Cable Awards and Mbekweni

"Cable Awards“ is a yearly event of in which Media Village presents all the video projects of the past year. Also all the students of the "School of Video Porduction" are awarded and released at this event. It was the first time for me to be part of "Cable Awards" and it was good to see all the things that Media Village is involved in at one glance. I also invited some friends so that they can see what i am doing all day.

I went to Mbekweni over the weekend, a Township in Paarl. I told you before about the fact that a part of David's family lives there. This time we stayed a little longer so I could get to know them better.

It was a blessed time and the hospitality threw me out of my socks once again. On Saturday we went for a drive around. It seems like Mbekweni turns into a huge party over the weekend. Every age group is present, the houses play loud music, children dance on the streets.

We went to the church service on Sunday morning and half an hour into the service I was asked to give a short message. The bible reading was from Matthew 11:28: "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." I used this passage to share about the fact that Jesus seeks for a personal relationship with us. I found in some traditional churches that the hierarchy causes people to put their hopes too much in the faith of their leaders. The individuals in the congragation do not have strong relationships with Jesus, because they rely on the fact that the priest or the pastor knows the bible and prays. We also did some typical African singing and dancing. Here is some proof that I was part of it.

The house of the family.