Sandi

Our church has a new member of staff. His name is Sandi and Sandi comes from South Africa. He will be working with us for 8 months.

A little time ago the ruling Kirk Session (of Elders) decided that it wanted to employ a 'gap year' student. It advertised locally, and then in England with no result. Finally Sandi's application came in from South Africa!

Sandi became a Christian at the age of 20. He is now in his late 20s and has spent three years serving on the Doulos, the ship owned by Operation Mobilisation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mobilisation

Sandi is from Cape Province, and Cape Town in particular. His native language is Xhosa. Xhosa is a click language and the 'Xh' of Xhosa is itself a click. I hope Sandi has taught me how to master it. It seems to be produced by a rapid opening of the glottis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xhosa_language

Since his arrival, Sandi has charmed all. His spoken English is good. We shall have to see what God has planned for his future.