SUNDAY IS JESUS DAY
as i mentioned last post feeling a bit spitually frustrated, and had the squirts. Well the squirts got worse and last night was not good for sleepin, but it was excellent for thinking. About lots of stuff but particularly the Flowers estate and how to try do something done so that the uni puts back into the community and the pikeys dont hate students. Thought about getting the glen residents involved early, dara and joe and gordy and tom and i spent 3hrs good revising time talkin about this so we have to make it happen.
Also today just chilled in hotel room and sang a few songs nice and loud then got some top quailty bible, sermon on the mount and then Ester, ester is a classic story. I also prayed with my sisters this morning cause their guts had been dodgy, and praise the Lord, they both ate lunch and i had a cheese toastie and plan on a big dinner soon as. I also just watched Chelsea beat liverpool on Tv(now staying in a nice hotel in aurssha left zanizbar this morning) great match, Jimmy Floyd Hasslebank scored a amazing goal to win it.
Sunday, August 17, 2003
Saturday, August 16, 2003
TURTLE CHASER
alright, just got back from a days diving, which was class, am in Zanzibar which is a very good effort at paradise, palm trees, calm sea big red sunsets, lobster for tea etc. The highlight of today was definately seeing a turtle, and then swimming off after it so the instructor had to chase me down and remind me i was nearly out of air :) the day started with a lengthy toilet session its seems after 5 weeks the dreded squirts have caught up with me. Had a nice massage on the beech yesterday, and leaving to meet up with catherine(my big sis) and then 5days safaari, which should be class. Kind of frustrating time spiritually, but God has been showing me some fine grace. cant get enough
until the next time....
enjoy the mango
alright, just got back from a days diving, which was class, am in Zanzibar which is a very good effort at paradise, palm trees, calm sea big red sunsets, lobster for tea etc. The highlight of today was definately seeing a turtle, and then swimming off after it so the instructor had to chase me down and remind me i was nearly out of air :) the day started with a lengthy toilet session its seems after 5 weeks the dreded squirts have caught up with me. Had a nice massage on the beech yesterday, and leaving to meet up with catherine(my big sis) and then 5days safaari, which should be class. Kind of frustrating time spiritually, but God has been showing me some fine grace. cant get enough
until the next time....
enjoy the mango
Monday, August 11, 2003
LEGEND COUNTRY
tanzania is legend, it is really chilled out, with a ridculously perfect colour of sea and sand, and thats in the capital city. i cant wait to see the rest, had a really good day chillin out with God and market shoping with americans, they having a big chat with a kenyian capitalist and a development facilitator about the state and future of africa, heavy but excellent vote 3rddan
tanzania is legend, it is really chilled out, with a ridculously perfect colour of sea and sand, and thats in the capital city. i cant wait to see the rest, had a really good day chillin out with God and market shoping with americans, they having a big chat with a kenyian capitalist and a development facilitator about the state and future of africa, heavy but excellent vote 3rddan
Sunday, August 10, 2003
ON THE RUN WITH A DRUM
im in jo'burg airport paying lots of money for a nice and fast internet connection...
just flew in from cape town, i stayed there for the last week doing crew leader for another habitat team, which was a bit of a joke seeing i had 7days building expereince and was then made kind of in charge of these 7 people on a big programme thing but sure it was sunny and we built a house so thats all good, it was actually very fast. We arrived on monday with just the foudations poured (a big muddy trench filled with concrete for those who dont speak builder) and when i left on thursday, we had only to tile the roof and put up a few internal walls, which would have happened on friday while i went to Uni of Cape Town with my new flatmates...
let me rewind a little, i got to know a couple of the students at one of the churhes and managed to get to sleep in the louge of a flat owned by emma and amy, to cool girls. so from there i could get a lift to the township and generally have a good time. I was quite bizzar to be living with ppl i had just met but then i was also a good adventure, a another amazing bit of God's providence cause i didnt have the money to say in a backpacker all week and thanks to some good training from catherine (lasagne), chitra (tomato and roast pepper soup), dad (scrambled eggs) and mary hughes (massage) we all got along well. they even give a lift to the airport at 4:30am this morning with a couple of their other mates jules and ang. so i have had quite a rounded cape town experience from Township community spirit to white middle class high fences and pepper spray carrying, welcome and love.
its been cool, they dont drink very much here, like there is NO bar on the campus of the uni or in the halls of res!! they also seem to be quite introverted and discuss everything that everyone did or said at length, but they were very cool welcoming people, i would def go back in summer (it was proper raining yesterday) for beaches and chillin
gotta fly remeber vote 3rddan ( www.3rddan.co.uk )
im in jo'burg airport paying lots of money for a nice and fast internet connection...
just flew in from cape town, i stayed there for the last week doing crew leader for another habitat team, which was a bit of a joke seeing i had 7days building expereince and was then made kind of in charge of these 7 people on a big programme thing but sure it was sunny and we built a house so thats all good, it was actually very fast. We arrived on monday with just the foudations poured (a big muddy trench filled with concrete for those who dont speak builder) and when i left on thursday, we had only to tile the roof and put up a few internal walls, which would have happened on friday while i went to Uni of Cape Town with my new flatmates...
