We're on the ball!

Yes, today Ethan and Ryan started football. It was Ethan’s first football practice ever and he was truly in his element and has been counting the sleeps since I told him about 4 days ago. Ryan was also very chuffed to get back to ball and they were both excited about meeting new friends. There were about 25 kids in total and they were divided into two groups. I think Ethan landed up in the same group as Ryan because of how tall he is! Ryan has already been asked to be part of the team that plays matches on Saturday mornings. The whole vibe is rather friendly and not the whole European-competitive approach, which I really like! So we have happiness all round! We really are ‘on the ball’ now, Ryan (and possibly Ethan) has another practice tomorrow afternoon and then again on Thursday in preparation for Saturday’s match. So that’s football 3 days a week for Ryan, he’s in his element

Its been an interesting weekend. I was told of free tickets that were being given out to watch Ordinary People a new release by FC Hamman about Angus Buchan and the Mighty Men conferences he holds. We took a chance a showed up at the mall on Saturday at the appropriate time – and after much coordination on part of the organizers, we (all 6 of us and Oupa and Ouma too!) did get to see the movie for free! Unfortunately I was really disappointed in the movie. I had no expectations beforehand so its not because my expectations were too high. When one gets the chance to make a ‘Christian movie’ then I think it’s a real waste not to share a strong gospel message.

We had watched Courageous, the latest Sherwood release, on Friday night and were greatly inspired and challenged by it. It is an excellent movie! What a message of hope they had to give. We really enjoyed it, all of us.

We also visited another church on Sunday, one that is actually just a few block away from where we are staying right now. One can’t make firm decisions based on one short visit, but after chatting it through Dieter and I both feel it will be worth visiting Victory church a few more times to get an idea of what they are doing.

Aimee woke up yesterday morning and the first thing she said was: ‘I want to go to Nikolas’s house. And I want to go to visit Sofia and Chiara’. No ‘Good morning Mommy!’ or anything like that! Its very obvious that we’re all missing our friends back in Cyprus and wishing we could visit them and I am so very glad to have spent quiet a long time chatting with Heather yesterday afternoon. What a wonderful way to end the weekend.

PS: Our hearts (and minds!) are very much with the Langes as they head to Germany in the next few hours to attend the wedding of a special friend. Have tons of fun guys – and take lots of pics to share with us.