Beautiful Kalk Bay

Last month Jason and I decided to go for a walk to Kalk Bay. It is the next town over from Muizenberg and although I use to run through it all the time I rarely stopped to enjoy the town and wharf. Since it was getting summery we decided to make the best of it and walked there and back stopping at our favourite bakery to get some snacks along the way. By the end this pregnant lady was very tired but it was so nice to be out exploring and enjoying the sun with my favourite husband and our growing boy. This place is beautiful and I think we spend a lot of the time gawking at the mountain and ocean. It really was that stunning colour, I barely edited these. 

Enjoy your weekend!

My Favourite Hike in Cape Town

Noordhoek Sunset and the Smokey Haze

 Last Monday night Jason and I took the advice our friends gave us and headed to Noordhoek. Its a town about a 25 minutes drive from us and as you can see the beach there is incredibly beautiful. If you have been hearing any news about Cape Town lately I am sure you have heard about the wild fires that lasted most of this past week. They stretched for miles and most of our mountain is charred and black. All that to say the clouds in the sky in these pictures are not clouds at all but actually smoke. The fires burned on the mountain right behind us as we watched the sun go down on the horizon. It was such a mix of golden light and eerie haze. Beautiful and terrifying all at the same time. Needless to say we will be going back to Noordhoek lots more times and if you come visit I am sure we will take you there too.

Chasing the Sun

On Saturday night I needed to get out of the house and do something even if it was only for a half an hour so Jason lovingly obliged and off we went. It was quite a dreary afternoon in Muizenberg and really cloudy so we decided to chase the sun. Sometimes you just need to find it. We started driving towards Fishhoek because we could see the gold reflecting on the water in that direction and as we rounded the big turn on the road around the mountain there it was. Gold light everywhere. It was beautiful and found us gazing with mouths open. We parked on a random street, jumped out, and started taking pictures. These are the result. The two at the end are from the drive back and show the dreariness on our side of the mountain. The gold is always there you just have to look for it.

Hope your weekend was as beautiful as ours was.

Matthew Mole Concert at Kirstenbosch

We were able to go to a concert this past Sunday with some good friends and it was a wonderful time. The concert was at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens (if you come visit we will be sure to take you there, hopefully even for a concert!) which is incredibly beautiful. You look at the mountains and feel like you could be in Jurassic Park and a dinosaur could run out at you any minute, or at least we felt that way. Thankfully there were no dinosaurs just 6000 people picnicking and listening to some good music. The main act was a local man form Cape Town who has gotten quite famous in South Africa in the past year named Matthew Mole. He has a lovely voice and lots of charm while preforming which makes his awkwardness between songs rather funny. I'd recommend giving him a listen HERE if you like singer songwriter kind of folky music with a non-corny Christian twist or if you are a girl looking for some cute wedding sings then he's your man. Don't worry guys you will like it too! 

We had perfect seats which out lovely friend Shannon rushed ahead and secured with all of our blankets. South Africans know how to do things like concerts. They picnic. I love it! Good food, blankets, fresh grass, open air, music. What could be better for a Sunday evening especially after a busy long week of starting off ministry for the new year. Why yes please, I shall go every Sunday.

Anyway, the rest of our week was lovely too. We started up at Bethesda on Monday and got filled in on all the information. We did Awake as usual on Wednesday and then prayed and worshipped while getting the vision for the year and figuring out the logistics the rest of the days. The Bethesda team this year doubled! Such a good thing but it means we have a lot of figuring out to do with roles and tasks and a bit of rearranging to figure out where we will all fit in. Give me a few more weeks and I will have a much better picture of life here for you. 

Have a lovely Tuesday!