Fishy fishy....

So. Sharks are large. Its a fact. We went cage diving this last Saturday which was one of the best experiences I have ever had! We took a 2.5hour drive to the East of Cape Town to a place called Gansbaai and then went out into the ocean for about 20 mins. Having baited the sea with chum we waited and soon enough, a 3m long great white appeared pretty close to the cage and the boat as it was all getting sorted out.
Whilst the other people on the boat took a dip, us foreigners took a good chance to check out the sea surface a little more closely if you get my drift....once we felt slightly better we suited up and jumped in the cage! Its about 9ft deep, 4ft wide and 10ft long. 4 in at a time and just floating above the water. The shark comes from whichever side and the guy on the boat says, 'shark left shark left' so you take a breath and hop underneath! They are very smooth animals and really not that aggressive, they just wanted to see who and what we were. A couple got right up close and nibbled the cage but generally a few feet away which was stunning. Well recommended to all.

Other than our social activities (!) work continues to gather pace as the world cup gets nearer. We have a massive schedule of events for the 4 weeks that will hopefully cover around 1000 children from across the peninsula. I am co-organising the final event on the 9th July which will see every child come together for one big event with the local radio station present and many other famous locals involved. It is exciting stuff. This week we have important meetings to sort that out and also are trying to get the 2 main churches in Redhill to chat about their ministry and how living hope fit into that. Lots to do but really enjoying it.

Do please send me messages to say what you are doing, you might think its silly but its great to hear what you are all doing (stuart.d.rimmer@gmail.com is me). As for now, the rain really needs to stop, more hours in the day are needed and it would be much nicer if it was a little hotter. Having said that, the world cup is coming, Living Hope are great to work for and the message we proclaim is pretty much the most important one ever.

God Bless you all, speak soon, shark photos will be upload to picasa once I get our underwater camera sorted.

Stu