Monday
Dear Elsie,
Today we woke up to a mass of cloud coming in. Our morning sunrise usually is this…
This morning it looked like this…
The massive bank of cloud soon dispersed with the rising sun. At lunchtime, Mike and I walked to Fish Hoek for a few groceries. The beach was perfect.
With this on our doorstep we don’t need to go anywhere in the world.
Today Raiku caught another mouse. He doesn’t do too much damage. Catches the mouse and then brings it inside and allows me to pick it up and take it out to be buried. There are a lot of mice around & they’ve never had cats to worry about.
On our walk today the stark absence of taxis was obvious. The taxis are striking. The main reason for the strike is the City of Cape Town is clamping down on illegal, unroadworthy vehicles and will take them off the road if they are not safe. The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) said the police were being heavy-handed and taking taxis off the road for what they described as ‘minor infringements’ such as no seatbelts. Today is Day 5 and the taxi drivers have taken the law into their own hands and as a result, freeways are blocked and busses have been set alight. Cape Town has made international news for all the wrong reasons. It was bad on the way to the airport. Cars were having stones thrown at them. Two of the drivers had guns on them and fired shots out their car window, killing two of the perpetrators. Santaco can’t control their members. They say the violence is caused by others. Tomorrow Mike is taking David to Stellenbosch for his blood tests. Hopefully, things will have quietened down. We pray for peace.
Psalm 140:7
Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle.
It’s not about now – we are only passing through.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Gran xx 🙂