Floyd & Sally McClung

We live near a township called Masiphumele, which means “we will succeed.”  I love that!  The confidence, courage, statement of faith that the name reflects is wonderful.  The name is on a stone sign at the entrance to the neighborhood - proclaiming the desire and hope of success.
As we meet people from “Masi” and as […]

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.  […]

Our grandson, Luke, just celebrated his 4th birthday.  We received the email invitation to his party at the zoo.  We sent our regrets.  We knew he wanted a bicycle.  We sent a check for his parents to buy that for him from us.  We called on his birthday to talk to him.  After 3 […]

There seems to be one consistent, often discussed topic of conversation here - fear, and concern for safety.  Friends talk about it, shopkeepers talk about it, strangers talk about it……..there’s an article in almost every issue of the newspaper and it’s a popular topic on the television news.  I am regularly asked why we […]

I love all (or, mostly, all) of God’s creatures……but I don’t want them in my house!  Sossy, our Airedale Terrier, is the only one I really care to have living indoors with us.
We recently had one of these uninvited creatures in our house……a good sized black lizard.  Just thinking about it gives me the […]