The Bandjoun nomad

I've got such a stiff body. I had a climb a tree, try and get 10 meters off the ground where there was my small Blade mCP X heli waiting for me another 10 meters away from me. I spent a good Hour throwing my shoes at it, small logs at it until a lady brought some rope. The one end of the rope was tied to a stone. The plan was to hook the rope around a branch close to where the heli was stuck and shake it until it got detached. After a number of tries, eventually got the rope at a right position whereby I could shake the tree and the small devil of the my heli eventually glided to the ground. All the while, there was a good numbers of family (including my 86 years old grandma) and friends spurring me on to the goal way above me. My good friend Thabo had even perfected the skill of throwing my fallen shoe accurately in my hands! I must be honest, it really dawned on me how high I was once I was back down again. I had achieved something special today and It felt great. It although t...

So this is my first post of the year. I really hope I would be more diligent in posting than last year. What an amazing three weeks of holiday it's been. I must say that deciding to not go anywhere specific was a terrific decision that eventually got me to get into something I've always dreamed of: Radio control helicopters. I mean I've had some experience with them but never really invested into a proper platform that will propel me into the addicted hobby of flying model helicopter. So after shedding my fears of spending money on something that will eventually crash and I will loose interest, I bought myself the Blade MCP X V2 heli. What an amazing buy. I got it at the Aerial Concepts in Sandton (more like Buccleuch). I must say it was a bit nerve-wrecking knowing that I spent so much of something so small. The take-off weight of this machine is just over 40g. Amazing! So got the heli home and started doing what every cautious enthusiast of this huge sport do: ...

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...