Sunday Afternoon

Sunday doesn't quite feel like Sunday unless I go to church because I've been going to church on Sundays all my life. Today I visited North Hills Church in Pietermaritzburg. Most of the congregation is white, but there are some black people and some Indian people. Oh, by the way, in South Africa it's normal to call someone black or someone white; that's how they identify themselves. There are white people, black people, Indian people, and colored people. I would be considered colored because I'm hispanic, but there really aren't that many colored people. Anyways, back to the church, the worship was pretty much the same as in America. They played Chris Tomlin and Hillsong songs and the style was very similar to other white churches I've visited. The whole mood of the service was very free-flowing though and everyone was dressed casually, almost as if they were on their way to the park. During the preaching the brother speaking invited us to go outside where he made a demonstration involving burning hay. It was pretty sweet and it got the message across. After the service we gathered outside for tea.

Everyone at church was very welcoming and I'm looking forward to getting to know them in these next few weeks. The two youth leaders invited us to hang out with them and told us they wanted to take us to a soccer match in the new stadium in Durban. We were all excited to hear that and we also mentioned the possibility of going to watch a ruby match.

Since we've been out and about watching lions all weekend, everyone pretty much left their homework till now and I'm spending the rest of the afternoon reading and writing. It's a very warm day so the monkeys are everywhere and they are very diligently trying to get into our rooms. My roommate pulled out the paintball gun, but she hasn't had any luck shooting them yet. It's a beautiful afternoon and it's time for tea. Until next time.....