Church was good this morning. Lots of people who have been on holiday over the last few weeks were back and that swelled our numbers. Also getting quite a few new people turning up who are returning on subsequent weeks - all very encouraging. Owen and Kim came round for lunch and then we went and looked at some houses they had seen - problem is that looking at a few lovely old but refurbished house has given me really itchy feet just when I thought I had settled down - Oh dear!!
Great programme on TV - Long Way Down featuring Charlie Borman and Ewan Magregor's motorbike ride from John O'Groats to Cape Town, S. Africa. Brilliant "Boys Own" adventure stuff but dangerously infectious. Maybe not a motorbike ride the length of Afica but perhaps around Northern Scotland next Spring.
Sunday, 28 October 2007
Saturday, 27 October 2007
27th October
We have been back from India for over a week now and settling back into home life. India was a little different on this occasion. The first week all our plans seemed to fall apart as one of our hosts became ill and another was visiting England!! However, despite the disappointments and frustrations we managed to accomplish quite a bit and got a better understanding of even more.
The second week went more according to plan and some useful work was done as well as one or two new contacts being established. I think everybody enjoyed the experience and with one or two minor ailments everyone managed to stay well throughout the trip. The logistics for moving seven people around Northern India in two smaller groups so that we would not bring undue attention to ourselves was a new experience for me but I think it worked. The churches that we visited and the Bible Schools that we taught in were full of very rewarding experiences and I only wish we could have had longer in each place. Once again the greatest and most lasting impression I take home with me is off the people who have to be some of the friendliest and most hospitable on earth. We are now developing a team of seasoned and committed people. This was my 6th visit, Linda and Kevin's 3rd and Lucy and Andy's 2nd, with May and Maggie making their 1st visit. Feedback so far is that all of the regulars intend to visit again in the next year or so.
It's strange having left India where the temperature was around 33 degrees and coming back to cold, dark, grey England. But it is so beautiful, as I commented to Mary when we went for our Wednesday trek around a North Yorkshire reservoir. The air is so clean and the colours so gentle on the eye. Since being home I have managed to get my head around work again, have made one visit to the climbing wall in Leeds, three visits to the Gym and we have had a stopover visit from Dan, Kim and Dominic last Wednesday. I have had some short rides on my motorbike and a couple of decent cycle rides to and from the gym over the last seven days. My fitness levels seem to be up to where they were before going to India and I'm feeling quite well at present. I have made an early New Years Resolution - to get to bed well before midnight every night and over the last week or so I have managed to do so. Tonight the clocks go back an hour and we plunge into the beginning of winter - at least we get an extra hour in bed.
The second week went more according to plan and some useful work was done as well as one or two new contacts being established. I think everybody enjoyed the experience and with one or two minor ailments everyone managed to stay well throughout the trip. The logistics for moving seven people around Northern India in two smaller groups so that we would not bring undue attention to ourselves was a new experience for me but I think it worked. The churches that we visited and the Bible Schools that we taught in were full of very rewarding experiences and I only wish we could have had longer in each place. Once again the greatest and most lasting impression I take home with me is off the people who have to be some of the friendliest and most hospitable on earth. We are now developing a team of seasoned and committed people. This was my 6th visit, Linda and Kevin's 3rd and Lucy and Andy's 2nd, with May and Maggie making their 1st visit. Feedback so far is that all of the regulars intend to visit again in the next year or so.
It's strange having left India where the temperature was around 33 degrees and coming back to cold, dark, grey England. But it is so beautiful, as I commented to Mary when we went for our Wednesday trek around a North Yorkshire reservoir. The air is so clean and the colours so gentle on the eye. Since being home I have managed to get my head around work again, have made one visit to the climbing wall in Leeds, three visits to the Gym and we have had a stopover visit from Dan, Kim and Dominic last Wednesday. I have had some short rides on my motorbike and a couple of decent cycle rides to and from the gym over the last seven days. My fitness levels seem to be up to where they were before going to India and I'm feeling quite well at present. I have made an early New Years Resolution - to get to bed well before midnight every night and over the last week or so I have managed to do so. Tonight the clocks go back an hour and we plunge into the beginning of winter - at least we get an extra hour in bed.
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