March

March means Shepherd's Conference, when 3000 men from all over the world come to Grace Community Church for a week of spiritual refreshment, teaching and strengthening friendships.We had our dear friends Matt and Tina Viljoen visit with 2 men of their church leadership. Here are the original 3 Musketeers and their Mrs-keteers along with Chris and Fanie who became instant friends of ours!

Together again after too many years... me, Christa and Tina. Sadly no Lyanne :(
We took a trip to the Getty Villa with friends and kids, while the men were happily conferencing all day.

Beautiful building in a beautiful setting. John Paul Getty certainly was a very rich man with a love for art and antiquity. If you'd like more detailed and exciting information, you can Getty it yourself - that's what Google is for :)

Hannah, Marise, Christa and the Kolkow girls - Linda and Grace

We had all the South African families over at our house during the conference for a braai (how typical). Here the boys are :Robin, Frans, Wayne, Lonngren a.k.a Tom Cruise, Alvin, Andrew and Matt with Ryk and Ryan in the front.

We had 3 guests stay with us in our Hillbilly Hotel for the duration of the conference : Hanro from Malawi and Chris and Fanie from South Africa. Chris got up early every morning to make us the most delicious mielie-pap!

Shekinah, Makeila and Marise tucking into Frozen Yogurt in Burbank Town Centre

At Master's Kids it was Daniel's turn to be Special Child for a Day- he had patiently waited for his turn since last September so you can imagine his delight! Here he poses with Summer Hernandez. King of the playground.

They also celebrated America Day on the same day because the toddler group will be closed by the time it officialy happens: July 4th.