Expanding Horizons

In 2012 we started the year in a surrendered place. We were already starting to battling with a place of difficulty of how things were turning out. We had inside of us an understanding of what it was we were called to and we could see that over the years that we had come along side struggling organisations and individuals with a heart for orphans and vulnerable children. We could see that we had influenced and supported...

Doors opened up for me to go to different countries to give away what we had learnt over the years. This trip took me on two life changing journeys. My visit to Uganda and Liberia expanded my heart and my vision.

Seeing a greater need of OVC beyond our borders, beyond Fisantekraal...

A desire for neworks of support was born.

With our new found clarity of who we are and what we are called to we started putting MercyAIDS in a clearer form...

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Philippi Trust, OVC

In 2005, Philippi Trust where I was studying counselling at the time introduced a new program. It was a camp program for Orphans an Vulnerable children. The first time I heard about it, was when the director at the time had just got back from a trip to the Eastern Cape and came to tell our dipoma class about his experience. I felt immediately in the deep side of me that Holger should get involved... this sounded like the kind of thing he carried in his heart.

Family on Camp

In 2005/2006 we had a angel come and stay with us and help me with the kids so that I could get more involved with the counselling work. She was a huge blessing to the family. We would work hard at home and every now and again send Holger off to camp and he would come back and tell us all about his experiences. My heart was awakening... Sarah came back to visit for two weeks after she had left in the September of 2006. She challenged me to go on camp and she would come a long a help me with my kids... That was it... I was hardly on camp and I knew I was home... I was on the journey we needed to take... as a family.

Pen To Paper

I forgot that I had this other blog. I started writing this one in 2013 as I was starting to work through what it was we were meant to be doing with our lives and with some of the dreams in our hearts at the time. This blog is really a simple account of our narrative as a family. The picture below is where this process led us to. So much time and life has happened in the last 5 years and finding time to blog was not easy. I am not a very good writer, but I love writing. I really think I need to use this blog to share of the things I have learnt about family through our life choices. Holger and I have just celebrated our 27 year Anniversary and one thing that is clear about us two is, that we have never just made the simple choice. We chose hard and we are more aware than ever of the impact of that on our children. I am going to spend more time here. I think it is time to put pen to some of the stories of the things that have sh...

Lorentz Family Journey

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