So last night the Hands community had a curry night, to which I was invited - so I quickly knocked up some Chicken Tikka Masala to take with me (well using a packet of sauce). It was good to be with the whole crowd and share many different concoctions from the curry world.
So this morning I attended SALT church, which was held in the school that many of the children from the Hands community attend. The service started with some worship songs - 3 out of 5 I knew so that was great! We then went into communion which was quite simple and then into a dedication for two of the children from the church. All that before George Synman was asked to speak.
George spoke about time and how in our world we never seem to have enough of it as there are always a million things on our agendas. He spoke about how Jesus death on the cross and resurrection and ascension were all time stamped, we know when they took place in our world at that time but Jesus is God and although Jesus went through those events in a worldly time line, God is outside time and so those events are now. It is not 2000 years ago that Jesus died on a cross for us it is now! And yet do we give him the time in our lives?
If we go into a shop with £10 and buy 3 things, we may stop and say if I had a bit more money I could have bought that fourth item. But it has been our choice, we have decided not to buy that fourth item but to buy the other three instead. It is the same with time, we choose what we do with our time, we choose how much time to spend with God - the question is - is how far up the list do we put God! After the service the coffee was flowing, and before as well! But also because of the dedication there were cakes and sausage rolls - reminded me of St Andrew’s. I got talking to a guy who is a pilot for Mercy Air, we visited them last year, he had spent his week flying medical supplies and nurses around on Malawi in a helicopter.
On the way back from church Karla took us to a farm shop, as she wanted some supplies, only difference is that no one worked there. The shop was in a greenhouse and you collected what you wanted to buy and then wrote it down in a book, added up your total and put the money in a box!
This afternoon was games on the field, the families play a game called Ultimate Frisbee, which is similar to rugby but using a frisbee.
Tomorrow I am going to be working with the communications team to make a video! Tuesday will be my first day in the community, with a visit to Mafambisa!
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