Sunday, February 18, 2007

New friends

After Good News Club this morning, which was well-attended and enjoyable, some new people came home with us (apart from the regular girls who like to come and hang out). They are a South African family who arrived on 3 Feb, he is the new adult education somethingie. Cindy has been finding it difficult to adapt to island life, and John reminded us of a friend from back home, just taller. They have two girls, Hannah and Sarah, also 19 months apart, who are respectively just a few months younger than our boys. Their girls and our boys had a blast playing here, getting on like a house on fire. Also in the house was Riana, who entertained herself by making paper things from a craft book I have. She likes to just come and be here, whether or not anyone is playing with her! They were living in Krugersdorp before coming here, and are familiar with places like Cresta, Menlyn, Clearwater etc. We chatted non-stop about all sorts of things, mostly about island stuff. I think we’ll be seeing a lot more of them – since we all got on so well, it will be no effort to get together for a braai or something from time to time. Yippee, South African friends! While they were still with us, Jean arrived, bearing about five packets of groceries for us. I had just commented to Nick this morning that he must go easy on the muesli because I want to try make it stretch to the end of the month, when Jean comes today with this bounty – including a box of muesli!!!

This afternoon Nick went to the old age home, the Haven, as he had arranged to do some sort of church thing there. He took the guitar and sang a few songs, which were more of a solo nature because the old people didn’t sing them too well. He was supposed to also deliver a talk of some sort, but said he ran out of time, as they started serving tea at 3. I think it was a bit disorganized, but it was a start. Nick has been wanting to get an old person’s ministry started for some time now, with the aim of handing it over to someone with a passion for old people, so I guess this is its humble beginning.

No comments: