James Cuénod's Newsletter 2009-04-21

James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To those
interested who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. Grace to you and peace
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Firstly, I would like to give my sincere apologies for the time interval
since my last correspondence. I have just returned to GWC to kick off the
second term. I'll quickly catch you up on some interesting stuff that
happened towards the end of last term first though: I had the opportunity
to hear Daniel Dennet (I'm not certain of the spelling), a very prominent
atheist who specialises in the philosophy of the mind, speak at UCT on the
topic "What can we teach our children". We got quite busy at the end of
the first term, writing our final test in Ephesians as well as handing in
various assignments (hence the lack of newsletters at the end of the first
term).

Upon consideration of writing a newsletter when I got home to Joburg, I
realised that my contact list is all sitting here at GWC (hence the lack
of newsletters during the last two weeks). Nevertheless, the holiday was
quite relaxing. During the first week I didn't do much GWC work but I
helped out with stuff for www.neverthirstagain.co.za (the h2o website)
(Although I'm given to understand that there are still some problems that
need to be ironed out). I also had the chance to speak to various people
about recent events at the church which was helpful.

During the second week of my "study break", I focused more on GWC stuff
and completed some work that needed to be done for when I got back.
However, it was still a restful time and I managed to relax and have a
break from the work. I also got to see a number of friends from church but
also a couple from school which was a lot of fun.

I write the final test for Greek 1A next week Wednesday and so that is my
main focus right now but I also have a few other assignments to do. Today
we had a discussion after lectures on who to vote for tomorrow which I
thought was done really well. Well, in that there was no specific party
that was pushed but rather, the way to think about who to vote for was
thrashed out.

You can pray that I get back into the swing of things quickly and that I
work to the best of my ability but that my focus is not on results but my
walk with God. Thank you for your prayers it is always a comfort to know
that there are people supporting you.

In Christ,
James Cuénod

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James, a bondslave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