Hello Darling!

Thank you for your most interesting and delightful letter. It was a pleasure to read, reminiscent of the 1950s when you were still a little girl jumping around the Tennis Court!

Benjie had already assured me that you were well. I had been worried by your silence particularly as you had been unable to secure bookings for you and the children. I should have known better, of course, but I did expect you to send a telegram if only to assure me you had arrived safely.

Thanks for news about the kids. They really are a bouncing & energetic lot! Dini will have his hands full disciplining those two. Incidentally I sent him a birthday card and have asked Benjie to buy him a book as a birthday gift from me.

Fabian has written and has promised to send R50 to cover the cost of the book I require. Benjie has taken the lists away with him to try and raise the books from friends. I am extremely fortunate really & am constantly reminded of God's challenge and promise. “Prove me now, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of Heaven for you and pour out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” (Malachi 3: 10).

Thank you for your prayers, Kid. Keep on, do not despair. He is ever faithful to His word. We are in His hands and we are, therefore, safe. I was extremely pleased and happy to hear Mili and Dini pray so freely. After all prayers are conversation with a Father whose love for us is unmeasurable and who is so rich that there is nothing we can ask Him that He cannot give us provided it is for our good.

A lady in Cape Town sent me biscuits and sweets for Christmas and Buti and Fabian had also brought me some fruit, sweets and cakes. But I still had all the tinned stuff you had left and I almost overate during that week!