No, you haven't strayed onto the Cho's blog by mistake.
(Rich is a buddy of mine in Sydney who is about to become a misso in Thailand and keeps us regualry up to date with his garden. Check out http://go-cho.blogspot.com/)
But a few weeks ago I came across what I think is a tommy plant growing in my compost. I rescued it and soon I might even see some fruit.
Nothing deep about it, just thought it was kinda cool.
Scott
Last night I met the Consular General of Romania.
He is a really nice guy, easy to talk to and has been in the country with his family for about 3 weeks. It turns out he is a Christian, has studied theology and done a Phd in human rights at Oxford. This is his first diplomatic posting.
For the record, I discovered there are about 150 Romanians in Cape town and about 4000 in the country as a whole.
He has a couple of teenage kids who will come along to our youth group which is tops. And he has already invited me over to the consulate to play tennis!
It made me think though. If you're anything like me, when it comes to evangelical Christianty we think Sydney, friends in the UK and Canada, some select Americans and the outposts like SA. It is great to be woken up to the fact that there are brothers and sisters all over the globe. Even in Romania. As my good friend Fritz keeps reminding me; there is a lot to be saidfor global Christianty.
Viva la Romania!!!
Scott
PS: He told me about a website he started. I haven't visited it yet but why not pop into www.areopagus.ro
Holidays were solid. Hayley was as sick as only a pregnant women can be but apart from that . . .
We ended our time in Betty's bay with disaster - go check out Ben's blog http://babytubman.blogspot.com so see why.
But here are a few glimpses of the happier times . . .
We went to see the penguins. It's kind of weird to see hundreds of them sitting on the rocks when it's 26 degrees. You kind of think there should be snow around. The little guys are cool, but leave the place smelling like penguin poo. (This of course is a shot of us, not the birds)
Also took a trip to the waterfall. You feel like a swim but apparently the water is full of snakes?! We didn't see any but contented ourselves with throwing big rocks in to make a splash (actually that was more me and Ben than Hayley)
The place we stayed in was right on a lake. An essential stop-of-dip on the way home from the beach.
As usual, Ben went nuts over the beach
African Sunset
These holidays have been a break from most things – including the blog. But to fill the gaps – here are some dots since we last met;
* In case the grapevine broke down – Hayley is preggies again. Yeah, thanks. This one is due on the 16th of Aug, one day after Ben was born. Are we creatures of habit or what?
* To begin our holidays, all 3 of us were sick which was less than average. Since then the 2 boys have recovered but . . .
* Hayley’s morning sickness is a thing of wonder. It’s truly intense. Even a walk past the meat section at the shops makes her gag.
* This made Christmas day a challenge – in addition, Hayley got a viral infection and was even sicker. But at least I was able to eat – and I was introduced to ox tongue. It wasn’t the worse thing I’ve ever eaten, but I can see why we go for the other bits of the animal first.
* Holidays since then have been a mix of beach in the mornings, kirstenbosch gardens, a few people over, a movie or 2, lots of reading.
* I finished a great novel, ‘The Fall of the Russian Empire’ and half way through John Piper’s ‘Don’t Waste your Life’. A great first read for the year.
Come to think of it I’ve had lots of exciting thoughts and theories over the holidays, but I really need to blog them as they arrive. A post mortem blog doesn’t really feel right. Nevertheless I’ll give you some thoughts next week on the Piper book. As for now, we’re going away for the last week of hols. See ya soon
Scott
PS: My new little project - getting a wall of photos - we have begun!
