What a day. While most Sundays are lazy day in the U.S., not the case in the Cape. This is a day of church followed by an all day lunch excursion. Yet again, coffee and conversation. I wonder if I will be able to sleep this evening.
Church this morning at Midway was good, much more personal than any church service I have been to in the United States. We sang like more contemporary churches in the U.S. However, what struck me the most was the personal testimony. The church is run not by a pastor, but a sort of leader/elder program. And during worship/testimony time, random people stand to discuss their ideas and relations to Christ. It was wonderful to see the involvement opposed to passive participation in the audience. Anyone is allowed to stand and speak, reading verses and conveying their utilization in life. I was so encouraged, and hope I can find something like this at home. Additionally, I was very encouraged by a missionary couple who has been living and working in Lebanon for the last 13 years. They live in harmony with Muslims, athiest foreigners, and Christians alike at the Lebanon Evangelical School in Tyre (LEST). Their testimony was stunning!
After church, Berenice (my host mother and I) headed straight for Kalk Bay, where we browsed and ate some lunch... fish and chips for me. I will definitely have to visit here again, on a warmer day to buy some souveniers for friends and family. This one store we went into, I fell in love. Books and mosaic pieces galore! We spent the next 4 to 5 hours at lunch, chatting over coffee, food, coffee, and dessert. I was seriously engrossed in converation with Berenice's brother in-law Colin. I am much wiser now, about many things. Mostly about my ignorance. I have much to learn about the world. I was amazed and could listen to him talk for hours!
Now time to lesson plan for this week... the real work begins.
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