Not a Haven for Caleb!

At the moment of writing, 18h41, it’s pouring with rain. It started at about 5 pm, and has been pretty wet since then. The day has been very good – it was a combined service today, so Nick has been home with us all day! The morning was extremely relaxed and pleasant, since we weren’t doing a tea today, so there was no extensive setting up to be done – just the bulletins and getting the songs ready. I made a new dish for lunch today, as I had the right ingredients available for a Hawaiian chicken but couldn’t find any one recipe that suited me, so I concocted my own using a combination of recipes – the end result was delicious and very easy. Church itself was good, I think – lots of people, and a lot of visitors too. I went out for Sunday School so can’t comment on the message, except to say that it was Nick’s last one in his series in John. After church there was a brief interlude during which people stood in the street and chatted – actually a much more sociable event than having tea in the schoolroom – and then we were due at the Haven at 3.30 for a short service for the old people. During this time, Caleb, Aaron and Kieran were playing outside on their own, and Caleb ran into the sharp corner of a window frame, so his head opened up and blood issued forth. It was quite a small hole, actually, but we could only see the size of it once the nurses had cleaned him up. Caleb was not happy about being nursed – not that he was crying, but I think he didn’t like all the fuss, and also kept trying to dodge the nurse who had to apply the wet cotton wool quite firmly.