Kite

After prayer meeting this morning, there was a bit of a work party organized to do some cleaning in the church. It was a most constructive morning – we cleaned windows, dusted window frames, cleaned dirt off the tops of lights, and so on. There must have been a decade’s worth of dust on the windows, so cleaning them was a pleasure because the difference was so noticeable. I had to climb up a ladder to do some of the outside ones, while Nick held the ladder. There were others inside the church also climbing up ladders and that, so I wasn’t alone. Then, after that, Steve and Maureen took us out to lunch, I think for our anniversary, as they had also given us a gift of Moni’s white grape, a candle, and a chocolate. Nick and I made a kite this afternoon, and the boys woke up during that process. When it was done, we took it to Plantation House to fly it, but on the day we want to fly a kite, there was not enough wind. So we drove further inland where it is ALWAYS windy, but still couldn’t find enough wind. It was just a very calm day, most unusual!

The ministry is really going very well. Tomorrow Nick will be taking one of the prisoners to church, hopefully he won’t run away during the service. I will also be accompanying Nick to the Knollcombes Chapel with the prisoner, but not to look after him, just because I also like to go to the different chapels sometimes. We have shown the two rooms we have renovated to some of the church people who saw the manse before we arrived, who were most impressed with the changes we have made. It is very rewarding to show people and hear their comments and ooh and aahs!