The Bandjoun nomad

It was a great time being away from Jo'burg albeit without my lovely wife. I must say I wasn't too sure what to make of whole week away from her but it's amazing how God works things out. The little gem of a town is called Arniston: Population is over 1000 people with the majority living in fishing houses. No banks, No Shopping malls AND NO NOISE!!!! The olden style of the houses reminded me a lot of Falconara Marittima and made me a bit home sick of a place I hold dear in my heart. We ate at the Arniston Hotel, the food was great and the service excellent. For the first time I had the Red Roman fish which is indigenous to South Africa. What a privilege! In the evenings I will have dinner surrounded by the whistling sound of the ocean and nothing but a dark abyss. I would walk back to the guest house in pitch dark streets and have no worry in the world. A truly memorable experience. #somemoreplease Arniston beach front ( Wikipedia ) The Arniston Hotel ...

For glory is the Lord's. We sing it, we pray it but our (my) lives (life) often does not reflect it. But from Psalms 24, There's the statement is clear... We are so quick to talk about the things we have achieved, learnt, overcome, designed, taught, gathered, won, lost, found, given, etc that eventhough it comes from a right place of sharing our experiences and even being vulnerable or humble, it often creates a false sense of significance of our value. I might not make sense but the more we speak about ourselves in any capacity (which includes our experiences with God), the less important is our focus on the glory and majesty of God. The declaration of the God's majesty has got nothing to do with who or what we are. To proclaim is the open and unashamed proclamation of the grandeur and strength of the God we serve. He's the one she should praise. In our growing understanding of him, we should become both physically and mentally less significant. Realising that ...

After dropping off a bible study at Park Station, I took Asterix to the park while watching pass by on their way back home. And that's when it dawned on me. The majority of us is just trying to make it through the day, week or month. Very few of us have any aspirations to do something noble with our lives that doesn't involve gratifying out selfish nature. We're so obsessed with materialistic things that line between want and need is no longer solid. The purpose and meaning of life has resorted to fulfilled our self made goals and completely ignores the need to seek the will of the one who created our ability to have desires. For God created man in his image (see the book of Genesis) so we may realise the true meaning of our existence not so we can use all these powers to make up our own purpose. May the father forgive us for its so clear that our wisdom is hos foolishness. One day we will all fave such truths. Until then...

I had a "healthy" discussion with a brother on facebook (where else) on what priority should a Christian have in his or her life. My status read, "The Bible has been given to transform us and NOT to inform us. #quote #wisdom #bible". (See Picture below) And based on my conversation with him, I realised the obvious truth in many of our lives and in our Christian circles: "Post Modern Christians feel this deep need to know before doing". Use of Romans 10:17 is often read and understood out of context and I must say I've been guilty of that A LOT of times. I often felt that the transformation and growth in my life (good or bad) was directly linked to how much information I knew from the bible. I felt this urge to get into my bible more so that I it would result in change in my life. And yet transformation or growth never came (or least not the way I expected). It always felt like a battle to do the things of God and do them consistently AND with zea...

I often find my myself wondering why I found myself in this trap of doing too many things at once while sacrificing the most important ones in the process. I often find myself in the rut of chasing time with God when I've just spent so much time researching "important" stuff on the internet.  Maybe I need to set time for the different things in my life: Quiet time, Personal Research, guitar playing, ministry work...  I mean there's a reason why I have Astrid  installed on my PC, tablet and phone. So I can remember to do/plan/research different things during the day. Currently it's just organised chaos.  One thing I that I can say I don't suffer from, "being bored". On the contrary, I feel like there's too many things that I'm involved in. But I'm not complaining, I just wish there was an easy formula that we all abide by that will enable us to judge how we can allocate our time. Maybe I've clearly missed the bigger picture... Ma...

Hidden camera investigation finds illegal commercial drone use in US : From an Indiana TV station. There is some really bad stuff here, including this: "When he did not know he was speaking to a reporter, Spencer said he could fly at any altitude that a customer would want.  He said he "wasn't supposed to" fly above 400 feet, but he sometimes flew above 1,000 feet or higher, depending on the job." Needless to say, that's reckless and irresponsible. Read the  whole piece : INDIANAPOLIS - A hidden camera investigation from the Call 6 Investigators found a growing threat from illegal business flights of drones nationwide, prompting concerns from Indianapolis pilots and calls for action in Congress. While the  Federal Aviation Administration  has not approved a single drone flight for business purposes anywhere in the country, the Call 6 Investigators found many businesses and entrepreneurs flying drones for aerial photography, including several that advert...

I had my first attempt, after months of anticipation, at flight testing my 2-meters wingspan glider. The electronics worked fine. The vertical surface (for rudder control) attachment looked a bit suspect but I couldn't wait anymore  I mean It had rained out for the past two weeks! There's only so much patience a guy can have! Well setting up the glider on the field I realised something crucial that I had overlooked (I think I blatantly ignored this one)... The weight balance of the glider made it tail heavy. To all my non-technical guys it means all the weight of glider didn't sit under the correct part of the wing but further away towards the tail. Simply put... the glider WILL NOT GLIDE... not properly anyway (and most probably break something on it's way down). But I decided to press on... I mean, YOU CAN still fly with a tail-heavy airplane... YEAH RIGHT! After assembling the glider and doing an electronics check, to check if the proof WAS REALLY in the puddin...