Ladies' Night!

Well, even though I felt pretty grim I didn’t want to miss the Ladies’ gathering and so was showered and ready for ten to seven when Yvette collected me. Was wearing new Woolworth’s (M&S) jeans that hold in your bum and your tum so obviously looked a size 12! That answers your question, Chris, YES Woolworth’s DO sell clothes!!
There were about 40 of us taking over Cafe 6 in Canal Walk and curious onlookers actually asked Yvette why there were so many women together at the same time! The cafe is owned by a couple in the church so it is very good for their business to have the men and women of the church eating there, as well as being a great witness!
They have a 77 rand menu (about £7) and for that there is a wide choice. I had Cajun chicken burger with salad and chips. It was excellent. A tender piece of chicken breast cooked in Cajun spices with a fresh salad and really nice chips! A big meal too. They do know how to cook and present food out here!
I sat with Jenny, Yvette, Adele (Mourne’s wife) and later Nola joined us and then Beverley, another lovely lady from the church who is celebrating 30 years of marriage on Sunday. She was making us laugh as she told us about her “naughty” husband. “He only ever comes to church when something really bad is happening in his life and then he gets everyone to pray! He’s so naughty!” She obviously adores him, naughty or not!
It is so good to be able to sit and chat to Nola; to look across the table and there she is. She paid me a great compliment last night when she said I very much reminded her of her daughter Yvette; that we both have the same sense of fun and laughter and joy and the same creative spirit! I was well chuffed as I love Yvette to pieces!
Adele is a lovely lady and I was really pleased to be able to get to know her a bit better as on our last visit she had only really appeared in our lives to take us to the airport for our return to the UK so we were both a bit too sad to appreciate her then.
The conversation on the way home was spiritual and uplifting and we were both talking about the amazing things we have seen God doing in our lives and the lives of others; how God is so faithful and how we so depend on the Holy Spirit. Conversations are all on a different level here yet we all laugh and have so much fun and joy too!
As you can see in the photo, (Annie and Graham, especially for you!), Jenny is thriving and doing so well. She is a mature young lady but also has such a keen sense of fun; it was lovely to hear her and Jacqueline giggling away together throughout the meal!
So, it was an excellent evening and it was nice to have been able to give Duncan a bit of space too as we are very much together for everything and in 2 rooms here. So I found him, on my return, making the most of his space – sleeping!!! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
PS Margaret and David – thank you for your e mail and please keep sending! We look forward to seeing your names as “Followers” one day! ‘That will be a miracle,’ I hear you saying!