Updates from the Proegers

Frozen in this position waiting to hear from YOU!

We do have a newsletter!

  Hello everyone, It dawns on me that some of you may want to receive our monthly newsletter.  There are two ways to do this.  We can either send it to you by US mail or by email.  Obviously email is far cheaper, but if you know that you are unlikely to read something that […]

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Djiboti follows Jesus!

  So I have been mentioning a man we met in Masiphumelele for a while now and wanted to briefly fill out the story for you.  About 6 weeks ago, we were hanging out by the ditch (see “Another day in Masi….” from yesterday!), which is quite unpleasant due to the strong smell of human […]

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Happiness is overrated…part 2

  In my last installment on this topic I pointed out that happiness as the primary aim in life is a mistaken priority. In this entry, I want to flesh that out just a little bit more…   Most of us can readily see that when someone lives for a vice (drugs, crime or an […]

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Happiness is overrated…Part 1

    I can not possibly count the amount of times I have heard people say things like “I just want him to be happy.”  Or “As long as she is happy…”  Of course once the statement is thrown out there, there is a cultural expectation that we aren’t to question it because what has […]

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Anyone want some “Ice Cream*?”

Ok, please don’t categorize this under “sacrifices missionaries make” because I am only being silly here.  BUT, one disappointment with South Africa (there is VERY little to complain about in this wonderful country and I am already aware of many things we will miss when God calls us elsewhere!) is how difficult it is to find […]