sunday!

hello all,

got a bit more time just now so can tell you a little more about what has been happening. yesterday we walked around the local area and the local mall which has a woolworths and other uk stores too, standard shopping place really. the ministry work doesn't happen on weekends so i have had loads of opportunities to relax and chat with the other volunteers yesterday and today.

last night we went to a shoreline restaurant for a volunteer's leaving do, i ate some calamari which was interesting and we relaxed with a local band playing whilst the waves battered the side of the building! twas quite dramatic at times as the swell was sizeable.

this morning i went to the king of kings church, formerly fish hoek baptist church, with whom i am likely to worship for my time out here. was a good service with teaching from mark 10 about jesus and the children. there are plenty of opportunities to work within the church with the music and children's work so, as you might imagine, i was quite excited about that!

this afternoon i walked to the beach, round trip 3 hours, in a place called nordhooek which was quite stunning. i will upload photos when i can get to the internet cafe so as not to use all the bandwidth here! really good time talking with another volunteer about living hope and all that it does.

it turns out that weekends are free for the volunteers as the ministry work doesn't happen on sat or sun. this has been really good as i have had a great chance to relax a little and settle into the daily routine and who is who and what is where etc. tomorrow i am going on a tour of all that living hope do which should be great.

i am likely to be working with a chap called al in a place called redhill, informal settlement in the hills overlooking cape town, and will be running and organising the children's work and activities there. more details to follow once i know more myself!

apologies for just saying anything and everything that comes to mind, once i get fully into the day to day schedule this little blog should be much shorter and rambly!

finally, learnt my first word in africaans which refers to large crow-like birds that make lots of noise in our garden, not sure what the translation is but it is pronounced 'n-can-can-eh'! i look forward to hearing your attempts on that one.

God bless thanks for the support

stu