Archive for May, 2007
When I’ve read the Old Testament story of the children of Israel being led by a cloud each day after they left Egypt, I’ve often wondered what that meant……or more specifically, what it might have looked like. There are clouds every day. What’s to distinguish one from another? What makes one more special?
When we […]
I don’t usually think of a bird as something that I would feel safe and protected under! When the Psalmist used the analogy of finding refuge “under his wings,” that always sounded a little weak to me.
A while back we were with some friends at a restaurant in Pretoria called “The Blue Crane.” We […]
I am still learning the “English” language here. I’ve written before on my “Sally” page about wondering if we speak the same language. So many words are new, different, or used differently. Here are some more I’ve been learning:
hoot: to honk the car horn
rocket: a green leaf vegetable used in salads and cooking
pudding: dessert
rates: […]
I’m regularly asked what my daily life is like in South Africa. In many ways it’s the same. There’s still laundry to do, the house to clean, groceries to buy, errands to run…..the ordinary things of life don’t change. I guess the biggest difference in that area is that things seem to take longer. […]
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