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showers, cold and hot

It’s actually been a whole week. Weird (or crazy as some guys in London would say - or hectic as the South Africans say here).
So - what’s been going on? Well - I’ve had cold showers so far this week. I haven’t complained much, and when I did mention it to someone [...]

Signal Hill

Saturday was another beautiful day of weather. We headed to the V&A waterfront for a little shopping and culture. I bought a new razor (sorry Jude) and some earplugs (sorry roommates). We walked outside to where I think the Global Challenge might have berthed and got a lovely soft Mr Whippy style [...]

The weekend starts here

More lectures today.  This week we have, I believe I mentioned earlier, heard from Graham Vermooten who has been talking to us about attitude.  It’s been very interesting and he has very clearly laid out how to go about applying good attitude in real life.  I admit that I thought it might be a little bit American in [...]

Going Underground

Climbing a big hill and going through a cave.  Awesome.
I just lost a long post about my day which started with the line above - however I’m tired so I’m going to call it a night and quickly post a photo or two on flickr.
Briefly, we climbed a big hill with a ‘Hobbit’ like cave at the top that [...]

Work duties

The details of what constitutes a Discipleship Training School (DTS) is beginning to get a little clearer going into day three.  This morning breakfast felt early as I slept little (note to self - never drink caffeine after about 3pm).  We had a few lectures from the base director, Graham Vermooten, which were very enjoyable and [...]