Hello!
You may have noticed that I left on Wednesday but haven’t blogged until today. That’s partly because I’ve not had access to wifi until today, and partly because I haven’t had loads to say!
The flight was my first long haul and I was a bit nervous. I didn’t sleep on either plane and ended up being awake for 36 hours. Not ideal, but I slept well on my first night in Africa.
Since then we’ve been being lectured and taught about South Africa, looking at the needs here and the things that haven’t changes in the 18 years since aparteid ended.
Today we moved to our parishes where we will do our placements. I’m in an amazing parish with the Archdeacon of North Coast, Peter Houston. It’s an amazing place not far from the beach.
So far we have seen the ‘presentable’ side of South Africa. On Monday we will see the less ideal parts.
Tomorrow morning I am preaching at All Souls at their morning service. They are having a combined service. The early service is usually at 7, the late service at 9, tomorrow it’s at 8am. And I thought 8.30 was bad enough!
More tomorrow.
Hi Dave. Great to hear from you. It sounds like you are having a good time. Hope the preaching goes well. It will be interesting to compare your experiences of Africa with Asia when we all get back. Praying for you as make your visits to the less ‘presentable’ parts, that you will meet with God in a new way during your time there. We are in our final week here of a great visit, but i am also looking forward to going home. Take care. Mark
Hi. Good to hear you are ok, and recovered after a harduous journey with no sleep! Praying that all went well with your service and preaching at All Souls. Hope this week’s as you witness the difficult side of SA, you are well protected and upheld in prayer by all your friends.
It’s -4 degrees here in Mansfield, and 10 cms of snow, and still snowing – enjoy the sun while you can – and bring some back – we need it! We’re all ready to welcome Bishop Paul tomorrow, but he may be coming by sleigh the way it’s looking! Hope you have a good Sunday and rest of week, and enjoy every experience of being in Natal.