Hawaiian Party

I hit the bike today at around midday.

The sun was so unrelenting it sucked my life out of me. It was like riding with a vampire attached to me. I crawled back home to make it about an hour and then rolled into the pool.

Later on Kirsty and I headed out to a great Hawaiian theme party. We rushed to get the food (Woolworths veggie burgers) and drinks (Woolworths ginger ale) and I also got three Urban vests to make it look more authentic. Well, I wanted some vests in my closet anyway and now I have them. I think they'll be great for down at the beach.

However, they really do highlight the state of my body and this is really depressing....

I spoke to fellow cyclist Neil Timm for some time and I mentioned my idea to do some kinda of mammoth cycle trip. He was very excited and knew some people have done similar things for good causes. He even suggested I contact them.

We bounced around some random ideas like cycling around South Africa to raise money for Bibles for the poor or to do the same in Lesotho, commencing and finishing at Sani Pass.

So, I'm not sure if all this confirmation means I need to just do this now. I don't really know how to do this and be away from Kirsty at the same time....

We didn't swim at the party but sat in a hot jacuzzi. Nearly fell asleep from relaxation.

I found I had no energy after getting out into the cool fresh air.

Started watching the film 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' but not sure if it's going to be any good.

Travian

Play Travian South Africa! Speel Travian Suid-Afrika!

Free Bible Distribution

Cross-cultural ministry is at your doorstep.

Everyone in this world is in direct contact with someone who has a different cultural background from them and can do much about this.

I come from South Africa where we have 11 (that's right, 11) official languages and people who don't adapt to this multiracial situation drown. Here you cannot hold onto your own culture too stringently, which is an excellent way to smooth relations.

One way to reach out to others is free Bible Distribution.

1 - Never assume someone has a Bible in their own language or that they can afford one.
2 - Go out of your way to find out exactly which one they want and then you go and buy it for them. You will change the world more than anything.
3 - After you see the joy on their face at this random act of kindness, give them a list for 12 people they know to fill in for free Bibles in their own languages that you will supply as well.
4 - Make sure to get all their personal information and create a database.
5 - Once you have bought the 12 Bibles with your own money and given it to your distributor, give your distributor a study Bible or some kind of expensive Bible in their own language and you will have changed the world.
6 - Start again at 1 or carry on from 3.

White African

I live in South Africa, on the very tip of the African Continent. Am I African? Whenever I have to fill in a form stating my skin colour, I find the following options:

African
Coloured (ie. mixed heritage)
Indian
White

The implication is clearly that black = African whilst the rest of us (Coloureds, Indians and Whites) are second-class strangers on this continent.

Are we not all Africans?