Restitution
2007-06-18, Kleinmond, South Africa. By: mdmather

We left the Grail this morning and stopped over at Mthimkulu Village on the way out. It was really stunning to see the work there that they had just begun last December shortly after they acquire...

NEVER GIVE UP
2007-06-17, Kleinmond, South Africa. By: mdmather

The next two Sundays we will be on the road traveling (to and from the safari) so this Sunday (Father's Day here in South Africa as well as back in the U.S.) we decided to head to worship at the JL Zw...

Poinsettias are a Pentecost Flower
2007-06-16, Kleinmond, South Africa. By: mdmather

Saturday morning we all got moving late. Conor didn’t get up until after 10. Around 9:45 we heard the dogs erupt in a loud fight. I figured a neighboring dog had wandered into the Grail Centree and...

The Grail
2007-06-15, Kleinmond, South Africa. By: mdmather

On Mother’s Day we went to see the musical Spam-a-lot at the Murat in Indianapolis. It is about the quest for the Holy Grail. Now here we are staying at the Grail Centre in Kleinmond, South Africa. ...

Mornings in the Mountains, Afternoon at the Ocean
2007-06-14, Kleinmond, South Africa. By: mdmather

We got up nice and late (and cold) this morning. I got the fire going before the others got up. After breakfast we all went on a hike to the mountains, just across the road from us. It was an incre...

“Keep the Baboons out of your room.”
2007-06-13, Kleinmond, South Africa. By: mdmather

This is what Ruth, the manager at the Grail Centre, in Kleinmond, said to us as we were checking in. She said, “they’ve figured out how to open the doors, but not to use keys.” She explained that th...