March 15,

After a late evening of fun with the Webbs and attending the school play at Kings School, this morning we awoke to SUN!!!!! So , although we are tired, we are all going to play golf on this most fabulous golf course. Pray for me as I don't play very often.  As I await tee time, I am going to take you back to the day we went to the bird show at the casino - there was lots of wildlife  there as well.

March 14,

Today Les and I walked to the clubhouse for lunch and then back to the house awaiting pickup by Holly to the Webbs house for hamburgers before a school play that their daughter is in. It should be fun to see a high school play here in Johannesburg at the Kings School. Caroline and Dave Webb are the head of the Baby Haven program and they have a wonderful family - Abby, Gabe, John, his
girlfriend, Imka, and Ayanda, who is in the school play.  They also have two other children not in Johannesburg now.

Dave and Caroline Webb

Fun family time with the Webbs and friends

The Webbs singing the South Africa National Anthem for us.

March 13,

Thursday is Baby Haven day where we go to take care of the abandoned babies and the women who live there round the clock are God's heavenly angels. Lizzy is the angel I have gotten to know the best. She is an amazing lady and one I will never forget. She is so sweet and appreciative of anyone who comes to relieve her for a few hours . It is a blessing to do just that and to be around her. We are exchanging emails and will stay in touch. I will pray for her and her ministry every day for the rest of my life. Blessed, a happy little girl who was abandoned,

LOCKED AND GUARDED ENTRANCE TO BABY HAVEN

 is about 2-3 months old and is one I would like to take home with me.  She is so adorable and will be a beauty and so petite. I just can't imagine how bad it must be for the woman who abandoned Blessed.  There are so many babies like this and they all have not been as lucky as the children that the haven has been able to rescue.  The women take extra special care of these babies - everything is spotless, and you should see the closet with darling folded clothes for girls and boys.

There are more pictures but the actual babies's faces we are not allowed to post for privacy reasons. However, on the left here is Lizzy - whom I will always cherish and her image will always be what makes the African people so absolutely wonderful.

This morning before helping at Baby Haven, Les and I had breakfast at the clubhouse and then Holly picked us up to go to the Gauteng Botanical Gardens.  We enjoyed walking through the beautiful labeled trees, shrubs, sculptures, and landscapes. Take a look at this waterfall that we approached by going over a bridge.

Witpoortjie Waterfall -70 meters high

South Africa is very green and has many hills and mountainous areas with amazing trees and shrubs 

which most people would never think that some of these scenes would be in Africa but this is SA which is very different from the rest of the continent. The garden has 220 species of birds including the Verreaux's Eagles  which hover over this haven of biodiversity. We had a snack at the Eagles Nest, a lovely restaurant positioned  right in the middle of the botanical garden. One can see the eagles flying there in front of the restaurant high above cliffs.

click on this to enlarge to view such different drinks

Restaurant  in the Garden

by Saili Gruver of Grandma and Grandpa, created at the Eagle's Fare Restaurant.

March 12 continued,

Today we rented a golf cart and toured around and then Les and I had lunch at the club house. See pictures below:

View of Gruvers home on Karee Crescent

Driving around the community

Lunch in the clubhouse watching the trial in Joburg  of Oscar Pistorius 

Golf Course before and after