Much Love

"Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; 

Talk of all His wondrous works!"

1 Chronicles 16:9

Hi everyone! We just wanted to let you all know how much we appreciate the wonderful people the Lord has placed in our lives. We are so thankful for your prayers and support in our calling to South Africa. We truly miss all of our friends and family from home and often think about great times of laughter, fellowship, prayer and even some hard times that we shared together. But, knowing that we have been knitted together in Christ makes us feel just as close to the special people that we may not get to see day to day. We are so thankful for all of the prayer requests that have gone out on our behalf and hope that you know that the Lord has been so faithful to answer them. Please continue to pray for our family and know that it is our privledge to pray for yours as well. We want to ask you to email us with your prayer requests and praise reports. We have seen the importance of intercessory prayer and want to be obedient to His Word. Jon Courson had a wonderful devotion on prayer in His "Footsteps of the Flock"  devotion that you can also get online. We recommend checking out these daily devotions as they have been such a blessing to us. Here is a portion of today's that was from 1 Samuel 15:34-35...

    But the People got ahead of God because the King He intended for them was David. Perhaps that's a word for some of us."Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart," Psalm 37:4 tells us. We cling to and claim this verse, as well we should, but not apart from its context. , for three verses later, David tells us to wait patiently for God. God has a plan for our lives - and no small part of it requires patience. If we get ahead of God, we end up with Ishmael instead of Isaac, with Saul instead of David.

We hope this encourages you the way it has us. Below are more pictures, because well, we love pictures right!

Emerson loves going to the duck pond by our house, I think she would jump in if we let her.

Natasha and Joy after church. Natasha has a real special spot in our hearts, she lives at Ruitersvlei farm and has a real passion for the Lord. She has been such a blessing to us.

Emerson was convinced she needed to be in this family photo. She loves Freddy, Liz and especially baby Israella. I don't think anyone could resist her, here she is too...