REDEEMED PIONEER

The seven-year-old slammed the car door so violently that he attracted the attention of even the unsuspecting pedestrian passers by in the road outside the gate.    They gawked in alarmed, stunned silence.    But the initial shock was soon replaced by expressions of distinct disapproval and even opiniated under-breath mumblings, sufficiently audible to the little ears of a little boy with a giant broken heart.    THAT LITTLE BRAT NEEDS A GOOD THUMPING!    People are programmed to be inconsiderate, insensitive and indifferent individuals.    At school, this boisterous little boy was relentlessly dismissed, mocked, bullied and berated and, deep inside him, it bred a bold belligerence to compensate for and protect his broken heart.    The young mom of four did not thump her son that day.    Instead, she took him to her bedroom where she minimised all the overbearing stimulation, put on his favourite music and allowed him...

  The cutest baby boy was born earlier tonight, weighing in at 2.99kg!    In just a heartbeat the long wait was over and my baby girl became a mommy and my beloved youngest son-in-love became a daddy for the very first time. On 30 July 2024 I posted CELEBRATE 731 DAYS! and today my beloved hunkingly handsome silver-haired husband and I became grandparents 4.0.    He is still  OupaAssie  and I am still Nana.    Munchkin, Boo and Pie now have a brand new little (boy) cousin, Stitchie. The truth is that life didn’t really find a way, but rather that the One Who IS the WAY, TRUTH & LIFE blessed us with new life.    Thank you, Lord!    Welcome our precious little Alex de Beer!    Tomorrow we will celebrate with your uncle Jack and his beloved aunty Megan in East London as they get married exactly five years after their relationship first started.    On Sunday morning we will head back home to Bloemfontei...

  WALKING WITH PURPOSE OR WANDERING AIMLESSLY? Ke Sontaha hape!     It is Sunday again!    Neo and his friends get to go to the large Afrikaans church again tonight.    For several months now they have been faithfully attending the English services on Sunday evenings and Nandi, their guardian at the childrens’ home, drives them there in a minibus.    Initially for the first few months, elements other than the ministry fuelled Neo’s curiosity and eagerness to attend.    The sheer size and luxury of the building and its amenities.    The free popcorn and the amazing drinks station where he could drink as much of whatever his heart desires without any supervision.    But ever since pastor Ben gave them each their very own NIV Bible, Neo has noticed a change starting to happen in his heart.    Suddenly, unlike before, he is not just merely going through the motions of animating  Dominee  Bob’s 77 ...