Blogs from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa - page 9

The moment had arrived. The Vuvuzelas had been going off from the beginning. The opening night had finished and at last it was Australia’s turn to show the world how we play football. This was the beginning of our run to become world Cup champions. (?) It started off with missing our flight from Cape Town to Durban by 2 minutes. All flights booked out we had to divert to Durban via Johannesburg. So 6 hours after we were suppose to be there, we got there. I met up with Jared and Danielle two other friends from home. It turned out the accommodation they set up was with a bloke I worked with behind the bar at my local pub 10 years earlier. What a small world that was. On the flight to Durban we met ... read more

Geo: -29.853, 31.0164After waiting so long for the World Cup, and travelling half way accross the world to watch Australia compete for it, it proved to be the most tragic anticlimax imaginable.Ironically, the 26 hours of being awake between our 2.30am pickup on Monday here and the time we got back Tuesday at 4.30am, were the worst 26 hours of the entire trip so far, for several reasons.Firstly, the cringable incompetence of the Fanatics tour group continued. I cant imagine why it was neccessary to collect us at 2.30am... some 18 hours before kick off... When they did so, we made our way almost to the airport before they realised they had to turn back and pick up other fans from a hotel even further away from the airport than we were, wasting a good 90minutes ... read more

Last Sunday was a special day for my church here in Durban. After the service Hope Church had a ministry fair to introduce more information on all of our ministries and to hopefully get more people involved. Before my research I served on the Hope Kids ministry and on the day of the Ministry Fair I went early to help them out since the person who runs that ministry is one of my close friends. I took photos of both the set up in the morning and the fair after church. I wanted to post these photos to my blog because it is hard to put into words how much this church and my Hope Church family means to me. I love them dearly and am so blessed to be able to have them in ... read more

Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. It was great to get to talk to some of you during the holiday season. I had a great Christmas here in South Africa. While it didn’t feel like Christmas and it felt a bit strange to tell people Merry Christmas, it was still a really fun day. I spent Christmas Eve in my kitchen baking up a storm. I got a late start due to sleeping in a bit and getting in a quick run, but I managed in one day to make an eggnog pie, a batch of banana bread muffins, a loaf of gluten free bread, a batch of gluten free corn muffins, and 2 batches of sugar cookies. I love cooking so I had a blast with my Christmas music and my ... read more

Hello, This blog is a bit of a combination of photos. It starts with last Sunday when I officially became a member of Hope Church and then after the service was baptized! I am very thankful that my friend Andrea came to take photos. The baptism was wonderful, the water was a bit cold but it was not too bad. In the end after I was baptized I realized I had to jump out of the water without a ladder. I wasn’t concerned that I wouldn’t make it out but I was wearing baggy shorts and I was really praying that they would come out with me! All ended up well and I am so glad that I made the decision to get baptized with this church family that means so much to me. Directly after ... read more