First Official Blog...

Hi All,

Great that you found this spot, hopefully we will get word, reportbacks, poems, stories, whatever God inspires you with in this space from various youth members leaders,etc...

You have a voice, and now the world can hear it, may we be history makers together as we honour God and advance His kingdom on earth

-chan

Word of Fatih - One More Soul youth conference

8 years out of school and I still look like a school girl! 

here's me and the hillsong kids guy, he's so fun! 

NameMeaning

Finding out the meaning of my name is a long intricate story, which you all know that I won't mind sharing, and I have no doubt that you too would enjoy hearing and possibly naming your children after me.

Having said that let's begin...

[NOTE, I am unable to use ascii characters, so if anyone knows how to make my proper e, with the line on it in Linux, let me know.]

At first the most I knew about my name is that it was French and the feminine form of the name Andre and when I went overseas, they said that Andrea is also the same name or meaning...

When those little gift frames came in with your names meaning on it, I got one from my aunt that said Chandre Jo-Anne, taken from the name Anne which means grace (so basically at that stage, the Name Chandre was no where on the list, and the next best thing they could get was the Anne). So that was as much I knew... GRACE... (which by the way means underserved favour)

Along came the internet, and somehow I found (can't seem to find it now) the meaning of my name - Andre meant Manly, Chandre was the female form, WOMANLY (or like I always say - "when you think of a WOMAN, you think CHANDRE") or FEMININE GRACE. There's that word again, GRACE...

Today I decided to check on the net, what Jo-Anne means, and I saw that Jo-Anne is of Hebrew origin, meaning GOD IS GRACIOUS.

So ja, I am pretty pleased with my name, when you get to the heart of my name it means Grace:

Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast.

That this grace is a gift of God - God is gracious to me, and out of that grace, the feminine grace I have flows... ;)

(If anyone begs to differ you're welcome to come and challenge me!)

my bright fuschia pink bed! Still have to paint my purple walls another colour... White would be the obvious...but I was thinking a light brown, just to be different

me family...dad pulling his face on purpose! 

aint I just the cutest baby :) 

His Kingdom Christian dance school. Establishing Christian dance. Worshipping God through our bodies. Equipping dancers. Romans 12: 1 -2 

It's church - His People Christian church... But for whoever's accessing this page from around the world, check out www.everynation.org

Matthew 28:18 - 20 -> Reaching EVERY nation in OUR generation


 

"And the village fell asleep"... Yep everyone in this pic should know what I'm talking about. These are my buddies, friends, church friends... you name it... 

Since 13 Feb, the city has become my workplace, so this is what is see on a daily basis...Table mountain...(this is taken from someone on google) when my camera's fixed u'll see many more pics. Aint it lovely? I actually am considering moving to Milnerton cause you have a view of the ocean and mountain at the same time... 

Aren't they the cutest...Or at least Scruffy in front... No one else but us think so, but Scruffy is amazing... 

It's me, Chandre! 

Hey... So I'm putting myself out there... Maybe this isn't such a good idea. U never know what stalkers there are in the world. Anyway I'm taking the risk, cause I want a place to put pictures and info up... So ja ( yes in Afrikaans), this is my first official post. Welcome to the world of Chandré, you'll find lots of C's around - Chandre, Christ, Cape Town, etc. etc. Please don't fall asleep yet, I hope to post regularly (? - I could be lying) But hope you find some inspiration and even closeness to Christ because of this blog!

cya,
Chan