Exciting news

Jenny and I are just about coming down to earth after hearing two weeks ago that our Mercy Ships family is returning to the UK in July. For nearly 8 years Olly, Sally, Noah and Anna have been Mercy Ships volunteers, living, working and going to school on hospital ships. They have served in 14 countries on three continents and are currently in Sierra Leone. Libby joined them when she was adopted from a Liberian orphanage in 2005. Please think about them, and pray for them, as they prepare to return to the relative affluence of the UK after the poverty of West Africa. Photo shows the family (and Jenny) together in South Africa last Christmas. If you would like to know more about Mercy Ships, or to volunteer yourself, log on to http://www.mercyships.org.uk/

Family weekend

Ben, Claire, Thomas and Sophie have just left us after a lovely weekend together during which Claire's parents were also with us for two nights. We played croquet, both on our small lawn and the official croquet lawn, French cricket on the Millennium Green, Chickenfoot on the kitchen table, watched the Formula 1 race in Monaco, the Manchester United v Barcelona football match, Britain's Got Talent, and Peppa Pig., ate quite a lot and drank some lovely wines in moderation. But most of all we talked, about the past, present and future, especially making plans for when Olly and family come home in July (see next item). The weather was dry Friday, Saturday and Sunday but this morning the heavens opened, the rain came down and there was nothing much to do but look at our screens and research a car for Olly when he returns.