Swell, Transkei ministry & Home foundations

Hi all ye peepils !
Last week we had some major swells pull thru. All very good for the Billabong Pro, which I wanted to watch, but the conditions were so good, it ran immediately and was over by Sunday, while we wuz ministering at Mazeppa. More about that later.

This photo of Queensberry Bay ( the bay directly in front of our new home, henceforth QBay for the sake of my typing fingers) was taken from about 600m away. The sea was THICK with dolphins, below you can see one leaping out of the wave with joy because of the lekka wave ( or maybe all the fish in the water)

cropped & zoomed in:

On Friday, we went with a bunch of guys from the church to Mazeppa Bay in Transkei, via some badly eroded roads. The Colt enjoys them! Below is the 'church', an ex trading store which a local guy Eric has allowed us to use for meetings.

4 guys from Fountainhead church, Bloem joined us to check out what this kind of ministry entails. They are on the back of the bakkie returning to the 'church'....

..where the rest of us were leading a worship meeting...

with Pastor Welcome and myself providing some 'tunes'

The children here (some wearing beanies & scarves knitted for them by the church) are very sweet and not shy at all, preparing a song & dance item for the Sunday meeting

I taught a bit on Jesus being our very best friend, who wants the best for us, and loves to continually chat with us

One of the guys did a session on 'Farming God's Way' using biblical principles to increase crop yields dramatically. This was very well received by the community.

On the home front, our builders are 'cooking on gas'. Very organised, always on site, laying bricks alongside the workers. The foundations were dug, laid, and now the sides built up (because of the slope) in prep for the floor slab, which should be cast early next week

The view of progress this evening from our rented home above. Note the flat sea in contrast to the opening photos. Yesterday Sharon & I went to the fishing spot in Qbay and dived out about 25 sinkers. Maybe a few were previously strategically placed there by me, using only a rod & reel...

Love to y'all

Thanks for reading.

Bonus pic .. QBay yesterday evening. It's tough living here, but someone has to do it.