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interested who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. Grace to you and peace
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
It has been quite warm the past while down here in Muizenberg and yet, I
have still managed to be snowed under, at least I have not melted in the
face of the workload (although I'm slowly withering).
Summer school went really well and Hebrew even began to make sense. We
wrote a test on the Friday and I'm satisfied with the result thereof. To
close off summer school we also arranged that it would be a full moon and
a number of us hiked up Lion's Head to watch the sunset and the moonrise.
Sadly, our meteorology is not as good as our astronomy and the cloud cover
provided a convenient shelter from the scenery (the cloud only actually
blocked the sunset and the moonrise - we could see the Waterfront and bits
of Table Mountain). Before the hike, however, I joined some GWC friends
and we went rock climbing (outdoor) and so I feel like quite an
adventurous sort of person right now.
The following Monday brought with it commencement camp which was a great
oppurtunity to get to know the sea of new faces swarming around the
college. It was, as last year, a thorougly enjoyable time. That Wednesday
we returned to the college and got to work, leaving the first years behind
for another day at Rocklands (the campsite).
The courses have started much more smoothly this year than they did last
year and I can really say that I'm looking forward to all my courses. We
have Acts, Hebrew Narrative (which is a course on how to read Old
Testament narratives), Biblical Hebrew (the Language), Greek (in which
we're translating and discussing John), Homiletics Theory (preaching), God
and Humanity (looks to be a brilliant course on the Doctrines of God and
of Man and their relationship).
The workload for these courses is reasonably heavy but quite doable. My
problem is that whenever I'm given required reading I seem to find a
hundred prefered readings to do instead which tends to slow me down. The
other activity that has hampered my newsletter sending and has made me
feel slightly more like the rugged outdoorsy and adventurousy type of
person is soccer. Many of the CESA churches in the area have soccer teams
and they challenge one another to friendly matches so, in the words of
GWC's team manager "we're gonna form a team and train hard and beat those
guys". Which is what we've done (except the beating; that comes this
Saturday).
As of now though, I have managed to stay precariously balanced on top of
the ball but I'd like to get a bit ahead and start doing more of my own
stuff (without it causing me to lag behind). Please would you pray that I
manage to get a good routine of work and personal study going and -
something that I got from our Ephesians Bible study at church - "Pray on
my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth,
to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel ... that in
proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak." (Ephesians
6:19-20).
In Christ,
James Cuénod
--
James, a bondslave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ
