A Varied Week

The last week has been full of interest in terms of seeing different people, enjoying the beautiful Cape Town area and teaching in various contexts. It’s been good to reconnect with couples we’ve known in the past who’ve invited us to dinner; one couple that I remember vividly talking to at a wedding in Cape Town 20 years ago when they themselves were young newly weds. Now they have lovely teenage daughters - how time passes! Mind you, 20 years ago our 2 sons certainly wern’t married but we now have 7 grandchildren - much missed at present, but we do have skype.

Lat Saturday we started an 8 part Senior Leaders Course for the churches here in the Western Cape. About 190 had pre-registered and 158 actually pitched; which was great. I spoke on the Glory of Christ, Steve van Rhyn on a call to Leadership and Lex gave a great challenge to Leaders on our Call to Mission. The fellowship among the different leaders was excellent and we feel the Course has got off to an excellent start. There is always a need for more Leaders in a local Church; we hope this course will really help serve in that area.

After Steve had preached an excellent word on giving on Sunday, closing the long Phillippians series on Lasting Joy we considered how to have another joyful Monday and it was off to see the flowers again. The flowers up the West Coast in early Spring are just phenomenal and the weather was just perfect - mid 20s and and clear blue sky. How do you get sunburn in winter? Answer, come to Cape Town.

Every 2 weeks, after the Staff Prayer Meeting on a Tuesday, Steve has asked me to do half an hours teaching to the Staff from the book of Revelation. Actually, he asked me to do the teaching and I suggested the book of Revelation. We had an easy jog through the first half of chapter 1. At the moment I am just softening them up for seals, trumpets, bowls of wrath and locusts with women’s hair in the future.

Back at the flat we have been part building site and part disconnected. Damp had been seeping into the flat for some time so we’ve had builders in for several days. At least builders some times in, because when they should be in there are sometimes not in because they are out on another job. Now where have I heard that before? Also our phone has ben disconnected because the flat owner hasn’t paid the bill. This of course also means we cannot use email, twitter etc from home. Amazing how bereft and isolated one can feelwhen these modern means of communication are no longer available. We sit there wondering what to do. Ah, we’ll watch TV, but now the signal isn’t working. It’s a good thing we have the dancing clases!

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