Happy 4th of July to all of my friends and family in the USA! No 4th of July celebration for me over here in Cape Town. I did however get to see fireworks a little bit ago. I beat Mahjong Titans on my computer and it shot off Fireworks. Ha! I'm being serious. I really think it was God - because I was really missing the USA and usual festivities. I cracked up when I won. Okay enough about all of that.....
I have been super busy since my last post.
Thursday I volunteered at Carla's office again. I rolled up sets of posters and then put together Sterilization Week marketing bags for the different clinics around the Western Cape. It was a lot of fun. I also enjoyed it because I know it was a big help to Sam. She's the new marketing coordinator. She's been there since April and she has a full plate. After I finished I decided to grab lunch at the Cincinnati Spur. It's a burger place at the Howard Center. I actually ran into Pam and her son Adam so I ended up having lunch with them. After lunch I went to the hardware store with Pam to get "putty" to patch holes with. Remember I'm going to start painting Pam's new office at the church. Pam then gave me a lift back to my pad and I had a little quiet time. I had to rest up for the Braai - pronounced "Br-(long)I" - Afrikaans for barbecue.
Julie took me to Pick-n-pay (local super market at Howard Center) to get some meat for the Braai. Oh my goodness - so I got a nice thick piece of Filet - (they actually say "fi-let"). My filet was only R19 - that's less than $3 American Dollars. I took that, a bottle of red wine (thank you Kirsty) and some potato chips to the Braai. There were about 20 or so people at the Braai. The fire was actually under the carport - so at first it was a little smokey - but then it seemed to get better - or maybe we just got used to it. A huge thank you to Garreth for cooking my steak. It was absolutely DELICIOUS! Dad - it might have even topped yours. Maybe it was just so delicious because it wasn't a "Toasted Cheese" (grill cheese sandwich)
While I was at the Braai - Becky Hastings called and invited me to go for a "walk in the forest" Friday morning. For those of you that went "hiking" with Becky in November - I'm sure you know that I enjoyed it about as much as having a root canal. I asked her if this was her way of tricking me into going hiking again. She promised it would be much more enjoyable.
So Friday morning Becky and Leah picked me up around 9am. We went for a very nice hike in the Newlands area of Table Mountain. We were on some paths and then we also made some paths of our own. It was absolutely breath taking. I didn't have my camera - I will definitely take it with me next time. Whoa - I just committed to going again - I must have enjoyed it. We also had some great discussion time while we were hiking. Becky told me about this Romans 8 movement. Have any of your heard of it. It's a movement to memorize Romans 8. Here is a link http://www.romans8movement.com/ Let me know if anyone wants to memorize it with me.
So I got home from my hike around 11. I sorted a few things out and then headed up to the church. I decided to start tackling Pam's office.
(BEFORE)
(Silly picture I took of myself after I was finished cleaning up)
For those of you who know me - you know one of my FAVORITE things is Pizza. Everyone here asks me what I eat back at home - and I probably eat Pizza way more than I should. It's just so darn good. Well - I've really been craving some Pizza. So Friday night I ordered Pizza from Butler's. I'm still on this whole Hawaii (ham/pineapple) fix. I called to order - but they only took cash or check. Yes - they still take checks! I don't know a single pizza place in the USA that takes checks anymore. I went out to Carla and Gavin and told them my delima (I was out of Rand) and asked if I could - "Trade" money with them. They graciously loaned me R65 ($8.50) and I was back in business. The pizza was good - it hit the spot. I mean - it was definitely not Blue Moon or Maizie's but I enjoyed it non the less.
