Ekhaya.......

Yes, home.......

Back amongst bitter winter chills, whirling cyclones of icycle stalagmites, tight jaws raw gusts impaling your jacket on your body like flags clinging to patriots, safely mitts, scarves and balaclavas make the impassible possible............

all but worth it if not for family ties that hold you down when you lost floundering, warmth of a hug, of a well placed smile, of a dap, of a hand gripped in brotherly solidarity, of a prayer offered in your behalf, of a love that unfailingly surrounds you > this is the sun in an existence that is thirsty for heat, this is my heart, this is family

Blessd

Greetings I bring from Jah....

Hey Famz,

how r u? TIngs here are kool. Very busy right now because i depart for the land of the frozen sun soon - Dec 16th. Before then there's lots to do here - connect with peoples (esp my church famz), set things in motion for Interns coming and going and i'm helping out at a 4 day conference here called the Gospel and the Arts. One of the tracks for it is Poetry and there has been space made for me to facilitate it - nuff prayer for guidance in my preparation would be nuff appreciated! Any recommendations in terms of poetry to share with the people is also welcomed.

Ya, life is nice right now by God's grace.....although i find myself wishing i wasn't leaving so soon because there's still so much going here that i don't really want to put on hold......yet i can't wait to be at home again! that's what happens when you develop more than one home i guess. It's all good, God's timing is PERFECT!

Just a little aside:

That picture is from Hillbrow, Jozi. That's one of the most hectic places on this planet! I was actually luvin the joint - there's so much life, so much vibrancy and activity. It's an innercity suburb with a high immigrant population and was there because........one of my friends insisted i buy some sausages from a store she last visited 6 years ago (it was apparently under an Indian restaurant - there are no Indian restaurants within a 6 mile radius of Hillbrow......didn't find the sausages).

Well that building has a sign in the windows reading "Afro Kombs College....." - thought that was funked up. On my way out though i rolled up on a car from which 4 gunmans spontaneously jumped out and booked down the road after which 2 nex mans jumped in the whip and bimmed - all in front of a police cab at 12 noon. I made the block in probably 7 mins and by the time i came back everything was normal - you wouldn't know something jus happend. Was high drama - but this is what Hillbrow is known for.

Anyways Family, we don't glorify the brokeness, violence, anger and sin in this world; we give glory to the One who is the Answer, the Messiah full of grace and truth.

In Jesus,

Luv