Quick update
Pat - in fine fettle! She likes nothing more, I think, than nursing the children. She and Catrin have done lots of things today. Catrin writes long stories and Pat has been helping her prepare one to send off to someone.
Gwilym - also in fine fettle. He had a nasty cough and lost his voice on Wednesday (it's an ill wind!) but he was fine by teatime.
Catrin - conjunctivitis clearing up nicely, with the help of two types of drops, medicine to take and eye patches! She'll be back to school on Monday.
Me - I am OK, though finding it all a struggle. Well, no - finding the language a struggle. I struggle on the phone. I struggle taking the Bible study. I struggle writing letters and e-mails. I sign things knowing that there's no way I could read or understand everything on every page. Thankfully the banks provide English translations, but they are non-contractual. Mind you, would I understand all the small print in Britain?
Still, I just took a quick dose of a Bach motet "Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir" (Fear not, I am with you), a setting of parts of Isaiah 41. I sang in this many years ago in the Aberystwyth Bach Society Choir. Brilliant.
Then you read Isaiah 41, and it puts a bit of backbone back into you...
Now I am listening to a sermon by Florent Varak (Lyon) and he's talking about Moses spending 40 years in the sticks talking to sheep.
Yes. It's OK, really, isn't it! In fact, when you think about 2 Corinthians 12 : 9 & 10 it's better than OK.
The week ahead: As well as one-to-one stuff, I am taking the English class today (top set!), the church midweek meeting on Wednesday, possibly a Bible Study on Thursday evening, English class next Saturday and then preaching on Sunday. That's more like it. Getting closer to a Deeside workload!
Gwilym - also in fine fettle. He had a nasty cough and lost his voice on Wednesday (it's an ill wind!) but he was fine by teatime.
Catrin - conjunctivitis clearing up nicely, with the help of two types of drops, medicine to take and eye patches! She'll be back to school on Monday.
Me - I am OK, though finding it all a struggle. Well, no - finding the language a struggle. I struggle on the phone. I struggle taking the Bible study. I struggle writing letters and e-mails. I sign things knowing that there's no way I could read or understand everything on every page. Thankfully the banks provide English translations, but they are non-contractual. Mind you, would I understand all the small print in Britain?
Still, I just took a quick dose of a Bach motet "Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir" (Fear not, I am with you), a setting of parts of Isaiah 41. I sang in this many years ago in the Aberystwyth Bach Society Choir. Brilliant.
Then you read Isaiah 41, and it puts a bit of backbone back into you...
Now I am listening to a sermon by Florent Varak (Lyon) and he's talking about Moses spending 40 years in the sticks talking to sheep.
Yes. It's OK, really, isn't it! In fact, when you think about 2 Corinthians 12 : 9 & 10 it's better than OK.
The week ahead: As well as one-to-one stuff, I am taking the English class today (top set!), the church midweek meeting on Wednesday, possibly a Bible Study on Thursday evening, English class next Saturday and then preaching on Sunday. That's more like it. Getting closer to a Deeside workload!
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Just so that you know that you're not alone in your struggles. We took our youth group swimming last night, or not as the case was. The baths were closed and so were the other nearest ones. We took them for chips and brought them back to church for an hour to play games. Not the most efficient way to impress two of them who were new! It's just as well they behaved really well as we were only two leaders. Young people are very gracious sometimes - not one of them complained. (So not so much of a struggle really.)
So yes, on one level a bit of a disaster, but there again in the big scheme of things who knows?