Well, Raoul and I have now been married for over 6 months, as of the 29th of March! We didn't do anything particularly special on the day because finances are tight for the month, but we're going to have a nice dinner at a very nice italian restaurant at the end of this month to celebrate.Read more »

Now, I have to start off by saying that I don't know why it's called the happiest day of your life, because my wedding day wasn't. I was too busy making sure everything was going to be ready, and then too busy concentrating on not making any mistakes when I said my vows, etc. Having said that, however, I did enjoy the day, and was really glad to finally be married to my wonderful wife.Read more »

So I finally got through to Home Affairs this afternoon. At this stage I'm really frustrated with them, and all the hassle I've gone through.

After trying all the normal numbers at my disposal, I decided to try this other number I was given, which is for Ms Allie, the head of Home Affairs in Wynberg. Mrs Coetzer, the lady who deals with the immigrations applications, answered, and I told her my story. She wasn't sure what I was talking about, and said that she would look, and then phone me back.Read more »

Indeed, it has been a while since either of us has posted. I've been prodding Hannah to write up our experience of pre-marital counselling, but she doesn't seem to get the hint. But, I shall persist.

In the mean time, we've had our first session of "The Marriage Course" (wonderfully original names some of these courses think up for themselves). That was fairly interesting, because it was an introductory and a assessment session.Read more »

Well, we've picked up on our wedding plans again. We've started looking for a place for our reception, and Hannah has found some interesting things wedding dress wise (but I'll let her talk about that herself, I know she'd love to).Read more »

It seems to me that more and more people these days get their ideas of what love, relationships and marriage are about from the movie stars. They seem to think that the more boy friends or girlfriends you have before you get married, the better. I mean, how else are you going to know who the right one for you is?

Easy actually, by following the Bible and following your common sense in a Godly manner.Read more »

It seems to me that more and more people these days get their ideas of what love, relationships and marriage are about from the movie stars. They seem to think that the more boy friends or girlfriends you have before you get married, the better. I mean, how else are you going to know who the right one for you is? Find out what areal relationship is like in my article Real relationships.

On Sunday I heard a very interesting sermon by a local chap by the name of Simon Clegg. He heads up an organisation called the City Partnership, which is an organisation for Christian business men and women. But his sermon wasn't about that. It was about marriage.

On Sunday I heard a very interesting sermon by a local chap by the name of Simon Clegg. He heads up an organisation called the City Partnership, which is an organisation for Christian business men and women. But his sermon wasn't about that. It was about marriage.

But what was really interesting about it was how the whole sermon came out of Genesis 2, and what it contained. We looked at Genesis 2, from about verse 4 to the end. However, the key verses were really from verse 18 and onwards. Read more »