Friday, December 25, 2009
Captain John Millbank Algoa Bay Port Elizabeth
Catain John Millbank was the skipper on the Chapman which brought some of the 1820 Settlers to Port Elizabeth.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Port Elizabeth 1862
This Picture shows Port Elizabeth and Algoa Bay in 1862 a thriving town since the first settlers arrived in 1820. The last ships with paid fares by the British government was in 1859 after which people had to pay for passage themselves. In any event most of the potential settlers decided to stay well clear because of the Frontier Wars which were widely known back home so it was difficult for the British government to source large groups of willing immigrants to Africa. Many of us who live in Africa sympathise with the decisions which were made by our kith and kin and if having the resources and the means would choose to go back to our homeland.
Paper Clips - The Genocide of the Jews
A Story on DVD set in An American School concerning a project exposing the genocide of the Jews. A must see for everyone!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
A Blessed 2009 Christmas to All Port Elizabethan's
THE CHRISTMAS GIFT
Bright packages of different shapes and colours at the tree,
With bows of gold, and tinsel, so beautiful to see;
Yet these gifts are of no value or use to anyone
unless they're handed out with care and the wrapping is undone.
My life is like a package - I must give and share myself,
I am here to be a blessing, not remain upon the shelf;
My gift wrap may be wrinkled and lumpy, worn and tired
whilst the parcels all around are more appealing and desired.
It is the gift within me that is what the Lord can use
He wants me to be faithful, not to care what others choose;
So when I see, at Christmas, all the parcels on display,
It is the gifts that matter - the wrapping is thrown away.
Christ is the first, most precious gift God gave to all the earth,
And at this time we celebrate the wonder of His birth,
But the wrappings that surrounded Him were not what man expected,
a smelly, crude old stable, and the Son of God rejected.
So I should never feel despair if I was never made
to be the choicest package, as the wrapping will just fade;
For all external beauty soon ages and decays;
May my life be beautiful to God, and useful, all my days.
"Man looks on the outward appearance whilst God looks on the heart:. 1 Samuel 16:7b.
Reproduced by kind permission
SJA
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
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