Another full weekend

I can happily report that we slept much better on the last 2 nights of our visit with Aunty Elsa’s dogs! Ouma put them in the study and closed the door, so they weren’t walking around the house investigating every strange noise all night. On their last night here Aunty Elsa returned and slept in Ethan and Aimee’s room, so they slept in our room and we had some good uninterrupted sleep. Phew!

This weekend we got to see some more relatives and friends. On Saturday morning Jeff, and his new bride Tanya, stopped in for breakfast on their way to Cape Town. It was lovely to meet Tanya and so good to see Jeff again after many years. (Jeff is one of Dieter’s cousins). It was really interesting to find out that they know some of our friends and past-pupils from Butterworth, and Tanya was able to put me back in contact with a friend I have lost contact with since our last visit to South Africa.

Yesterday we visited Liberty Church, who were celebrating their 15th birthday. We only realized later in the day that church started half an hour earlier than I thought, and so we missed most of the worship and announcements! Duh!! It was a lovely day, a really special day with some hugely encouraging prophetic words about their future as a church. Dieter and I left the children with Oupa and Ouma and attending the evening service too, which was just as much of a celebration and exciting look into the past and future of this local church.

We knew that our friends Nic and Viv (who live in Knysna) were coming through for the evening service and were excited to see them. We were really taken by surprise when they called in the afternoon to say they were coming to George for the evening service and were wondering if they could pop in for a cuppa before that. It was a huge treat to be able to relax together over a cup of tea in the privacy of our home rather than have a hurried conversation after church. It was lovely to see them again after all these years and for them to see/meet our children too.

Another great weekend, done and dusted!