american rugby
Aunt Elsie, a wonderful lady who prepares food for nearly a hundred kids every wednesday morning. A few weeks ago I went to her house to help her out and we prepared the food, laughed and helped one another to get the most out of the day.
First out were four kilos of carrots and three pieces of cabbage. They were all chopped carefully and then boiled together in a pot to get soft.
Ten kilos of rice were cooked beforehand and the nest step was to fry six onions until they get brownish. While waiting aunt Elsie was quick peeling our three kilos of potatoes.
There after we sometimes have pumpkin and these five kilos are chopped into small pieces to boil in a pot. For sweet peeps sugar should be added, two tablespoons recommanded.
Just recently the circumstances changed and Elsie didn't have to use her parafin "stove" anymore. But at this time we did. Three kilos of mince meat was cooked and then mixed together with the peeled potatoes. At last some spices should be added to finnish one of all the meal variaties aunt Elsie got.
Elsies finnished the meat stew.
The great news of the month is that my friend Moosa, who is an electrician, joined me to visit anut Elsie. I introduced them to one another with a prayer in mind, that these two would somehow click and help each other out. Elsie needed a stove to be fixed and Moosa a challenge to do good without earning money (the one easier convinced than the other). I believe God introduced me to Moosa and by himself he went a few days later to fix aunt Elises stove. Amen!
The men's group gathering in Mpumalanga
Every tuesday men meet in the township Mpumalanga to have fellowship and read the bible in both traditional and creative ways, The men coming is great people and I really enjoyed being there to widened my perspective of reaching out to guys in a township. I'm not usually there, but I tagged a long with Ben just to see what they were up to. A sweet day to sum it up.
It seems like an american football is a great ice breaker. In this picture it's obvious that these guys are more used to play rugby
It's already two weeks ago since I visited Zulu-land and the deep bush up north. We met some sweet zulu-talking guys who had a hospitable spirit and welcomed us with a nice place to stay plus grerat conversations and two trips to the beach. The weekend was a perfect mix of meetings, talks and relaxation. The batteries are now recharged for the last month of internship in South Africa.
Margit, 83 year old lady, who made tasty waffles
Last weekend my swedish friends from the orphanage "place of restoration" came by. We went to Margit and had a realxed they and followed up with a visit in Burlingotn. For me personally it was great just sharing what I do as ministry to remind myself what progress is visible but also just to encourage the team to peserver. We finnished our weekend together with a hectic ride on the afrotaxi. Daniel and Julia were close to miss their bustrip back to Margate. Thanks to God, they made it.
Have a great time friends. I will not update my blog, I believe, until having set my feet on swedish ground again. So therefore. Bless ya'll
I'm heading towards Cape Town, Johannesburg, Kruger, Middelburg and than finally a week in Durban!