Heaven ...

 

I was shocked, confused, bewildered
As I entered Heaven's door,
Not by the beauty of it all,
Nor the lights or its décor.
...
But it was the folks in Heaven
Who made me sputter and gasp --
The thieves, the liars, the sinners,
The alcoholics and the trash.

There stood the kid from seventh grade
Who swiped my lunch money twice.
Next to him was my old neighbor
Who never said anything nice.

Bob, who I always thought
Was rotting away in hell,
Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,
Looking incredibly well.

I nudged Jesus, 'What's the deal?
'I would love to hear Your take.
'How'd all these sinners get up here?
'God must've made a mistake.'

'And why is everyone so quiet,
'So somber -- give me a clue.'
'Hush, child,' He said,
'They're all in shock!
'No one thought they'd see you.'

~~Author Unknown
(Though possibly written by either the worst sinner or
the most thankful person in heaven, or both!)
JUDGE NOT!
Remember...Just going to church doesn't make you a
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The times they are a certainly changing ....

I can't believe it's 2011 since I last posted here, so much has happened in the interim! 

Maria's passing was such a shock to us all and I still can't believe she is gone and she won't be there when we come over to South Africa again.   We always made a point of going to visit her.

I really miss Maria, her witty comments on Facebook were so funny! 

Till we meet again!!!

 

The Times they are a changing

"The Times They Are A-Changin'"

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.

Happy 50th Birthday Charlie

I just wanted to wish "Charlie" a very happy 50th birthday, it's amazing how time seems to have flown past, I joined Premier MIS back in January 1990 which is now 21 years ago, so Charles would have been 29 back then! Okay I think we need to stop the clock now.

Anyway Charlie hope you had an awesome birthday!

Lusito Land

Well it was arranged that we would meet all the ex-prems at Lusito Land, the night before Sunday the 24th of April, the weather had not been good, hence we received some phone calls from friends saying: "Take your Wellies", "Not coming - rather stay in bed", well I guess when you have such fantastic weather in SA, the rain does make you want to stay home, but in Ireland alas we go out in all kinds of weather else you just miss out on Life.

But luckily we got to meet the most beautiful twins in the world, Thanks Trevor & Kirsten for bringing the twins out to meet us and to come and see us, it was lovely seeing you!!!

SAD NEWS

Hi Everyone,

I heard this morning of the passing of Andre Barnard.  He will be sadly missed as he was a wonderful friend and Colleague, here is the note I found on LinkedIn this morning.

Andre Barnard passed away on Thursday. For more info call his wife 0828959838

Will post some more later, if you would like to add any memories or notes about Andre, you can do so here and I will repost them.

Rose. 

Trevor's Team

Here are some photo's of Trevor's gorgeous boys one with Santa ...

Maria's Christmas at Hartebeespoort

Hi Rose,

I am sure that you had a wonderfull white Christmas. Ours was not as traditional, but still very nice. My sister Carmen come from Spain and Johanna and family come from Ballito.

This year it was a small gathering of 10. Next year will have again all the family coming from all over the place.
These are the only photos I have at the moment, as I am waiting for Johanna to send me the photos taken with her camera.

In these photo, it is only me Michael and my grandkids Savannah and Bradley.

Love to all
Maria

Email & Photos from Sevesty

Hallo to Everybody, especially for those that still remember me.

I am proud to announce that I have a new family member added to the Erasmus clan.

She is 3 months old, unexpected after 8 years.

I had to learn everything again from the start, whoever said that being a parent will be easy, lied.

Photos attached.

Shinique Cara Erasmus 3 months old

Xavier Erasmus 8 years old at Dads business.

Love Sevesty

Christmas 2010 from all the Ex-Premier Clan around the world

Dalene & her family having Christmas in South Africa

Gerhard and Edith celebrate Christmas with Santa in Sunny South Africa

Along with Ina 

Dave Jones daughter Alexa who celebrated Christmas away from their home town in California this year and spent it with family in the U.K. (Some more photos please Dave)

Christmas in Sydney Australia with Lawrence, Melina & Alex

A lovely compilation of photos from Sandy - Christmas in South Africa, thanks Sandy.

Under the Christmas Tree with Derrick & Emily in Ireland

Celebrating our first really White Christmas in IRELAND

Christmas with Lynn in the U.K. 

Current Members of the Alumni