Table Mountain

On Saturday I had the opportunity to travel with the children of Nampula Baptist Church to Table Mountain. It reminded me of Stone Mountain, Georgia. The view at the top was really pretty. We had a Bible study program, sang songs, had lunch and played games.



Table Mountain is in Nampula. It is actually in “African” walking distance. I have found that an African mile and an American mile are quite different. Africans are used to walking a lot more than Americans are. For this trip I took a truck full and then some of the children walked. At the end of the day I dropped one group off at the church and then went back to pick up the ones who were walking. They were very glad to see me and have me pick them up and take them the rest of the way to the church.



We played the game of “Gossip or Message”, the one where you start a message with one person and then whisper it to the others and you see what message comes out at the end. Well, the teacher had me to do one in English. I said “God bless you”. By the end of the line after it had gone through 25 children’s ears it came out as an African message in another language!



Playing Simon Says with the phrase Jesus disse was neat.



Also playing Duck, Duck, Goose on the side of the mountain was interesting. I was just hoping someone wouldn’t slide down the mountain.



Lunch was whatever the children brought from home. It was a lot different from the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and potato chips which American kids would probably have (myself included on that one). Instead the kids had rice, bread, French fries, and Xima. Xima is a main staple here, it’s consistency is kind of like mashed potatoes or grits. If you have been to South Africa then you have had the equivalent of it except it is called Pop.



It was a good day.