Wowee....

So, its been a long time since I updated this one! We have been extra busy preparing for our holiday club programme which starts today; shame it's raining loads right now. Last week was all about going through the teaching and crafts for this week with our team which now consists of Kendra, Al, Mzo, Hannah and me. Today we kick off with the story of Jonah and teaching the children about following God closely. For some reason our craft is to make a fluffy sheep....some parallel with following the shepherd it seems!

Last week we also had an evening meal out to celebrate Zuzana's time with us (she was a volunteer too). Before we went to the smart restaurant we went to watch the sunset at the local beach. As I bravely ventured out into the sea (knee deep at this stage) to climb onto a rock, a large wave came in and I got smothered by the sea! Needless to say I got some serious banter for this and turned up at the restaurant feeling slightly soggy and embarrassed! Could have been worse I suppose!

Friday we all headed into the city for the South Africa v Mexico game. It was very very busy with plenty of vuvuzelas (horns) hooting continuously! We watched the first game in a pub which was packed and then went to the FIFA fan zone for the France Uruguay game which was dull! Either way, it was great to be part of the atmosphere and enjoy a whole day out with good friends. On Saturday a few of us hiked up Table Mountain even though it was cloudy. I claimed the mountain for England as is clear from the photo! We got up in 1hr40 which was pretty good considering the weather but it was very cloudy on top. Having enjoyed a British-style tea and cake we headed down and enjoyed (mostly) the USA v Eng game in the evening. Yesterday was a fairly typical Sunday with church where I played the piano in the evening.

As mentioned, our holiday club starts today even with the shoddy weather, we will outreach to 1000 children every day over the next 4 weeks which is very exciting.
Speak soon, shark photos soon online....