25 September

Dear Friends,

At last I am sitting down to update our blog-spot. So much happens every day and then when I decide to update the blogpot I don’t know where to start.

We have been so privileged to have visits from many dear friends. One afternoon we had a call from Mike Griebenow. What a wonderful surprise that was. Mike came and had a cup of coffee with us on a really windy, miserable afternoon/evening. But it was so super to see him. A couple of weeks later Neil’s inlaws dropped in on their way to their holiday flat at Uvongo. We had a super lunch with them at Scotties (a little resturant here in the caravan park.) 

Two weeks ago Brian and Mari Mitchell from Hazyview spent a day with us on their way to Port Shepstone. We caught up on all the news from Hazyview and Mari and I just chatted about sewing and crochet. 

A very good friend from Standerton, Graham Taylor, has been to Scottburgh so many times we actually miss him when he hasn’t been here for a couple of weeks. Friends are so important in one’s life, you really miss them when you don’t have them close. Relationships are so vital to each one of us. We must make every effort to be the friends we would like to have. Fortunately Jesus is with us always. If we miss our earthly friends so much, how lost would we be without Him.

We survived the really high winds last weekend, when so many others suffered great loss to property, etc. There were a number of people in the park who had damage to their tents which tore and tentpoles which snapped in half. We however, were kept safe. God is good. When we see the storms building over the sea, we can actually get quite afraid, but the other day God sent us this rainbow to show us that He is still in control.

We are really getting involved in the local Methodist Church here in Scottburgh. The Lord has blessed us with a wonderful minister who preaches the gospel. He is such a gifted preacher/teacher and every time we meet we marvel that the Lord has placed us here to just rest in His word. The Church is very active and busy and we have found that we cannot attend everything on offer, so we have had to be selective in what we get involved in.

On the 30^th September, Tom and I are going to Elaine and family in Pretoria for the duration of the school holidays, which will be about 10 days. We are all really looking forward to this.

Last week Tom and I had to go to our townhouse to look for a file with documentation which we need for our Tax Return. Well, what a daunting task. We needed to find a box with a blue sticker and a number 5 on it. Well, we found boxes no 1 to 4 – no sign of no 5. We just had to accept that we will have to wait until we are in the flat – just do a late submission.

We have made friends with a super couple, Niekie and Verma Bester. We have spent some really super days together. Two weeks ago we went down the South Coast to Port Edward to see The Red Desert.

This was really interesting. Rather eerie to see how dry it is there. From there we went to the Old Pont to look what was there. There is a lovely holiday resort there now and a caravan park. The tariff was a little high for us so we can’t even consider spending time there. From there we went to Beaver Creek Coffee Estate. There Tom and Niekie paid R25 and could try out as much of the coffee as they wanted. They were like coffee tasters, comparing the different coffees. Verma and I couldn't face more than one cup of coffee, so I had a latte and Verma had a cappuccino. Absolutely delicious!

From there we went to Fish on the River at Port Shepstone where we met up with Brian and Mari again and had a super lunch. What a wonderful time spent with precious friends.

Last week on a really miserable day, Niekie and Verma brought their games to us. Now I very seldom play board games, etc. We had such fun playing dominos and Uno. In the past there never seemed to be time to play and now we spent a super afternoon snug in our tent with very good friends! Niekie and Verma are leaving on Tuesday and going to San Cha Len, where I am sure they will be just a happy as we were. We bid them Bon Voyage.

We attach a picture of a caravan in the park. The picture on the back says it all.

Goodbye Tension, Hello Pension.

God bless you all until we write again,

Lots of love,

Tom & Lynette