not so silent

  If you know me, you will be aware I am not an economist, but we are all economists when its comes to balancing a budget whether its small like mine or humongous like South Africa’s. This week here in SA we have what is called a mini Budget or the MTBPS. Some information to set up the situation here. It is generally agreed that 2.2 million people lost their jobs in SA in the 2 nd quarter this year. But what is also important to know is that 1 job = 5 dependents, many of these newly unemployed will be low skill low paid with no savings. When a job is lost there is no food in the cupboard and the hit on family life is immediate. So the budget, here are some of the figures that form the difficulties around the budget. We have had in South Africa the most stringent lockdown anywhere in the world. So the lead up to this budget is not a good one. South Africa has the privilege of having its own airline SAA which has a fleet of 16 Airbus aircraft to put that into perspective British A

  Not to long after moving onto the farm at Marcy Air Erin and I realised the farm itself felt like a faded jewel.   We began praying about what we should do if anything. One thing became clear was the possibility of a prayer walk around the farm via a series of prayer stations. We have lots of space some amazing views much of Gods creation speaks to us of his wonder when we allow it time and space in our lives.   I am not sure if it was a vision or just a good idea or even a whisper from God, but we settled on creating 12 prayer stations around the farm. Hopping this would assist us who live here but perhaps more so visiting missionaries who stay with us. That this prayer journey around the farm in a sort of guided manor may help others to see and hear Gods guidance. Erin and I identified where we believed prayer station number two was to be. It is just around the corner from our house next to the irrigation canal. On Friday morning I began a conversation with my farm team centred o