Busy Tuesday

This morning I decided to make oats porridge for breakfast. I remembered my dad. He loved porridge. Plain and simple food was his favourite. When he and my mom first came to stay with Graeme and I, six years ago, Graeme felt bad about giving pa such an uninteresting breakfast, so he added a few raisins while cooking his oats. When I put the plate in front of pa, he just stared into the porridge and said “What is this? (Afrikaans) Brommers in my pap!” (English = big black flies in my porridge) We had a giggle, and he ate it anyway...

Tuesdays are busy days for me. Leave home at 9.30am to be in time for BWA (Baptist Women’s Association) at Sandy Bay. It was our first meeting, and I was encouraged by the good spirit between the 4 ladies that met with me. We do a short Bible study, pray together, then one of us (my turn this week) demonstrates a craft that can be used to make items to sell at a Coffee Morning to be held in a few months’ time. The proceeds of the sales will go towards raising money to restore the damaged chapel. I showed the ladies how to make a simple cloth cover for a book/Bible.

Home about 12.00pm to clean floors and vacuum. Leave again at 4.30pm to lead the Bible Study at Cape Villa. Home at about 6.30pm to arrange the lounge, lay out cups and saucers, fill flasks of hot water etc, in preparation for the 7.30pm Jamestown Bible study led by Graeme.

See photo taken by Graeme on his way home from Blue Hill. This is a small section of road that runs along the ridge of a hill. There is a steep drop on either side of the road that is only just wide enough for one car. It is such a beautiful scene, with the mist rolling in from the one side.