let me rewind a little, i got to know a couple of the students at one of the churhes and managed to get to sleep in the louge of a flat owned by emma and amy, to cool girls. so from there i could get a lift to the township and generally have a good time. I was quite bizzar to be living with ppl i had just met but then i was also a good adventure, a another amazing bit of God's providence cause i didnt have the money to say in a backpacker all week and thanks to some good training from catherine (lasagne), chitra (tomato and roast pepper soup), dad (scrambled eggs) and mary hughes (massage) we all got along well. they even give a lift to the airport at 4:30am this morning with a couple of their other mates jules and ang. so i have had quite a rounded cape town experience from Township community spirit to white middle class high fences and pepper spray carrying, welcome and love.
its been cool, they dont drink very much here, like there is NO bar on the campus of the uni or in the halls of res!! they also seem to be quite introverted and discuss everything that everyone did or said at length, but they were very cool welcoming people, i would def go back in summer (it was proper raining yesterday) for beaches and chillin
gotta fly remeber vote 3rddan ( www.3rddan.co.uk )
Saturday, August 02, 2003
ITS RAINING IN LONDON/ DONT STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH
team left yesterday, it was sad to see them go, but looking forward to the next adventure, went a checked myself in to "simply the best" backbpackers a rather optimistic title, it is total backpack stero type, the owners dog is called ganga, i went out last night with a german 2 south aficas(one with dreads), a dutchman and a californian girl! first we went to a bar that had really good guinness, it soon transpired however that it was a gay bar, and without being arrogant i think i was on the way to pulling, so quickly jumped in a taxi and we headed to a club in town, it was quite swanky, a sort of milk feel to it, the music was amazing and we did some serious dancing till after 3 and it was only a pound for a beer..
we finnished the night in a food place called Mr Pickwicks, which had.... HP fruity!!! legend
today got up late and read a bit of bible im well behind in cover to cover, it was really sunny so i decided to go to a park to read in the sun, opened to lonley planet and looked at the map to find the closest piece of green, unfortunately it turned out to be a bit dodgy but before i got mugged by the teenagers a old guy called lionel came and made friends, (cape town if full of beggers and stuff) and although we were generally advised against giving them money, and i know its not good to encourage it but i read the Matt 25 sheep and the goats, when i was hungry you .... so me and lionel went for a KFC, interesting guy, had done time on robin island had a family far away on the cape flats, earned a little money from car minding(a common thing in SA) but couldnt get work and didnt want to steal. chatted a bit about home ie the norn iron situation, and then i was thinking about some sandboradiing i booked for tomorrow and whether Jesus would have done that or maybe give this guy the money...
so maybe he was spinning me a great story and maybe i was a fool for giving him the cash but maybe he wasnt and anyway i dont really need to go sandborading. it was nice to do something a bit different and i felt God leading me and closer after it so im happy enough
it still recks me but cause you cant give every kid on the street some change but yet arent we meant to treat eveyone we meet like they are Jesus?
team left yesterday, it was sad to see them go, but looking forward to the next adventure, went a checked myself in to "simply the best" backbpackers a rather optimistic title, it is total backpack stero type, the owners dog is called ganga, i went out last night with a german 2 south aficas(one with dreads), a dutchman and a californian girl! first we went to a bar that had really good guinness, it soon transpired however that it was a gay bar, and without being arrogant i think i was on the way to pulling, so quickly jumped in a taxi and we headed to a club in town, it was quite swanky, a sort of milk feel to it, the music was amazing and we did some serious dancing till after 3 and it was only a pound for a beer..
we finnished the night in a food place called Mr Pickwicks, which had.... HP fruity!!! legend
today got up late and read a bit of bible im well behind in cover to cover, it was really sunny so i decided to go to a park to read in the sun, opened to lonley planet and looked at the map to find the closest piece of green, unfortunately it turned out to be a bit dodgy but before i got mugged by the teenagers a old guy called lionel came and made friends, (cape town if full of beggers and stuff) and although we were generally advised against giving them money, and i know its not good to encourage it but i read the Matt 25 sheep and the goats, when i was hungry you .... so me and lionel went for a KFC, interesting guy, had done time on robin island had a family far away on the cape flats, earned a little money from car minding(a common thing in SA) but couldnt get work and didnt want to steal. chatted a bit about home ie the norn iron situation, and then i was thinking about some sandboradiing i booked for tomorrow and whether Jesus would have done that or maybe give this guy the money...
so maybe he was spinning me a great story and maybe i was a fool for giving him the cash but maybe he wasnt and anyway i dont really need to go sandborading. it was nice to do something a bit different and i felt God leading me and closer after it so im happy enough
it still recks me but cause you cant give every kid on the street some change but yet arent we meant to treat eveyone we meet like they are Jesus?
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