Traditional South African Food!

Monday Again!
Another week begins and our experiences in church on Sundays just get better and better. We had a lovely week end after our exploring Somerset West on Friday. We pottered about in the sunshine and read our books on our balcony. Then, a quick dash to the Mall for some last minute provisions (they all shut at 5 on a Saturday. Another good thing is that from then on no alcohol is sold until Monday morning! Whatever possessed the government to relax our licensing hours in the UK?!). We then had an hour Skyping Lucy! She was able to see us but we can’t see her as yet but she is going to buy a webcam. It was lovely to talk and catch up. Then we had pasta and were going to have a quiet night in when Nola phoned and invited us round for coffee. We live so close which is wonderful! So coffee at Nola’s then a fairly early night.
We had planned to attend both the 8am and the 10am services but when the alarm went off we were so tired that we decided on another hour in bed. Legalism is a thing of the past and we are learning that too.
The 10am service was awesome. Chantal led worship and as we sang and danced to the words of us being the church we were led to point at each other during the dance and sing those words over each other. SO powerful. Then Aje preached on Joy. Wonderful teaching; deep but so simple.
Enjoy the things you are getting right! We do so readily criticise and berate ourselves for our mistakes and the things we get wrong so take that advise and enjoy the things you are getting right! And consider – if you are doing something (for God) and you are not enjoying it, then maybe you are doing the wrong thing. Consider your calling. Has God called you to do it?
Also, a tip – if, when you are reading the Bible, you are not understanding it then pray in tongues over it. Note WHEN. If you are wanting a closer relationship with God and want to know what He is calling you to do then you should be reading and meditating on His word daily.
Also, are you lacking faith? Then read the word more. Hear the Word more :”The just shall live by their faith”. HEAR the word so read it out loud! Hear it
The Bible is our direction and our help – a lamp unto our feet so let’s start taking it seriously! Let’s stop playing at being Christians!
I was reading the Parable of the Sower again in Luke this morning, or the Parable of the Three Soils as it is in the NKJV and I was drawn to think about the last line:
“ Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.” Luke 8:18 Even what he seems to have. Interesting!
After church we went to lunch in Durbanville as the guests of Louise, Jacqueline, Michelle and Daniel Luow. Catherine drove us and Helga came too! Louise and Jacqueline had prepared a feast of traditional food and I was so sorry not to have my camera as the plate looked fantastic! The pictures above are from Google I'm afraid.
There was Bobotie, rice, stewed dried fruits, sweet potatoes mashed, salad, chutney! Absolutely wonderful with Malva pudding and custard and ice cream to follow. Yummy, yum, yum!
My sister will be delighted to hear the next bit – Daniel and I started a game of “You’re It” with a casual poke on the arm. This progressed until we were all playing it around the table, and under the table and over the table and then we took off and everyone was screeching and running full pelt around the house! We laughed so much. This was followed by a session around the Grand Piano. Jacqueline played and we sang some Harvester Worship. So good. There was a workers’ meeting at church at 5.30pm which we all attended and then Catherine gave me a lift home and Duncan stayed for the evening service.
At the workers’ meeting, which was very well attended, Aje taught on the Combine Harvester. Nola had had a dream some years ago that the church body would be a combine Harvester and Aje showed us how this works. Different parts of the body evangelising in different ways, bringing in the wheat for the harvest. Putting it through the blades of the Word, cutting and pruning .... an incredible prophetic analogy. I wonder if you people over there know how Harvester was named. It was actually on a trip to England when the Pelser family were eating at a Harvester restaurant and they liked the name and said it represented what they were about as a church. Incredible that that is where we took Nola and Mimie, Andre and Aje and Chantal to eat and we would have taken Mourne there too had they not run out of meat!!!
Duncan enjoyed the evening service and I enjoyed a bit of ‘me’ time here at the appartment.
We have Muizenburg with Aje tonight. Tomorrow we plan to see a bit more of Somerset West. Wednesday we are going to a Nigerian Church at 6pm. Thursday is Catherine’s birthday, (Not yesterday as her Facebook fans would have us believe!) and we are having High Tea with her and a group of others. Now that Invictus is out on DVD we plan an evening viewing it with Corbus on his ENORMOUS TV!
Oh yes, on the way to church yesterday we overtook the team coach carrying the Bafana Bafana Team – the South African team! Well we think it must have been their bus! It was completely covered in pictures of footballers and we couldn’t see through the windows but they will have been able to see out! “Mercedes Benz are proud to drive Bafana Bafana!” It said on the back and the sides!
Don’t worry at our supporting South Africa, Ethan is a firm England supporter!
PS Catherine - you're it! Tag!