. Alison spent most of Saturday suntanning and swimming in the pool, otherwise it was just sleep and watching movies.Oh, the food and service was great!
Thank you Geoffrey and Ann, Room 204 was cool!

TRIP TO OLWAZINI MULDERSDRIFT

Trevor Cronje , Head Corporate ABF





My immediate boss on the left, Ray Merrifield

Last week I spent two days at Nedbank's training Centre for our Sales Conference.
What a wonderful two days.Besides working on our strategy for 2007, we took part in some great team building excersises, viz. "drumming" on bongo drums, clay pigeon shooting and riding "quad bikes". Just 10 of us, so it was truly relaxed.
Only negative, my mouth was so sore from mouth ulcers (stress related), that I struggled with my presentation.

MALCOLM CELEBRATES EARLY BIRTHDAY

Malcolm celebrates his 47th birthday on the 10th October. We celebrated a few days earlier as Malcolm was going to be away on business. Enjoy your lovely "Springbok" polar fleece blanket Malcolm!

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Above is Warwick Cole-Edwards, previously from PMB,pictured here with Alison at Friday night's social at Christ Church Pinetown.He is the new bishop. Jack and Dianne (my dear friends from Canada), were in his church for many years.Jack and I did some song items in his church as well as attend a mens group on Friday mornings, called, "Men for the Master". I saw Warwick about 21 years ago.A wonderful man of God, who is passionate about the Bible.

P.S.Keagan and Jordyn go to the youth at this church on a Friday night

SATURDAY NIGHT SURPRISES

A supprise belated birthday party for me and a early birthday for Alison, organised by Marlene Chaplin, Kim, Malcolm, Aunty Mary, Uncle Aubrey and Aunty Elaine.Not only did we have this lovely cake, but we were also treated to a magnificent supper.(Topped off with Kim's special pudding)

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WITH MARLENE

Marlene Chaplin celebrates her 65th Birthday.The mother of Kim, Alison, Steven and Tracy, and my mother-in-law

BENJAMIN PINE FUN RUN

One tired little boy after completing the fun run

This picture was taken of Keagan and I moments before the start of the 3,5km fun run

VEGETABLE GARDENING IN PINETOWN

This is the work of Aimee and Lucy Bosch, they planted the seeds and headed back to Saudi, now we are reaping the benefits.Well done girls!
Please note the vegetables are growing at Andre and Tracy's home.

FRIENDS HALL OF FAME

My dear friends who live in Holland.
At the back is Gert and John (Sjaan Marie's boyfriend)
In the front is Jenske, Ailsa and Sjaan Marie.
Gert was my boss when I worked in the Foreign Exchange Department of Nedbank, while Ailsa was at School with me in East London (Cambridge School). She chased me around the playground when I was only six, trying to kiss me.
I had the privalage of visiting them in Holland in 1996.(Time for another visit!)

SIGHTS WHILE IN EAST LONDON

My hired car, a Kia Cerato 1.6

This ship ran agroung on the Orient Pier.It has broken in two

My Aunty Bel, Mother and Step-father

MY TRIP TO EAST LONDON

My step-father, who has just turned 80 years old, recently had an operation to remove cancer from his prostrate.Here he is pictured with my Mom.It was really great being with them, offering them support. I mowed the lawns, helped transport them so that they could pay their monthly accounts.In return, I experienced woderful home cooking!Mom made all my favourite foods.

EMMA LORMAN @ 3 MONTHS

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY NO.1

Well I thought I would remind you that my youngest daughter Hannah, was married to Edward Lorman, one year ago, on the 31st July, 2005.

DISSATISFACTION:PRELUDE TO REVIVAL

On Sunday the 20th August, I had the opportunity to preach at the LWCC. I am thankful for the opportunity given to me by Kevin Haviland, who is care-taking the church in the absence of Lindsay, who is away in the USA. I have been wanting to share the above message for a long time. An overview of the message can be seen on: http://whitehousemin.blogspot.com
The theme of the message was, we need the presence of God in our personal lives because "In His presence, is the fullness of joy" The Presence brings REAL JOY, which enables us to live lives that are "complete". In order to find that intimate place in God, we need to seek Him in continual prayer, until "He suddenly comes into our lives". May we all be challenged into a deeper relationship with God.

FRIENDS HALL OF FAME

Here she is, Mrs Rose Ludorf, the mother of Dianne Foster. She is an amazing woman. She walks along the Umhlanga promenade most mornings and she certainly can move. A very fit lady and a very special friend to me. We meet on a regular basis. This photo was taken at "Catz" in Umhlanga Rocks. She joined Alison, Keagan and I for lunch yesterday.

FRIENDS HALL OF FAME

Here is the first couple that I would like to acknowledge in my "Friends Hall of Fame". They are Jack and Dianne Foster who live in Victoria on Vancouver Island. I met Jack around 1984 while I was living in Pietermaritzburg. Jack was working for Armstrong Motors at the time and I was with Nedfin Bank. Jack assisted me greatly in getting established in the Agricultural Market and we shared many memorable moments together. Our friendship grew and as Jack was a very accomplished musician, we soon formed a band, and played together for some 7 years before he and Dianne emmigrated to Canada. The name of the band was "DUO". The other day I found a video of our last function together, played in Port Shepstone in 1992. I have now had it coverted to a DVD. Jack and I looked so young. Dianne is a remarkable woman, super-fit and set many swimming world records for both SA and Canada, as a masters swimmer. Today she runs and cycles as well and spoils Jack. Dianne's Mom lives in Umhlanga and I am in regular contact with her.She is Mrs.Rose Ludorf and has been a very special friend to me. I will get a picture of her soon.

SUSAN ISAACS

Susan lives in LA and is a writer, actress and comedienne.

I love her honesty in dealing with real life problems. In a response to my feeling that as a Christian, "Life aint fair!", she responded,

"I don't know if we'll ever understand why things happen the way that they do. In fact it probably becomes less understandable. I think the faith I was raised with, there was going to be an answer for everything, and a happy ending TO everything. Boy was I wrong about that.
There does seem to be a correlation between spiritual maturity and pain.
But the alternative, no pain also brings spiritual death. I've seen that a lot as well.
I know I can also write off my spiritual pain as Maturity when I'm really just making stupid choices. I also realized I spent a lot of time numbing myself with food, alcohol, even cigarettes, instead of facing the hard stuff.
It just never gets easy.

Madame Guyon wrote something like, "I have learned to love the darkness, because in the darkness I can see the brightness of His face." She was a shut-in or a prisoner. It's these great saints who've been through HELL who come up with these bon-mots. I feel like such a spiritual dwarf compared to them. And yet we've been fed a lot of bad teaching in the midst of it. "

Browse through her blogger when you have time


http://susanisaacs.blogspot.com

ALISON AND FRIENDS AT TOTI

Johan and Ronel arranged a braai at their house in Toti, to show Alison off, as to the wonderful progress she has made. From the top, Llewelyn and Alison, Johan and Ronel, Harry and Deidre,
Wayne and Nadine, Andre and Sue. (She brings frozen meat to a braai)