What a week!

Crazy week with crazy happenings! I'll start last weekend and work forward..

All starting last Sunday, we went out to church, which in any normal situation is just down the road, but because of our location it involved an hour and fifteen minute trek in our (rugged and manly) Land Rovers.
*sidenote: so I walked passed the Land Rover parking are the other day and it did seem kind of surreal that these beaten up 4x4 true off road, well used Land River Defenders were my usual vehicle.. strange what becomes normal when you live in Africa working with Mercy Ships.

We ended up visiting Grace Family Church in Umhschlanga (I'm sure that not how you spell it..). Really nice church, friendly, great worship, good preaching but HUGE!!! OK maybe I'm a small town boy at heart but over 1000people in a church seems wild!

Then Sunday evening came, playing a friendly game of volleyball in the gym... and yes.. I managed to dislocate my shoulder. Don't let this shock you, it is the 3rd time already. So after putting that back where it goes, strapping up the shoulder and finding our 'not working' pharmacist for some pain relief that was the weekend over...
 Its crazy what becomes normal when you live in Africa working for Mercy Ships.

Monday started with me in a sling.. but still teaching PE 1 handed, unique challenge but kind of fun..
That went OK until Wednesday when I was struck down again!!
It seems that when a 'bug' gets around here it just tears through the general Africa Mercy population. So come Wednesday I was leaving my IT class mid lesson to relieve my lunch into the gutter outside. This sparked 36 hours of not keeping food down, then just not eating, and staying in my room.
 Its crazy what becomes normal when you live in Africa working for Mercy Ships.

SO now its the weekend again.. the campus is quiet, Ive eaten 2 meals on the trot and am eagerly looking forward to what the coming week will offer. One thing I can guarantee, it won't be boring!

Its crazy what becomes normal when you live in Africa working for Mercy Ships.