Today was such an amazing day!! As I have mentioned, I am staying at a home with my friend Christina Zavalza. We are staying with a couple named Lucy and Clive in a township called Oceanview. We have been so spoiled being here with them!! Lucy is an amazing cook and is teaching us how to make some good meals!! J They are feeding us well, giving us plenty of sweets and chocolates, packing us snack bags for our school days, telling us story after story, and sharing their home and their lives with us. We have been so blessed by their love, hospitality, and servant hearts. Lucy and Clive have been married for 35 years, but have known each other since they were 7 and 8 years old. They group up together and then fell in love and got married. They have two children and 5 grandchildren and they treat us like their own grandchildren!!
Anyways, today we woke up and went to mass with them. After mass, we came home and started to cook. Clive wanted to know if Christina and I knew how to cook so we told them we would cook lunch. Of course, we did so with the help of Lucy who is practically an expert cook! We made chicken, vegetables, fried potatoes, and salad. Then I told Lucy that sometime during my stay here I wanted to learn how to make curry. Within five minutes, she changed her dinner plans from stir-fry to curry and had all of the ingredients out and ready to go. She prepared the curry and we ate some for lunch and saved the rest for dinner!! We were SOO stuffed from lunch, but of course munched on some of our Cadbury chocolate that they always provide for us (Clive had worked for Cadbury for 25 years). Then, we went and met her daughter Kim, son-in-law Andre, and grandson Pedro. We hung out there for an hour or so and played Uno with Pedro and just hung out. After this, Lucy and Clive took us on a drive and showed us where they grew up, where they came from, and told u how they ended up where they are now. This was the highlight of my week because they opened up to us so much and to hear there story was heartbreaking, but also allowed us to see deeper into the people they are. They lived through the Apartheid Era and used to live in a place called Simon’s Town, which is right on the edge of the mountain, and right on the beach at the same time. This is where their families’ histories had been and this is where they spent their whole lives. When they were teenagers, they were forced to leave because they are “coloured” people. They were not given any money for their land, yet they were forced to leave. What was once their home is now filled with million dollar mansions that stand vacant because the owners only visit once a year or so. This was so heartbreaking to see, but, like I said, amazing at the same time. Then they drove us round the mountain along the ocean and we just talked and asked questions for about an hour. Then we cam home and Joey and Lucas came over and had some curry with us for dinner and then we went and hung out with Joey and Lucas’ family for a little while, and now it is bed time!! I have kept you all long enough!! Please let me know if you have any questions! I would LOVE to answer them!!
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