CWM-TIM 2023

 They All Gathered Around The Table To Remember Him With What They Have ----------------------------------------------- Quite an interesting session this was! First of all I should say, it was my first time hearing about the Coconut Theology let alone having to be invited to participate in the Table. It was an experience to even have coconut flesh as the "Bread" and coconut water as the "Wine".

 The Importance of Contexts Week One of Study was just an interesting Week where we had very engaging and "brutal" (LOL) as the study challenged most us to unlearn most of what we have learn and to relate what we know to what we were taught. All thanks to Emily who was our first Lecturer. Critical approach to the context of the Scripture is necessary to put it in relation to the different context of the life today. This learning experience for me was also an opener as it strengthened my faith to hold on to the convictions of the Christian faith by making me to have an interest on "INFORMED PERSPECTIVE" when it comes to context and mission. And then we went to CHURCH as to end our week with Emily. The warm hospitality of the  Anglican  Diocese of Polynesia; such a wonderful welcoming from the People of this Church! And also being part of the Holy Table was just a tranquil session! A wonderful week it has been!

 A SPIRITUAL CONNECT TO THE FIJIANS PICTURE: Fayaka in front of Ratu Finau Canoa      AS I entered this place, immediately I felt   a   chilling breeze right on my flesh, and my     soul was certain that this place is sacred. One of the members from one of the groups that are also attending a workshop in PTC asked us about the experience we had as he claimed that "I heard that you went to the Museum... how was it..?" Involuntarily, the first words that came from me were that - "You should go. We met the ancestors of the Fijian indigenous people there, they are welcoming!" "Wait! What..?! Are they mummified??! He exhaled! In laughter I responded; that no! What I meant actually is that when you enter the Voyagers Fiji Museum you immediately feel a wind running on your skin as if you've entered a sacred place (if you know what I mean), and actually, that's how the museum is treated by the people of Fiji - Sacred Place. For me, in the M...

From King Williams Town (SA) to Suva (FIJI) ------------------------------------- We  often think that opportunities in life are set to be received and enjoyed by a particular group of people, those whom we may identify as the privileged in all sort of ways. My so beloved late Grandmother Nontobeko Fayaka, gave me an inheritance that no man can take away from me; Faith in Jesus Christ . Through troubles and tribulations she would say to me when I start to loose hope in Xhosa; "Umzingisi akanashwa" which is translated to mean "Those who persist knows no misfortunes". ------------------------------------------------------- Picture A: UPCSA - Amathole Presbytery Fellowship of Youth Bro. Fayaka Send-Off & Special Senate @ St. Andrews ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The cancelation of the TIM 2020 was a blow for me because it meant a turning point for me in my life, my family, and those who supported my journey because they be...