Sunday was a wonderful and full day in Guguletho, the township where our sister church, the M.P. Dube Memorial Presbyterian Church is. We spent the whole day with Boniselli and his wife, Nunyebo. They are a wonderful couple and became our good friends. There is a universality to the church and pastors' experience and that of pastor's spouses.
We spent the day together, then invited them to our hotel room for a rest while touring the centre of Cape Town (note British spelling). Then we were off for dinner together. They told us a little about life for the Blacks and Coloureds under the previous dispensation. I want to think more about their discussions, and will probably not share much here. But it was a highlight of the trip to come close enough with them to hear a bit of their real story.
Church was wonderful -- very similar to Presbyterian worship in the States. We prayed, sang, read the Bible, I preached. Then we sang some more and closed with a benediction. The table, font, and pulpit occupied equal space in the chancel. That it was in an unfamiliar language heightened the differences. There are also some aspects of church life very different from the USA. I'll blog more about that and maybe post some pictures.
Boniselli and Nunyebo took us around the Guguletho township on Sunday afternoon to show us the binge drinking and other problems of the young people.
Today Nancy and I will take a bus tour of the city. I have more to say, but have to go to make the bus. It continues to be a fantastic trip.
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