I like playing squash. Back home, I played once a week with a great group of guys. We weren’t great squash players, and we knew we weren’t great, but we had a lot of fun getting some exercise and especially just hanging out. Though I knew we were far from pros, I honestly thought we […]
There is a road that navigates the north boundary of Amanzimtoti. It is called Old Main Road. During apartheid this road was considered a boundary road between the urban center of Amanzimtoti and the more rural townships. On one side of the road, you see upscale houses with big fences. On the other side, you […]
We had the opportunity today to sit down with Heather Liebenberg, cofounder of Seed of Hope. She spent some time talking about her experiences over the last six or seven years in following God’s call. I still don’t have all the dates straight in my mind but I will do my best to detail just […]
How does one make sense of the epic events of the journey from London to Durban? In all, the trip involved: • 1 cancelled flight • 2 unplanned hotel stays (London & Cape Town) • 1 emergency landing in Ghana • arriving 2 days late • countless hours waiting in lines for re-bookings, hotel vouchers, […]
Written in Accra Airport at 5 am in the morning: “The temperature in the airplane cabin was on the rise. People were passing out in the aisle. The captain informs us, at 3:30 a.m., that we must land in Accra, Ghana due to a cabin pressure failure. We land, then sit on the hot plane […]
After a week in the UK with some record snow fall, it’s time to carry on our journey to South Africa. We spend most of the morning (re)packing, then its off to Heathrow – an hour and a half drive. Because of traffic delays, we leave early: 11:30 a.m., and our flight’s at 8:05 p.m. […]
It’s 4:30 a.m. here in Birmingham, England, and I’m wide awake having been recently introduced to a completely different time zone. After tossing, turning, thinking, reflecting and praying for the last two hours, it was time to get up (hopefully just for an hour or so) and bring you all up to date and pen […]