Author Archives: Ryan

I first met Richard as a young man and member of mission team in 1998 coming from Durban. Richard and his family connected with us and made me feel at home at SouthRand Salvation Army church. It was the meals, swimming and fellowship at his home. Richard was always interested in getting to know people…

Richard was such a genuine person. He was a masterful storyteller and his stories always made you laugh. On our last trip to SA he told us a story about driving somewhere with his boss in Richard's car, and finding something unexpected that belonged to Anne on the floor. Photo credit to Debbie. Stacey Dlamini…

Never one to miss out on a good time…I got this photo from Debbie Chittenden. It was at AJ and Gugu's wedding. Stacey Dlamini shared this memory

We will miss your vibrancy and full of life attitude. You knew how to light up a room with your presence and laughter. There was nothing that you couldn’t do and there was always a solution or way out to an issue. Thank you for always teasing my kids and I and calling us the…

We have so many good stories about Richard and what an amazing man he was. He was such a good storyteller, too. He had the best sense of humour and the ability to relate to anybody and anything. But one of our favourite stories is the one he told us about finding a puddle on…

Fond memories of our wedding day as he stood with us as best man. Thinking back to Sunday nights after church when we would sit around our coffee table on the floor eating flatjacks, joking and just chilling. Great human and friend who was real (what you saw is what you got) . Glad we…