Greetings from Cape Town in the summertime.
My time here has just about expired. It is Wednesday evening and I will leave early in the afternoon on Friday the 25th. I’m not looking forward to the long plane trips, but I’m so glad I’ve been able to spend the last month here with Steve and the African Christians.
The week since my last update has been rather full and busy. On Wednesday (a week ago), I spent some more time with Thompson Ntobie. He filled me in on the work with several African churches and the working history of SACM. Having known both generations of Zimmermans for the past 50 years and having been here twice before, I thought I knew a lot about the mission. I have now learned that there is a lot that I didn’t know.
On Thursday, we prepared for a trip to Queenstown which is over 1000 K (600+ miles) to the Northeast of Cape Town. Steve rented a trailer and we filled the trailer and the bed of the pickup with boxes of books and teaching materials. The trailer had over a ton of books and Bibles and the pickup had at least a half ton. On Friday, bright and early, we started out for Queenstown. It is a long day’s drive up there with 6 mountain passes and 7 work zones. The Christian brothers were delighted to receive the material and unloaded the boxes in record time. The church is located in Sada, a township near QT.
They have an abandoned Chinese clothing factory which provides an excellent worship facility along with much space for future growth and ministries. They are growing rapidly. They baptize about 200 per year and their attendance ranges up to about 800. On Saturday, I taught 2 classes. On Sunday, I had the message. The attendance was about 400 due to the fact that Tuesday (21st) was a national holiday and many people were gone. We were fed too much by the gracious women of the congregation. On Monday, we returned to CT.
On the Tuesday holiday, everything was closed and there were people everywhere, so there wasn’t too much we could do.
Today, we drove to Cape Point which is the location of the Cape of Good Hope. It is an interesting place and very beautiful. It isn’t the southernmost point in the continent; that is Cape Agulles which I wrote about earlier. On the way back, we stopped at the Scratch Patch where they tumble, cut, mount and sell semi-precious gems. What an interesting and beautiful place to visit!
Tomorrow will be my last day here. I suppose the best compliment I have received is the request that I return. My response is and has always been that it is in the hands of the
Lord and they will have to “pray me back”.
I will conclude my updates after I return to the States.
Traveling for Christ, david
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