A lovely weekend

It's now Monday morning and the sun has just poked his head over the horizon and I have a few minutes to reflect on the weekend. Saturday was a good day, Jules and I managed to achieve most of what we set out to do. The prayer meeting was good. God was so present, it really set up the rest of the weekend. We are so blessed with a wonderful church and leaders/ elders. Our lives would be so dull without the church of Jesus. Well, scripture says that Jesus came to give us not only life, but life abundantly.
Sunday was also a wonderful day. Neither Jules or I were on set-up so we have coffee in bed and just enjoyed each others company, talking together and being together. It was a little bit like being on holiday. Then Church. Wonderful. We had a new "band" leading us in worship, and they were very good. I think this surprised some, but didn't detract from the main subject of worship and God blessed us. Tope Koleoso spoke on Gods amazing Grace with the subject if "Chosen by God". Really good.You can get it at Jubilee Church Sermons along with some other sermons we've been blessed with.

Strange news

This week there have been some strange news items...
A man was charged with damaging a police car after the police car had mounted the pavement and run over his foot braking some bones... he was given the ticket while he was in A & E...
An MEP was found guilty of fraud and jailed for 9 months but still keeps his job as MEP and still gets paid...

Scuba Diving

After another wonderful Sunday morning at church, Jules and I rushed home to collect our things and then off to the local baths (swimming pool) to have our first lesson in scuba diving. Jules is already qualified so for her its just a refresher, but me me, I can swim so I start at the beginning. It was really good. We spent one and a half hours under the water, having a go and succeeding at removing and replacing the mouth piece and mask, which was the most difficult. Good fun though and a good workout for the muscles!

Devon, the weekend away

In the early hours of Saturday morning Jules and I set off for our weekend away in Devon. It was still dark as we packed the Mini and drove off. The sun rose as we headed down the M3 towards Southampton. A bright round red sun rose in the rear view mirror, slowly turning orange and then too bright to look at. Blinding. The majority of cars still had their lights on. Some though didn't. The worst ones were the cars behind, and on a dual carriageway coming up to overtake you, you can't actually see them! Still, we survived the journey. Past Stonehenge in a slow moving stream of traffic, all heading in the same direction with the same intent... getting away for the weekend. It was misty and difficult to see the stones. Some of the sheep where mistaken for the stones until they moved or Jules could see more clearly. Up and down through the Blackdown Hills. Still misty, the sun still rising and the countryside still looking good....
The M5 motorway was a welcome sight. Not long to go... for a coffee. Just down the road for 2 minutes on the left was the slip road for the services and... coffee. By now it was surprisingly busy and a "fight" to get to the toilets was inevertable. With the toilets out of the way, straight to the coffee bar, "Two lattes to go please". Had to make a phone call for the second mortgage to pay for them, but it was worth it. Walked back out to the car and admired two VW camper vans of early vintage. Quite funny really, one was good looking but sounded rough and the other looked rough but sounded good and smooth. Back in the car for the final 40 minutes to Newton Abott.
We spent the day with Matthew, my brother, and his family. He, his wife, Julie, and youngest, Melmel took us into Torquay where we wondered around and had some lunch. A french market, all very expensive food (of sorts) and then icecream, umm yum yum!
The late afternoon was snooze time and then fish and chips on the sea front with Matthew, Julie, daughters and boyfriends... A really good day.
Sunday was a more relaxed affair. Breakfast at the B&B was a good full English. Jules and I then had a prayer time, this was good. Then Devon countryside beckoned. Green bushed and trees hiding wonderful waterfalls, and the views from the top, wow.
Stonehenge on the way home... we didn't pay the £7 each to look at a bunch of stones. It's not as if you can get up close and touch. Hey ho! We took some photos from the road. The drive home was uneventful.

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