- The Finnie family in Blighty, December 2021
- Dean and Paula pastor The Gathering together
- The Gathering
- Baptisms at The Gathering
- Preparing to serve at The Gathering's Soup Kitchen
- Soup Kitchen Welcome To 2022 lunch
- Serving hands - the heart of The Gatheirng
- Thankful Thursdays
- HOPE Home Based Care Team
- Gathering Ground
- Staying fit as a family
- The Helderberg - The prettiest of the mountains we face
Adoption Update
The social worker was in court this morning and we're waiting to hear what the next step is. As you could imagine we're really excited to know that Eli is now ours pending the technical formalities of the legal process.
Please keep praying that all would go smoothly and quickly!
We're Back Online!
That's A Good One!
We always thought that British Rail was pushing it when they blamed delays on 'leaves' or the 'wrong kind of snow' but Eskom really has BR licked when it comes to pathetic excuses!
Yes we're cross that we couldn't have a cup of tea when we got up this morning! At least church was interesting and our guest preacher (Adrian Holloway) coped admirably and lead 6 people Christ. Praise God!!!!!!
Another Taster
We hope you enjoy them
A Passage I Love
I love this passage simply because Jesus let's his followers know that troubles are guaranteed (not promised) for no particular reason (not for character building or testing etc) other than we are of this world and have to live in it. So being robbed or living through Hurricane Katrina are not judgement by some vindictive deity but rather just part and parcel of life on this planet.
Photo Update
We'll post some more over the next few days too.
Quite a lot has happened and we'll try and give a brief update on each thing...
Can't Access Blogger
We haven't been able to log onto Blogger for over 24 hours despite trying several different computers.
Hopefully all will be back to normal soon, but if you happen to know why Blogger is down, please email us.
Action in CNP
The Law Is An Ass
Dean was quite angry afterwards as he feels that Michael & Joyce were steamrollered by Douglas's lawyer as they had no legal representation themselves (legal aid was refused and they can't afford legal fees) into signing a settlement document. This then allowed the lawyer to make direct representations to the chief magistrate in his chamber rather than having to go into court.
Emyezweni Pre School
Here's one to whet your appetite
CNP Men's Bible Study
Left to Right: Cyril (in blue shirt),Danny, Michael, Basil, Peter, Trevor, Vicky, Alfred, Ernest & James.
Depictions Of Mohammed
Wed Afternoon In CNP
Weekend Fun
Table Mountain Fire
More Photos
Reality Of Life
On Thursday last week we started our men's Bible study again after a long break. It was really good to catch up and hear everybody's news. Sadly, Cyril's cousin died earlier during the week, they shared their house in CNP, and now Cyril concerned about what will happen to the house as his cousin's family don't like Cyril very much. Also, Danny has been thrown out of his house, this is all very sad, but you may remember some of our posts about Anna Bop who died last year. Danny's house belonged to her, but after her death he remained in the house, but now Anna Bop's mother has sold the house. This is illegal in CNP as the properties belong to the CNP Trust, so now we're involved in sorting out this mess. Meanwhile Danny is staying with friends in the community but can't stay for long as his host are already severely stretched! Despite the bad news, I was really encouraged by the group and their attitudes and faith that as I drove home I realised that this group alone make my time in CNP more than worth it!
Family Life
Helicopters & Fire
Another Week For Paula
Paula Back On The Circuit
Dad Bloggers
Chris Nissen Park
Christmas Card
Squash And A Squeeze
A Day On The Beach
Here Joel's attempting to wake Eli up. Joel doesn't really understand why Eli is so boring at the moment, however we know that will change all too quickly.
Katrina - Christians Continuing To Respond
Check out Troy's Blog: RAVEN Team
I've been wanting to post about Katrina again for a while but didn't know what to write or how to go about it, so I'm really grateful to Troy for taking time out to comment on our Blog.
Let's Go Fly A Kite...
Joel & Dad digging holes in the sand on Strand Beach. How else were we supposed to spend New year's Day?
Life On The Beach
Family Shakes Blog
Some of you may remember that Roger was Best Man at our wedding back in 1991.
Chris Nissen Thank You Christmas Lunch
Post Christmas News
Helderberg Nature Reserve
Whilst we were feeding the ducks the Cape Weaver Birds were getting quite bold so we put some crumbs on a post a watched them swoop in and take them.
NB. The clip below is about 5mb and without a broadband connection may take a while to download.
Birth Announcement!
Trying To Keep Life Normal!
Future Worship Leader?
The quality of the video is low but if you listen carefully you can hear him saying things like: "Yes Lord" & "Thank you very much". Also, watch for the hand and then listen carefully as he ends his prayer and launches into playing his guitar.
We hope you enjoy the video below as much as we do!
Bloemfontein Update & Photos
Here are a few photos from our 'flying' trip to Bloemfontein. We had a good trip despite the disappointment of not returning home with the baby. The good news is that we will definitely get the baby as soon as s/he is born and we'll keep you informed of happenings.
More photos can be seen on our Photoblog
Here we had just arrived in Bloemfontein. The weather was really hot with cloudless skies, beautiful!
That Rollercoaster
Well, we're home...... without the baby!!! It has been a very emotional time in Bloemfontein. The birth mother has been induced 4 times - poor woman, but nothing happened. Her due date isn't till Sunday, so we're not quite sure why they advised us to come this week, but there we go, there must have been a reason.
Adoption Roller Coaster
Baby Finnie!
Emyezweni Christmas Party
Debs (together with Rachel) runs Emyezweni pre school in Lwandle (a township just outside Somerset West) with support from Ukuthasa a UK charity and Helderberg Christian Church. The pre school offers a valuable service to many parents who would otherwise have to stop working to care for their kids.
Table Mountain Trip
This photo shows Paula with Cyril, Danny, Michael, Alfred & Peter standing over Cape Town.
CNP Men's Bible Study
Chris Nissen Update
Warning, Scientist On The loose!
Andy, Father Christmas, Noddy Et Al
Boulders Beach
Hope you enjoy these photos from yesterday. There will be more on our Photoblog this afternoon.
Launchpad Party
CNP Men's Bible Study Social
From left to right: Cyril, Alfred, John, Michael (in Palace shirt) Dean, Trevor, Basil, Danny & James
Miraculous Recovery
Thanks!
Where Did The Week Go?
Finnie's In Focus
We will continue to post some photos here, but obviously we'll post the bulk of them on the new photoblog. We'll try to post as regularly as possible and will include alternative views of the stuff you see on this blog.
Grasshopper & Bits
On Saturday we went to the aquarium and met up with Richard & Felicity with Matthew. Joel and he had great fun charging around and shouting "Wow! Look at that!" when they saw the sharks. Joel has been to the aquarium more times than we can remember and yet he never seems to tire of it, which is great as it makes for a good morning when we go. Afterwards Dean went with Joel on a 30 minute boat tour of Cape Town harbour and they both really enjoyed it. Joel was a natural on the boat and so we're (or at least Dean is) now planning to take him on one of the glass bottomed boats in Hout Bay. Sadly we didn't have a camera with us so you'll have to believe us when we say the views of Table Mountain from the harbour were stunning.
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