Last Thursday morning found us in a large shopping mall in Somerset West about 25 miles outside Cape Town. We’d stopped there for coffee before going on to have lunch with friends in the town and as I waited outside a shop for Sue, who should walk by but Dave Edwards, a member of CCK [...]
On a previous visit to Cape Town, I would think about 10 years ago, I lost 5 minutes of my life. I was in the shower of the home we were staying in and Sue had just gone into the kitchen to fix some breakfast. When Sue came back I was lying on my bed totally [...]
Being in South Africa, and I suppose this is true of being in any other country which uses English as a main language, reveals some fascinating language differences. For example South Africans commonly express things with a negative whereas we would use a positive. So in a Church service I’d say ‘will you please sit down’, but [...]
We flew back from Dubai to Cape Town last Saturday after a very interesting few days in Dubai. With the change of leadership soon to take place there, the Friday meeting (not Sunday in Dubai) was a really important one. Steve Oliver told the story of his call to Dubai to the congregation; which seemed to be [...]
