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Tirzah

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About Me

I was born and raised in Zimbabwe, Africa. America is my home now. I love and live for my God and Savior and for my family.
It does not take years. It takes choices.
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles Schultz)
"Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny."
Live to give and give to live.
For more about Zimbabwe visit ... http://groups.myspace.com/zambezi
Our hearts where they rocked our cradle, Our love where we spent our toil, And our faith, and our hope, and our honor, We pledge to our native soil. God gave all men all earth to love, But since our hearts are small, Ordained for each one spot should prove Beloved over all. ~Rudyard Kipling
My horse Estera
One of my dear friends and I in the Dead Sea in Israel
The Louvre in Paris
Paris
Trafalgar Sqare, London
London
London
Troy, Ginny, Karlet and I in San Sebastian, Spain
Our wedding day (Zimbabwe)
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls Bridge
5...4...3...2...1...BUNGIIEEE! And there goes my husband
He got to go again - for free this time
Troy standing next to the David Livingstone statue in Victoria Falls
So this is how we spent part of our honeymoon - a week long canoe safari
Our luxurious and cozy honeymoon suite:)
Canoeing the Zambezi River early in the morning
Canoeists ... Beware!
Troy & I on our canoe safari on the Zambezi
My gorgeous husband
Anyone who has ever canoed down the Zambezi knows how dangerous these guys are
Kariba
Elephant raiding our camp in Chirundu
Hwange
Looking out from our favorite camping site in Mana Pools
One of Africa's deadliest animals, the Cape Buffalo
Matopas
Woohoo! They did it! Troy and Zander at the top of Mt. Quandry in Colorado
Missions
"Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God's good news to one and all ... This is how much God loved the world: He gave His Son, His one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in Him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending His Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again ... The fact is, it was our pains He carried - our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us ... it was our sins that ripped and tore and crushed Him. He took the punishment, and that made us whole. Through His bruises we get healed. We're all like sheep who've wandered off and gotten lost. We've all done our own thing, gone our own way. And GOD has piled all our sins, everything we've done wrong, on Him, on Jesus ... Still, it's what GOD had in mind all along, to crush Him with pain. The plan was that He give Himself as an offering for sin so that He'd see life come from it - life, life and more life. And GOD'S plan will deeply prosper through Him." Mark 16:15; John 3:16; Isaiah 53:4-10 - The Message Bible

My Interests

I love Africa! I love the people, the bush and the wildlife with a passion. My favorite place in the world is Mana Pools in the Zambezi Valley ... for me there is no place more beautiful. I will always feel incredibly blessed & priviledged to have had the amazing and beautiful life that I had growing up there. It definitely wasn't ordinary.
I love seeing people from all tribes and nations across the world coming to know and love Jesus for who He is and what He did for us. This is a great passion of mine and there isn't a whole lot more that I find as exciting as this.
I love and support the country of Israel and the Jewish people. For me, Jerusalem is magical and majestic and Israel is the most beautiful country I've seen.
I love horses. We had several horses growing up and riding in the bush with my Dad was one of my favorite things to do.
I love to travel. I'd love to visit New Zealand, Thailand, the islands of Palau where "Survivor: Palau" was filmed & travel from Cairo in the north of Africa down through to Cape Town in South Africa in a landrover. Can never travel enough.
I am very much a family person. There's nothing more that I love and enjoy than spending time together as a family with my husband & kids & I'm so thankful to have such a close and loving relationship with my parents who are my best friends.
Some other things I enjoy:
-One of my most favorite things to do is to read the classics (The Little Princess, Anne of Green Gables, Little House on the Prairie, Oliver Twist, Moby Dick, Chronicles of Narnia, etc, etc, etc. ) with my daughter & then watch the movies when we're done with the books.
-Reading biographies from Africa; stories from the Holocaust; the history of Israel; Islam; reading fiction. I love settling in to a great book that captures your imagination and expands your mind and heart.
-Attempting to keep up with the politics & events of the world
-People & cultures of the world
-Conspiracy theories
-Theology
-Home renovations
-Friday family nights with my husband & kids
-Drinking coffee
-Watching movies

I'd like to meet:


Welcome and thanks for stopping by

Music:

Ben Harper, Ray LaMontagne, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Chris Isaak, ForSureZees, Jack Johnson, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Glenn Miller, swing, Howie Day, United Live, Desperation Band, Shane & Shane, Michael Gungor Band, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Jason Castro, Jose Gonzalez amongst a few others.

Movies:

-The Notebook, Tristan & Isolde, Stardust, The Sound of Music, Pride & Prejudice, The gods must be crazy 1 & 2, Out of Africa, A lot like love, Monsoon Wedding, The Princess Bride, the LOTR trilogy, most of the war movies like Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, The Great Raid, The Patriot, Gladiator, Rescue Dawn, etc. I also enjoy foreign films. I love the beautiful, classic period-pieces such as Braveheart, Dances with wolves, Legends of the fall, Robin Hood, Last of the Mohicans, Schlindler's List, etc.

Television:

LOST, 24, Friends, Survivor, Amazing Race & American Idol .

Books:

-Alexander McCall Smith "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series.
-"David Livingstone: the truth behind the legend" by Rob MacKenzie
-"The trouble with Africa" by Vic Guhrs
"Exodus" by Leon Uris
-"Mark of the Lion" series by Francine Rivers
-all 19 books of the "Children of the lion" series by Peter Danielson
-"The Kite Runner" & "A thousand splendid suns" by Khaled Hosseini
-The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
- "I dreamed of Africa" by Kuki Gallman
-"Cry of the Kalahari", "Eye of the elephant" & "Secrets of the savanna" by Mark & Delia Owens
-"Mukiwa: white boy in Africa" & "When a crocodile eats the sun" by Peter Godwin
-"Casting with a fragile thread" by Wendy Kann
-"Whatever you do, don't run" by Peter Allison
-"The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran
- "Akiane" by Akiane & Foreli Kramark
-"Because they hate" by Brigette Gabriel
-the Zion Legacy series and A.D. Chronicles by Brock & Bodie Thoene - basically all of the Thoene's books.

Heroes:

Elisha in the Old Testament. People talk about Elijah a lot but Elisha did some pretty amazing stuff too. I like him for his boldness and great faith.
Another person I greatly admire is one of the best known missionaries to southern Africa, David Livingstone. He was an amazing man with an amazing vision to set the souls free from slavery, both physical and spiritual, and to open up Africa to Christianity.
Akiane Kramarik - I am amazed and blown away by this beautiful child of God and her gift of art, poetry, wisdom, insight and love for God and for others. What an incredible story she has.
My husband has also been like a hero to me. There's no one else who knows all the worst in me and still stands with me never bringing it all up unless to encourage me to grow through it. He is endlessly patient and I never hear discouraging words come from his mouth nor is he ever unkind about anyone. He is a Godly, wise, wonderful, hands-on & involved father. He has given me a beautiful family which I am very thankful for.

My Blog

My blog

http://www.tirzahsworld.blogspot.com
Posted by Tirzah on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:03:00 PST

Hope Center in Honduras

I am posting this information about my dear friend, Tarah, from Bible School because I have been incredibly blessed and proud of what her and her husband and their family are doing by giving...
Posted by Tirzah on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:39:00 PST