Friday 5th April - Monday 8th - A Sharks game and the longest church service...ever

On Friday evening we were lucky enough to go to a Sharks (the Durban rugby team) game at the 'Shark Bowl' in Durban. Although the stadium wasn't full, the atmosphere was still amazing! We got our tickets when we arrived for 90 rand which is around 6 pounds! Luckily the Sharks won so there was celebration in the air when we left to get food at a food court nearby. The evening ended with a peaceful 30 mins walking along the beach. The stars were so bright it was an incredible view. Another incredible but slightly different experience we had this weekend was a Zulu church service that lasted 3 hours and 40 minutes ( and we left before it had ended!). We didn't understand a word of the service except for the regular "Hallelujah', 'Amens!". It was a gathering of a number of branches of a church, one of which, a friend of our attends. We had to go on stage to introduce ourselves and we felt so welcomed. There was so much singing, far more than talking and in true African fashion, it was due to finish at 1 pm and the speaker didn't start preaching until 12.45pm! After this we spent the afternoon at a friend's house, relaxing and having a braai, a lovely end to a great weekend.