Every week between 5-15 students gather at our house to eat, pray, fellowship, learn about being authentic followers of Jesus and... have fun!
Our current theme is focused on one of our core values: To know, love, and become like Jesus. We are searching the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to look at Jesus' life, character, way of life and relationships. This has been a powerful and potent look at our Jesus and in turn, our own lives.
This week we played a lil' Guesstures to get the night off to a good start. The video should give you a much better insight into the dynamics of our gatherings. Myles (shy as ever), takes center stage. Enjoy.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
A month... already?
from Kristy...
I has officially been a month since we departed the US and landed ourselves back in Durban. To be honest, it feels like we've been back just a few days in so many ways. In other ways, it feels like a year. We can barely remember the smell of Dunn Brother's Coffee or the bird sounds that are so different from the sounds here. The month has gone by quickly because we feel like we have made such little progress in some of our biggest life and ministry goals here. We are back into the swing of things, and yet it feels like we have accomplished little.
Well, at least finally the house feels like home again and no longer looks SO BARE (a feeling, we think, that resulted from spending time in lots of very full American houses). The intense feelings of being torn from the ones you love best and who love you best have faded into a dull ache. We have, actually, fully re-established ourselves here. It has just taken time we did not expect it too.
I thought I would include a description of the bird sound so wake up to in the morning. We have a group of 7 Hadedas (pronounced Haw-de-daw) that nest in our neighbor's tree. I call them the little old grumpy men.
In Johannesburg, and on the beaches and savannas of southern Africa, it is the hadeda ibis, not the rooster, whose song, if it can be called that, announces morning. Har-har-har, he calls. Loud, raucous, guttural, the hadeda’s cacophonous call sounds like drunk men laughing. Har-har-ha-de-da.
I has officially been a month since we departed the US and landed ourselves back in Durban. To be honest, it feels like we've been back just a few days in so many ways. In other ways, it feels like a year. We can barely remember the smell of Dunn Brother's Coffee or the bird sounds that are so different from the sounds here. The month has gone by quickly because we feel like we have made such little progress in some of our biggest life and ministry goals here. We are back into the swing of things, and yet it feels like we have accomplished little.
Well, at least finally the house feels like home again and no longer looks SO BARE (a feeling, we think, that resulted from spending time in lots of very full American houses). The intense feelings of being torn from the ones you love best and who love you best have faded into a dull ache. We have, actually, fully re-established ourselves here. It has just taken time we did not expect it too.
I thought I would include a description of the bird sound so wake up to in the morning. We have a group of 7 Hadedas (pronounced Haw-de-daw) that nest in our neighbor's tree. I call them the little old grumpy men.
In Johannesburg, and on the beaches and savannas of southern Africa, it is the hadeda ibis, not the rooster, whose song, if it can be called that, announces morning. Har-har-har, he calls. Loud, raucous, guttural, the hadeda’s cacophonous call sounds like drunk men laughing. Har-har-ha-de-da.
Imagine a middle-aged man, grumpy and barrel-chested. He drinks too much, yells too often, laughs a lot but is quick to anger. Now. put feathers on him and stick him in a tree. Give him avian vision, a long curved bill, and a Red Sox fan’s hoarse yawp—and hello, hadeda
Anthony Schneider
Monday, September 22, 2008
We woke up without a president
Read the New York Times article for some good insight. Click HERE!
realistically I do see long term and short term problems and pain coming to South Africa because of the ANC forcing out President Thabo Mbeki. He was Nelson Mandela's vice president for 5 years and has served for the past 9 as a president with great foreign relations skills and has helped a country that wants to better itself become a better place. We're going to miss president Mbeki.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
2 Year Birthday bash!
Myles turned two on 12 September. Rather than give a play by play of the b-day week (oh-yes, we did a week since cards came early and late in the mail and the party in the park was a couple days after the day:)
The quick run-down:
1. 11th, Myles and Mom make cup-cakes. Myles learns that cup-cakes are REALY good.
2. 12th, Myles brings cup-cakes to play school and doesn't stop asking his teacher Thandeka for "more cup-cakes please" the rest of morning!
3. 13th, Myles gets some presents, feeling a bit sick but not too sick to help mom make juice and play with his buddy Conner. Notice who Myles supports whole-heartedly in the pictures (thanks Grand-ba ba and Grandma Sue!)
4. 14th, the big Birthday celebration at the Botanic Gardens. Lots of friends, food and mom's great B-sting cake (could rival b-day cup-cakes for enjoyability)
5. 14th, by bedtime Myles is really sick but has enjoyed his best b-day week ever!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
We're Back!!!
After a 34 hour journey with our energized Myles, we made it back to Durban! Highlight of the trip... a less then full plane that gave the 3 of us a whole row or 4 seats for the "big" flight from Washington-Johannesburg! Kinda a big deal since we only paid for 2 seats (last time we can or would want to do that!).
My hope is that in the next days you will see some pics from our USA visit and updates on how we are doing here (ie Kristy slept for the first time in over 7 days last night, and the Frog experience).
Stay tooned!
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