My Birthday Weekend

My birthday weekend, also Easter weekend, was so much fun we decided to start working on our bucket list and do the touristy things around Cape Town. On Friday, 6 of us hiked up Table Mountain again, but this time from a different starting point. The day before Mike and I were exercising and I thought to myself “well I probably won’t be hiking Table Mountain again” and then later that day one of our friends invited us to go and we didn’t want to say no. This route took us about 3 ½ hours including a wrong turn going back down the mountain, but it was a great challenge and I am glad we agreed to go. I will say this again, 3rd time should be a charm, I shouldn’t need to do this again! Saturday was my birthday and we went down to the waterfront to go to the Aquarium and to go to my favorite little restaurant. After all if this we stumbled on this coffee shop that had the best cheesecake we have found here. Yes, we cheated again on our diet since it was a special occasion!! Easter Sunday is always a special time here as we go to the Sunrise service on the beach. This one however was even more special. The Wednesday before Mike and I shared the Evangicube in our Bible Study and all the guys recommitted their lives to Christ. 3 of them that had not been baptized were baptized by Mike at the Sunrise Service on Sunday morning. We are so blessed to be able to share these special moments with our Zimbabwe friends and I ask that you please pray for them to be able to stay committed to all God has in store for them. Lastly, on Monday we took the Big Red Bus tour that drives around the city and talks about the history and takes you to all the highlights. I have wanted to do that since we got here and Mike was eager as well since it was still my birthday weekend, technically. We had 4 days off and used up every bit of our time taking in the sites. We ticked off a couple of things on our list. (They say ticked instead of checked)

Our Trip by Train

In our newsletter we wrote about going to Beaufort West to check out another ministry and a good time was had by all, meaning both of us. Our car has still been a thorn in our side, or better yet the biggest LEMON any one could ever imagine. We weren’t able to drive it because that week it had issues of its own. We had already planned the journey to meet up with our friend, so we checked into taking the train. It turned out to be the cheapest way to travel and it took a lot longer but it was worth it. We were like 2 kids running back and forth from window to window checking out the scenery. We got to eat in the dining car and because we got to go off of our diet for a couple of days, I had a toasted cheese sandwich (grilled cheese in the US). Man it was good. Mike and I have been trying to stay away from bread and sugars but I was ready to cheat and that I did. I even had one the next day at another little hole in the wall and it was even better!! It was an awesome journey and this time I am so glad our car wasn’t co-operating.