by Alet | Apr 9, 2025 | Cooking
What fun to bake bread rolls for lunch – by the ouma (granny) and 6-year-old granddaughter! We used 500g plain flour, 2 sachets of instant yeast to speed up the process, 5 ml salt, 15 ml butter and a little more than 50 ml lukewarm water to get a soft and sticky...
by Alet | Jan 30, 2025 | Articles, Writing
Recently, Brink and I were driven to the airport by a young man, totally unaware of the fact that he had been imploring the Lord to bring something special across his way. Settling in the car, we didn’t immediately make ourselves comfortable to take a much-needed...
by Alet | Mar 18, 2022 | Articles, Writing
“Who is my God?” This isn’t a question one would normally ask of yourself when struggling with a worrisome situation or a deep disappointment. One day, as I was nursing an upset because of some less sympathetic remark my dear gentleman husband had made, I sensed the...
by Alet | Sep 6, 2021 | Articles, Writing
Journaling is a handy way to jot down the truths I learn from God in my time at his feet, my ‘quiet time’. Unfortunately, it so often happens that such a truth stays in my journal and the result is that, when the test comes, I don’t have that wonderful truth to hand....
by Alet | Apr 27, 2021 | Articles, Writing
“Can you give me a hug?” Hugging a complete stranger, and a homeless one at that?! I was completely taken aback. This homeless man was selling Big Issue magazines in one of London’s Underground stations – and I was in a hurry. I wasn’t wearing a WWJD wrist band, but I...
