25 years

It was Arthur's birthday today. 25 years old. He asked me to cook an "African meal", and invited a few friends over. So I got the afternoon off work, and came home to cook pap (stiff maize porridge), seshaba (tomato and onion gravy) boerewors (a SA kind of sausage, which I found by accident in one of the shops) 4 bean salad and cole slaw.

Graeme and I left him and his 5 friends to enjoy themselves without old fogie company, and took ourselves off to the Consulate where Peter Mott was making crepes. We had one with a savoury tuna and onion filling, and one with a banana filling and chocolate syrup. Yummy.

As things stand now, it looks as if Arthur is going to register with a UK theological college, the London School of Theology, that allows long distance studying. He will start in Sept of this year, and hopes to finish his studies in 3 years. During this time, he will continue to work in the church here, with special effort going towards establishing a work among the young people.