The path to finding a home for the Inundo model farm has been a challenging one, to say the least. After searching for three months at the beginning of 2019 for a great location in our price range, we found what seemed to us the perfect property. It had so much of what we were […]
There is a beautiful gorge near Port Shepstone which is only about 1.5 hours drive from where we live. It is named after a petite antelope called the Oribi. The basement rocks in Oribi Gorge are according to scientists over 1000 million years old and the walls carved by the Mzimkulwana river are over 350 […]
It is the people that motivate us to do what we do. Kerry spends a lot of her time behind a camera watching, observing, capturing and preserving. These images are moments remembered in time. They help us to slow down and appreciate the beauty around us. We hope they give you a small sense of […]
With Jeremy well into his second year of university, we were very thankful for the opportunity to fly him to South Africa for Christmas. We have all managed the separation across oceans with determination and positivity. Sunday Skype chats, however, are an important part of our routine. From this side of the ocean we have […]
When our son Jeremy was born, a few people gave some wise advice, “Cherish every moment because it goes by too quickly.” At the time we were surrounded by diapers, baby burp cloths and wet wipes… lots of wet wipes. That advice has come back to my heart these last months before Jeremy begins his […]
2016 is the beginning of our 7th year in South Africa and it is also the year that we are due to return to North America in April for a 5 month home assignment. As we complete our second 3 year term in South Africa, some of you may be interested in the story of how […]
South Africa is broken. Everyone is talking about it: Corrupt government, soaring crime rates, high unemployment, the erosion of the rule of law. Xenophobic attacks erupted again in the major cities, and especially here in KwaZulu-Natal. Eskom, the national electricity supplier, is struggling to keep the lights on. “Load shedding,” controlled and rolling blackouts are […]
About half of the harvest work of the demo field has been done, and we have many observations and learnings to report! In early February, we decided to sell what we could of the maize field (photos) as “green mealies.” This is like corn on the cob in Canada, only with what we would call […]
We recently had the privilege of a visit from Dr. Phil Delsault, President of the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada, and Lou Geense, Associate Director of EMCC World Partners. They came just to see what’s happening on the EMCC’s South African mission field, and to be an encouragement to us. And an encouragement they certainly […]
One of the gifts we have become very much aware of this Christmas season is the gift of language. As I write this, we have completed up our first 2 weeks of voice-over recording for the Farming God’s Way DVD translation project. Musa Mvula, our school outreach and youth worker, successfully “auditioned” for the job. […]