Day 74 - Easter Service at Victory Outreach Church

Happy Easter!!!

Joe had invited us to his church, to see the Easter Sunday service, which Martin and I both thought would be really good to see. Christianity and other forms of religion seem to be really big in South Africa, a lot bigger than in the UK, so it would be cool to see what their church services are like.

After our car broke down last night, we had to drive Densels car to his house, where we had a cup of tea, and waited for them to get ready. When everyone was ready we all fit into Densels car. There was 8 of us, stuffed into a 5 seater car. Martin was the only passenger not to have a kid on their lap it was that full.

We got there, and all emptied out the car. We entered the church room and it was packed. There was so many people there it was crazy. Music was blasting out, you could hear it from the car park. We saw Joe near the front and headed towards him, he saved us 2 seats which was nice. We got there and started to watch the service.

It was really good. There were a few songs, then a long drama about the effects of drug abuse and why you shouldn't argue and fall out with your parents and other various life lessons, before ending on showing that the Victory Outreach group is there to help you get your life together, which was pretty cool. We saw first hand the work Victory Outreach do on our first working day out here, so it was nice to finally see what kind of stuff they do outside of the recovery home.

After the service was over, we said our hellos to various reverends and church-goers, and headed out with Joe. The church is right above that cafe that sells the Koeksisters, so between us, me and Joe bought 20 of them, to be shared out between us and the rest of the family.

When we got back to Joes, after a quick game of cards, Jaden and I headed to the shops to grab some bits for a braai, while Martin and Joe set up the barbecue for the meat. When we get back they were already cooking. Knowing that i'd just get in the way of the 2 of them, I headed inside and chatted to Vinolia while she cooked a cheesecake, which was nice and chilled out.

When the food was all cooked, salad was ready, we packed our bags and headed out in Densels bukkie to go down to Greenpoint Park, where Victory Outreach invited everyone down to have a big picnic. A bukkie is basically like a mini van, and with Joe and Vinolia sat in in the front seats, 10 of us filled up the back of it, which was a different experience to sitting in a car seat!

There were so many people at Greenpoint Park it was amazing. People were chilling out, playing football, American football, cricket, dodgeball, bubble football. Whatever you can think of that you can play at the park, there was someone doing it. It was a really fun day. I started off playing football with Martin, Jodi, Cassidy and Jordyn, with Martin and Jodi on a team against us, in a possession game. Then we moved on to cricket for a bit, before I took Cassidy and Chloe (Densels daughters, aged 9&11) to the park. They completely wore me out. They wanted to play on EVERYTHING. It was so tiring. Before I knew it, Martin came and found us to tell us we were heading home now. Saved by Martin. We all jumped into the back of the bukkie, and Joe dropped us off at Berghof.

I was so tired I managed a nap when we got in, which was quite nice to be honest. Then I went downstairs and skyped the family, and relaxed for a chilled evening in.

Tomorrow, after 2 days of very early starts, I'm aiming for a good lie in tomorrow, before we head down to the Waterfront to finish our souvenir shopping!

Harry