Decided to change the template of my blog. It is like rearranging the furniture, needs to be done every few months. I did rearrange my bedroom a couple weeks ago.
For the previous post - my church is Christ's Church http://www.christ-church.org.za and is part of the Anglican church. It is quite big. This Sunday, the evening service will be held a earlier to allow for watching the South Africa Springboks play Argentina Pumas in the semifinals for rugby.
Tea - A person must be prepared to serve tea in their home. I asked my coworkers what would happen if someone asked for tea and the host said they didn't have any, they said it would be a sign that the guest was not invited to linger. :)
I drink tea or coffee almost every day and every home I have been to has an electric tea kettle. There are two choices for tea: rooibos or normal (black). Such a comfort, I am glad I brought my two favorite coffee cups with me.
Here hits the contemplative mood for which the Sierra's (mom's family) are known. Wednesday night at my cell group, we were asked to tell "our story" and than Thursday's are the day I have individual therapy with five children. We create stories, some of them completely true stories and some of them stories so that we can touch on the truth. This week I find myself holding a lot of stories, my own and others.
Yesterday, I was thinking about how easy it is to find something in the States. Some of it might just be my knowledge of places here, but there is no 24 hour Wal-Mart, a 24-hour Petrol station opened up down the street last month with a Woolworth's food stop, that was very exciting. Our telephone cord was chewed through and I am at a bit of a loss as to where to replace it. Now the question I am looking at is whether having so many things available is the way to go. But is that phrased well? I think most people would look at that and say, of course being able to find what you want quickly and easily is good. Guess maybe I am wondering about the materialism of it all. I'm glad it is the weekend, my brain needs to stop.
My car is back on the road (and seems to be doing great; no charges from the mechanic) and I am starting to go running, basically just around a large block this week.
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yeah, we're spoiled by the constant availability of everything. We get convinced that we "need" things, and we get used to having things our way, and we also lose touch with where things come from and the work it took to bring them to us. (Why shouldn't some poor schmuck work overnight so the Walgreen's can be open in case I need a shower curtain at 3 am? Seriously, that's when i bought my last shower curtain, because that's when I decided to clean the bathroom. Talk about a poorly ordered life!) I'm reading more Wendell Berry lately, and Barbara Kingsolver. What timing! :) --aurora
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