Cape Town Day 4

Steve started his morning with an interview of Mark Dickson, the director at George Whitfield College. 

Sea behind me and mountais to the left, a gorgeous setting

I went along to Muizenberg for the ride and spent the hour and a half hiking the streets and the beach trail. 

Crime is a problem in South Africa. When I first got to the St. James walk, it looked pretty deserted, so I turned around and walked by the shops. I was hoping for an art gallery, but those seem to be farther up the road a couple towns.

I enjoyed the beach views.

stopped here to sip tea from my travel mug

When I returned to the St. James walk, there were people coming and going on it, so I walked along the RR tracks.

At the far end the rocks are covered with mussels and the pools filled with (drum roll) STARFISH!

The water was so clear that I stepped in it a couple times. I simply couldn’t see that it was there.

Met Steve and John back in front of the college, and John took us back to Sigfried’s where we are staying. Barbara McDonald showed up before we actually got into the house. She had e-mailed me this morning with a change of plan, but I was in too much of a hurry to get out the door to check e-mail. It worked out fine. She had only been there a couple minutes (waiting in the parking of the gas station next door).

Barbara and Andrew were TWR in Kempton Park and we have known them since we came to South Africa in 1993. Andrew passed away in 2007 while we were living in Joburg. Barbara now lives in a retirement village in Durbanville, the other side of CT, but was coming through to her son’s where she used to live in Scarborough. (Mom, you have been there with us.) David has recently taken the position of Southern Africa Regional Director for SIM, and Barbara was anxious for Steve and him to meet. They hit is off immediately and talked non-stop. His wife Ann served us a lovely lunch of homemade broccoli soup and toasted seed bread (something else on our eat-it-while-you’re-in-South-Africa list).

 

Then David and Ann drove us back into Tokai to the SIM office. Steve had appointments with a couple different people and then a Zoom conference call with people from western Canada, Singapore, UK, and I don't remember where all else. The Internet service is much better at the office than in the house. I spent the time emptying my in-box of backlogged reading. Yay me!!!

This evening had dinner at Spur (another to-do item ticked off our list) with Siegried and Phil and Diane Marshall, SIM bigwigs and old friends from Australia. Diane used to be my boss when I was involved with HIV/AIDS stuff in Kempton Park.

Tomorrow will be a travel day. We are off first thing to King Williamstown to see Reuben and Patricia Ilhenfeld, our pastor and wife and former prayer partners from Kempton Park days. Patricia is the head of the Baptist women's work. (I don't expect to post tomorrow.)