38 years ...

Yesterday we celebrated my amazing husband's 38th birthday! We stayed home for dinner and I cooked him a nice meal. Tonight we will have a couple of friends over to have a braai and to celebrate some more.

6 months ...

Clara was 6 months old yesterday. She is such a joy and we are enjoying parenthood. She continues to amaze us daily. She is loved by all and she is so easy going.

5 nights ...

... before our first summer team arrives in Swaziland. This will officially be the start of a crazy summer for all of us. So thankful for all the help we have this summer!

6 WR's

We have 6 AIM World Racers in the country and they helped out last week with profile updates at a couple of the carepoints. It was such a big help to have them. Clara and I got to spend some time with them at the carepoints. They gave me some food for thought; so here goes:

Whenever we hear stories from the World Race, or read their blogs, it is all about the miracles, the 'wow' and the amazing stuff that they have seen. So I felt kind of bad having them do plain old boring profile updates! Taking pictures of the kids, coloring and playing with the kids; that kind of thing. Who wants to do the boring? The ordinary? This really made me think!

For me, most of the time missionary life is all about the ordinary! I still have to wash Clara's bottles every day, I still have to cook, clean house, do the laundry ... do tons of admin work ... blablabla. I don't get to see amazing miracles of people getting healed or raised from the dead. Most of the times we don't even get to see the 'fruit of our labor'. But this doesn't mean we DON'T see God working around us. God is doing amazing things here in Swaziland and we praise Him that we can be part of it. He provides in amazing ways .... staff, vehicles, school fees, school shoes and uniforms for the kids ..... and lots more!

PS Seems like the World racers are having a great time here in Swaziland! They feel like they are part of a bigger picture! So cool!