Sunday morning and removals

Morning service at Firth Park joined by some members of our family worship centre congregation. It was in fact good to be back with smiling friendly faces. The challenge now is to get back into the routine and find ways of developing the work at Firth Park whose location at the heart of the area is so obvious the place to be. So come the new Methodist year we will all need to get stuck into the community afresh.

On Monday it was a trip over to Lincoln to take the various items collated to help equip the house for Eric, Mary and family when they arrive from Ghana. It all went very smoothly from picking goods up and getting there and back in the same day so I didnt have to lose time on Tuesday taking the hire van back. People have been extremely generous and supportive. I will look forward to seeing the family when they arrive and renewing our friendship.

back in action and a rest day cat sitting

Back in action and a rest day cat sitting

Well it didn't take long . A trawl through my e.mails deleting the majority revealed what has and has not been happening within the circuit. Playing catch up means taking  on board lots of information without having been party to the various conversations. It just shows how as wonderful as modern technology is e.mails in themselves can muddy the waters. They just don't convey what you need to know and increasingly I will want to avoid using them in future.

So I am still left wondering what can be really done to lighten  my pastoral load and I am not very hopeful. But I remain determined not to return to a manic work pattern. So its two sessions a day.

So following meetings on Wednesday we had a rest day swap. This saw us go into action to help daughter number two as a gap in cat sitting had arisen. So a trip south saw two very happy cats greet us as we walked into feed them. Meg and Jeffrey house cats and the later a very nervous character. For once they allowed us to stroke them they know which side their butter is on!

So day off saw us give morning and evening feeds and then a morning feed and trip back to Sheffield. So what to do with a rest day?

Well it turned into a lovely day as we headed first into Banbury

and then a visit to Broughton Castle and grounds.

The history was fascinating and the gardens a delight. So back to work once more and services at Pitsmoor and Warren this weekend.

On saying goodbye to the cats we had to go and find them with Meg sitting happily on a cottage beam.

Even a day away meant the garden began to wilt without a daily water. So its harvest more courgettes,

and see the green beans at last getting going. Finally I spotted a tomato is beginning to turn red at last.
While in Banbury we succumb to temptation as they had a market and we ended up buying another climbing rose.