Mertyl, back in the mix!

Yesterday was one of those GREAT days!  A great day for me is one that involves enough time to give attention to my family, some time to do a bit of work, and an added bonus is when I can ride my Vespa.  Well, I got to do ALL of those things AND I also got to watch the Western Province (WP jou lekka ding!) give the Bluebulls a good thrashing at Newlands.  For the last few months I have had the incredible joy of watching Rugby from my friend Graham's corporate box.  Yesterday however, I went to the rugby with my friend Dawie and his son (Dawie Jnr) and we sat on the railroad stand.  It was COLD, COLD, COLD!  But there truly is no better way to watch a live game than to sit on the stands!

Well, we're almost at the end of June and that means that I have been in my new post for almost 3 months!  It is incredible to consider how quickly time flies.  These last three months have been an absolute whirlwind introduction to my new post!  I have spent about a month (maybe a day or two more) of these three months traveling to various interesting and exciting places throughout the world and South Africa.  I am feeling much more settled and starting to feel that I can add some value to the people and institutions that I am serving.  Our work with the Lausanne movement is starting to pick up at a rapid pace!  We are working hard to make all of the arrangements to welcome the scholars and missionaries from all over the world for the momentous event in 2010.  I also recently discovered that a fellow South Africa, Dr Daryl Balia (see http://www.div.ed.ac.uk/balia for some details) is involved in arranging the Edinburgh 2010 meetings of the World Council of Churches.  I hope to see him when I go to the UK in September.

Well, God has been wonderfully faithful to us as a family!  Liam is healthy, Courtney is settling well (and got a good report from school), Megie is working hard and her new business is growing well.  So, we have much to give thanks for!  Oh, and did I mention that Mertyl is back in the mix!?  Mertyl, for those who don't know, is my Orange 1967 Vespa Sprint!  Mertyl and I went for a little ride yesterday.  It was lovely!