The Restory Retreat Centre

How Does Trust Develop? “Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life .....” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭6‬ ‭NIV                      The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music Often, the first step is the most important and the most difficult. With our love.  How often is the love we experience from each other the love we experience from God? Human love is quite important, it seems. George & Matilda

  Hoe Ontwikkel Vertroue? “Net goedheid en troue liefde sal my volg al die dae van my lewe ........” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭6‬ ‭AFR20‬‬                     Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Dikwels is die eerste tree die belangrikste en die moeilikste. Met ons liefde.  Hoe dikwels is die liefde wat ons van mekaar ervaar die liefde wat ons van God ervaar? Mens-liefde is nogal belangrik, wil dit lyk. George & Matilda

  Under Difficult Circumstances The Conversation (The sound in the background that you hear at some point during the conversation, is Skhumbuzo mowing the lawn with the tractor. Here it is a case of: when the sun shines, you try to make a dent in the grass.) Elements From The Conversation Sebastien visiting with family between hospital admissions Music "My life has been made livable by two things: the love that I've given and the love that I've received." CJ Langenhoven                                      Thank you. George & Matilda

'n Moeilike Tyd Die Gesprek (Die geluid wat julle op 'n punt in die gesprek in die agtergrond hoor, is Skhumbuzo wat met die trekker grassny. Hier is dit 'n geval van: as die son skyn, probeer jy die gras tem.) Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Sebastien kuier saam met familie tussen hospitaal-opnames Musiek "Deur twee dinge is my lewe vir my leefbaar gemaak: die liefde wat ek gegee het en die liefde wat ek gekry het." CJ Langenhoven                                     Dankie. George & Matilda

The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.”                                                                                              - Robert Frost On my 50th birthday, I am sitting on a low stone wall next to Matilda and Jan Badenhorst. It is late afternoon in the Luneburg valley, with the sun low in our backs. Jan is busy telling us about his horses in his gentle, calm voice. The beautiful stallion strides past us, all power and elegance. Photograph by Matilda Clifford In the card Matilda gave me early that morning she quoted Wendell Berry: And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long,  but only by a spiritual journey,  a journey of one inch, ...

Photograph by Brian Sano Somehow, amidst the filling out of forms and checking my to-do-list, I left my wallet behind in the post office yesterday, after registering a letter. By the time I realised it and rushed back, it was gone. Along with bank cards and my driver’s license. Back home we discovered that the second pair of trousers that we had bought for my dad, with all the outer tags corresponding with the tags of the pair he tried on in the store, is in actual fact two sizes smaller. The health of Matilda’s father is a matter of great concern to us. We were reminded yesterday that on different levels he struggles to cope with life’s challenges.   Buried among all of this and despite the frustrations, I believe there is harvest and material that can contribute to my growth. But the moving from believing to applying – there’s the rub. I return to an old theme that I touched on previously in This is it and God disguised . How to read our lives. How t...