Monthly Archives: October 2023

The Impossible Bodily Function Challenge

Posted on October 11, 2023 by nathanalbright

While we were at the Feast of Tabernacles in South Africa, towards the end of our trip, my mother made my stepfather a humorous impossible challenge not to mention bodily functions like bladder issues and bowel movements for 72 hours … Continue reading →

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For The Birds

Posted on October 9, 2023 by nathanalbright

When we had our first bird incident yesterday–as I write this in Washington Dulles airport as we are back in the United States–I did not think that there was quite enough content to write an entire blog entry about it. … Continue reading →

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The Load-Shedding Experience Part Two: Electric Boogaloo

Posted on October 7, 2023 by nathanalbright

I had commented earlier on the load-shedding experience and how it is that South Africans take it in stride and have a bit of a sense of humor about it. Yesterday, though, was a new experience for me, and that … Continue reading →

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A Botlierskop Experience

Posted on October 6, 2023 by nathanalbright

As promised, I thought I would describe the experience that I had going to a game park/safari yesterday with a group of sixteen people. Given the cool and wet experience we had in a cold front, it was probably not … Continue reading →

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Change Clothes

Posted on October 6, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of the ways that one can mark just how busy a day is by how many changes of clothes take place over the course of the day. Most of the time, I content myself to a couple of changes … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Fields Forever

Posted on October 6, 2023 by nathanalbright

Our Family Day, such as it was, for the Feast of Tabernacles this year in Mossel Bay was held during the afternoon around the middle of the feast at a place called RedBerry Farm, which is located near George Airport. … Continue reading →

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Feels Like Robbery

Posted on October 5, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of the things that has struck me the most so far in my travels in and around South Africa is that the prices for many things are so cheap. Currently, for example, the sun is breaking over Mossei Bay … Continue reading →

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The Load-Shedding Experience

Posted on October 5, 2023 by nathanalbright

While power outages are something that are pretty familiar to many people around the world, even in countries like the United States, few countries have the same experience as South Africa, whose power crisis has become an international scandal. Given … Continue reading →

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Today, If You Will Hear His Voice

Posted on October 4, 2023 by nathanalbright

[Note: The following is the prepared text for a sermonette given at the Feast of Tabernacles in Mossel Bay, South Africa, on October 4, 2023.] When we think of the Feast of Tabernacles, it is natural that we should reflect … Continue reading →

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The Line On The Color Bar

Posted on October 3, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of the questions I was asked going into this Feast of Tabernacles, and an understandable question in light of the troubled history of South Africa, was the racial composition of the United Church of God congregations here. The United … Continue reading →

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