Our church has an awesome band. And I know everybody thinks that if their church has a guitar, an amp, and somebody with messy hair or deep v syndromehitting the stage on Sunday mornings with something other than 4 choruses written in the late 80s, they’ve got a killer band. But seriously, our church has an awesome band. And I have some awesome proof.
In conjunction with the album they just released, Wholehearted, they’ve also recorded a stunning music video which totally had me in tears the first time I saw it. And that’s not just because I’m pregnant.
I thought I might share it with you here for a little inspiration… Lord, help us to be Wholehearted in our worship, and help us to live with the passion with which we sing.
I will never give what cost me nothing Jesus.
That lyric rings in my ears over and over again.
Hope you enjoyed the video!?! The album is now on sale, but I am not sure I can tell you too many details about it, other than I’m sure it’s awesome.
{Side note in case you’re curious, no one asked me to plug the album in this lil’ space…I don’t think many folks at church know I’m a blogger. Can you believe it?}
If you are Stateside and desperately interested in getting a copy of Wholehearted, let me know. I can find out some more details and see if I can bring a few copies over when we head home for the holidays. You got 100 Rand* on ya?
xCC
*I don’t actually know if the album how much the album costs. (100 Rand is like $14) Can’t make any promises.
Happy Tuesday, guys and gals! We are back on the part of the map that says Gordon’s Bay, and I’m hoping a momentary gush of bandwidth will carry this Travelling Tuesday to its intended URL destination — our internet’s not doing so well today. The travels with my Mama in tow did not disappoint when it came to photo opps! She left Sunday and I cried like a baby. And the next morning the Imagination Movers were singing an “I Love My Mom” song which the Bear seemed to enjoy. I however, since we were in someone else’s holiday home, resisted the urge to throw something at the TV.
Anywho, Knysna. The first syllable rhymes with “eye” and the second rhymes with “duh”. Knysna was the first stop on GC’s African Road Trip adventure (not including Gordon’s Bay and the other adventures around Cape Town). We had a beautiful and sunny couple of days there. But illustrations are better than explanations!
Knysna sits on a lovely estuary, often incorrectly referred to as a lagoon. But lagoon sounds more romantic and exotic doesn’t it? The lagoon estuary has a narrow exit way which flows into the Indian Ocean between two lovely cliff rock faces called the Knysna Heads. There’s an eastern head, a western head, and plenty of nice places to stop if you need to hit the head.
Look, here’s one now! The Eastern Head to be more specific…
And another one! The western one, methinks. Those black spots are birds…I think cormorants.
We took a boat trip along the lagoon estuary and enjoyed venturing out towards the heads. After around 49 vessels sank trying to enter through these narrow straits, they decided to close the port. Probably a wise decision. Care for some more illustrations? (Not of sinking vessels, mind you…)
For some reason the Bear thought we were aboard the poop deck…
Or else the bumpy ride we experienced in the rough waters near the heads scared him poopless.
See, there’s not much space there…
I’d been on this lag estuary twice before this and it had never been calm enough to get this close. I didn’t know there were caves and paths past the big rocks!
I thought about dunking our camera in the water to see if I could catch a shot of the unique Knysna Seahorse, but I was afraid HH might not appreciate that effort. BTW, did you know that male seahorses carry the babies and give birth?
Our comfy accommodation was on the Knysna waterfront where we enjoyed nice restaurants and touristy shops, along with a pretty view from our place…
And we went for a wee walk along the eastern head and enjoyed sundowners at a little restaurant with a gorgeous view. Hero Hubs and GC enjoyed Long Island Iced Tea. This Mama enjoyed a non-alcoholic strawberry daiquiri instead. The Bear enjoyed it too.
All in all, Knysna is a wonderful stop along the garden route. G.C. enjoyed her oysters, the Bear enjoyed a boat ride, HH and I enjoyed not working for a few days…who could ask for anything more?
Hope your Tuesday has been a good one! And that you enjoy the moment wherever your journey takes you next!
Hello again from the road! We’re enjoying our travelling ways these days, Mama D is enjoying her first taste of Africa, and the Bear is just being an all-around superstar, no matter where his head hits the pillow at night! Here’s the proof:
Can you believe he put that Wonder Pet Tuck the Turtle on his own head, and then went to sleep like that? Well he did!
I thought this Free-For-All Friday, you might enjoy a few posts I’d like to feature by my awesome sister (Dodi) and hilarious brother in law (Andy Konigsmark). Please don’t ask me to pronounce their last name for you. I’m still working on it. Well, I think I have it, but Hero Hubs says I’m not saying it right.
Then learn how to act right at a restaurant. Having also worked in the food service industry, I think this is an important skill.
Last, join Andy and Dodi (and me and my Mom) in having a good laugh at the best of the best of the things the Campers said at the Young Life camp they brought their youth group to a few weeks ago. I am just dying for some context on some of these, and to know how many of them were actually said by Andy! (By the way Andy — you should submit something to stuff Christians like!)
Well friends, we should be back in Gordon’s Bay and life as usual early next week. I may or may not have the internet access to post anything else between now and then…but perhaps the excitement at all the photos you’re going to enjoy when we get back will be enough to hold you over until then!
Are you on Twitter? It’s okay if you’re not, I’m just asking. In case you need an explanation, on Twitter you basically share news in 140 characters (not words) or less with anyone who is “following” you. You use hashtags “#” if you’re speaking about a particular subject that you think other people are likely to search for. It’s an interesting experiment in social networking. Anyway.
When I was waiting for my Mom to arrive at the airport last week, I wished I had internet access because there were so many things I wanted to tweet during my adventure up to Joburg and back. This is Africa and there wasn’t much wifi for the taking, unfortunately. So I wrote down a few tweets I thought you might enjoy in hindsight. Some might be more than 140 characters but since this isn’t twitter, who’s counting?
Oh great. I’m sitting in front of a loud talker/chair pusher. At least he’s not speaking English. It’s a lot easier to drown out.
Wow. Two gentleman were just about to fight in the aisle before exit. #Gentlemanisaloseterm
The convo ended w/ the very buff guy telling the overweight guy (who was definitely talking a ridiculous amount of smack) Shut up, Fat Man.
Why do potential fights give me that excited-butterfly-oh-no feeling? I’m not in high school anymore.
I just ordered a salad at Mugg & Bean. I’m pregnant and I ordered a salad. This is unbelievable.
I think that was 1 of the best salads I’ve ever had. Enjoy the healthy goodness, wee one on the way. Can’t promise it’ll happen again soon.
I just found an amazing bakery with a million things I want to try. #PregnantLadyinaCandyStore
I’m gonna have to be honest. That chocolate chip muffin needed more chocolate chips. #Dern.
My Mom’s going to land in a few minutes! Whoo-hoo! Time to find a potty and get my waitin face on!
My Mom is heeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
My Mom is here and she has snacks! Chocolate covered pretzels, howzit? I’ve missed you!
Did I mention my Mom is here?
Thank you, South African airways for that tasty second supper. I didn’t even need that half a PBJ twenty minutes ago.
The rise of Jimmy Choos is being told and retold on TV on this flight. #SoRandom
A safe landing in Cape Town, my Mama in tow. #BestdayI’vehadinalongtime
Perhaps worth a few smiles and laughs? Maybe a retweet?
xCC
P.S. Here’s a token of promise that great photos are on the way! (In case you’re wondering, that’s two handfuls of sand on the way.)
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