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Nurturing the Seed at Home and Scattering “Abroad” ... continued ~
and were then able to see all eight students
Bro Daniel had arranged for us to meet that
day. Going north all along the Zoutpansberg
through umpteen villages we came out at
Sibasa and Thoyandou, big towns some 100
kms east of Louis Trichard, and then returned
south of the Zoutspansberg through beautiful
countryside rich in tropical fruit and tea plan-
tations to our self catering unit in Louis
Trichard. Daniel, who is from the area, stayed
with family as did Precious who grew up with
her grandparents in Tshakuma - known for it’s
large fruit market.
In Thoyandou we met Susan - such an amaz-
ingly keen lady who works for Aardvark, a big
hardware shop. We were ushered into her
office, chairs were found and a white lady also
warmly greeted us - when I said to her “So do
you and Susan share the Bible together?” She
was VERY quick to say “Oh no I leave that for
Susan”. If only she knew what she was missing!
The next day was even more hectic. Thank-
fully Bro Daniel knows the area like the back
of his hand and so we didn’t waste time trying
to find the students, often in far flung villages
– some at work, some on the side of the road,
others in their homes etc. En-route to meeting
Daniel we had gone off on a dirt road and met
a student in the road - no verges here and
amazingly this student had met us in 1998
when visiting with Bro Duncan Heaster! He had