FROM THE NEWS ROOM
Since my previous blog… My world has changed!!
We were invited to some new American friends the other night for a dinner out of heaven!! While there, they asked us to sing our National Anthem. So, there we were. Nine proudly South Africans, standing shoulder to shoulder singing our anthem so loud that I think Shaka Zulu must have heard it! During those heart-warming moments my mind was flooded with some rich new insights: Our rainbow-nation ascepted a new flag, new anthem and new way of life this past decade without one drop of blood being shed. This must have been a truly God-inspired and guided happening! The words of our anthem then also became real to me for the first time:
translated:
“Bless us Lord, Bless your children in Africa…” It is actually a
prayer. I then also realised that for us and our nation…
All things are possible through Christ Jesus.
So, stay proudly South African back home and appreciate the great nation of ou ours!!
On the other hand…
It has been long since I have worked as hard as I did these past few days. God has really blessed us with the strenght and knowledge we needed. We built a new house for two families who wil be living in it. It is one house of 4m X 7m with a single wall separating the two families. One of the families are seven and the other six. Stewart and I today built the long-drop that will be used by these two families. This has really been a project on which God has thought me a lot:
I learned that my own ideas aren´t always the best and that there are more than one way of doing things. I also learned that God is able to bring hope where there is none and give life where men fail to see the light… For these families who lost everything in the flood… God sent hope and gave a new home!!
On my next update I´ll show you more of the house and also some pics of the family!! Thanks for all your prayers and support!!
Lots of love to my dear parents, family and friends!! Hope the DP-Tigers are winning every game and that you keep our countries flag flying high!!
Baie lief vir julle mamma en pappa… Julle seun is a-okay en verlang net baie!!
Gesels weer!!
God Bless!!
Stefaans
