Before
the first day of the rest of our lives is over, I will be starting
this blog!!!
2014
is barely a day old and the Theron family is nearly packed and ready
for our first adventure of the year.
This
will be a momentous adventurous year for the 6 of us!! We've got
awesome plans to ski in the French Alps, complete a degree in
Practical Ministry, commute weekly to Aberdeen, to sell our house,
witness the start of the Tour de France in York and attend the Common
Wealth Games in Glasgow, then to travel around the world (including
meeting up with our friends living in other countries) and then
aiming to reach our African destination just before Christmas. By the
grace of God we are ready to run into the dreams and desires that
have been brewing and bubbling in our hearts and spirits.
We are
ready to embrace new opportunities, work harder, love deeper and
travel further (than ever before!!)
Our aim
is to connect with the people of the world and share a message of
FAITH, HOPE and LOVE with the nations.
Our
intention as parents is to provide an opportunity for our four
children to meet the children of the world, to love the unloved, to
share and to receive, to serve and to learn to how to seek to
understand!!
We want
to show them God within each language, tongue and tribe and give them
an experience of how privileged we are to have been born into a
loving and caring family. A family with enough means to provide for
shelter and food and so much more....
We want
to present God's awesome creation to them and teach them to respect
and admire the works of His hands.
We want
to teach them to value and to respect themselves.
Arno and
I(Marilie) have been dreaming and African dream for a long time. This
will be our 14th year living away from our place of
heritage. Over the last year we've made some tough decisions, but
with the promise of returning to South Africa as a fulfilment of a
God-given dream and vision. The time has come to relocate to be
closer to our ageing parents and to minister to our extended family
and friends in a more personal way. God has also given us great
vision for the strengthening, equipping and restoration of marriages,
based on the application of biblical principles.
The idea
of doing some sort of epic adventure to signify the end of a Scottish
era was always present in our minds. So here it is now...we are
stepping out boldly into the unknown....
The
Theron clan is on the move....
