There was a short power failure again at Evangelical Bible Church. Just like last week, the music program continued. With the keyboard silent, someone moved to the piano to pick right back up with the accompaniment. Brother Gilbert (instead of Pastor Deon) spoke this morning on Mark 8:34-37- “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul.”

This Sunday was being celebrated as International Sunday. People from various countries or ethnic backgrounds wore traditional clothing. In all there were about 16 different countries being represented. We were the only ones from the United States, for that matter from the Americas.

After the service, an International Dinner had been organized as a fundraiser for the Evangelical Bible College of South Africa located in Capetown. The cost was reasonable (less than $3 for food and $0.60 for drinks per person) and the selections were amazing. I can remember cuisine from Eswatini, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Portugal, Scotland, Pakistan, China, Zambia and maybe others we forgot. We were given a large take-a-way box to put our selection in – more than enough to eat. We brought some home for later.

After church we stopped by the pharmacy, next to Pick N Pay, where we picked up some prescription medicine for Virginia [no prescription required] and then did our weekly grocery shopping. The MasterCard that we reactivated this week worked for both purchases.

This afternoon we built a fire, worked on drafts for our blog and had popcorn in the evening.