Helter-skelter Saturday

8:30 get up - I have taken to the French idea of the grasse matinée, a lie-in. It's GREAT not to get up at 6am / 6:30 !

10:30 at the church for preparation of order of service for today.

12:30 get home quickly to take kids to Eysines for them to go back to the church with Ben for club.

Type up the Order of Service and send it to all and sundry by email (we're very high tech !)

Quick trip to supermarket for emergency rice and cheese (see below)

Prepare for International Bible study.

Correct error in Order of Service and send it out again ! (Vite fait, mal fait)

At 6 people arrived to eat. "Can we all pile in?" said one of the seven people at Pessac tram stop. "No !" quoth I, "it's against the law, I'll do two trips." We were 12 in total and we ate a super ham, nice chilli (without any chilli in in it) and gorgeous cakes.

Study at 8 on the Bible. Some of these folks have never held a Bible so it was REALLY BASIC !

These meetings are so happy, We're so blessed. Most of the folk who come are Chinese and they just love sitting round the stove and hearing people talk about the rock-bottom basics of what Christians believe (i.e. what the Bible teaches).

After getting people back to the tram stop flop into bed tired but happy in Blyton's immortal words.

( Neglect to update blog )

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