Nick has just arrived home from taking a lady home after the service. He was supposed to fetch her and another of our ladies for church, but we both completely forgot about it!! Oh dear, that’s terrible. I don’t know how she got to church, but Nick took her home anyway. The service was very good – Nick preached on “The Intermediate State”, i.e. what happens between death and the resurrection and judgment. He felt that this was a necessary message, as so many in our midst believe the wrong thing or are confused.
We took the boys across to Pillings to ride their bikes for a while after lunch, and then a bit later we all went to the pool. I took some beadwork with me, otherwise it can get a bit boring. The boys are wanting to help Nick with getting things ready for church, so at 6.30 they went with him to church to put the bulletins into the songbooks. We’ve introduced pocket money for the boys, with yesterday being the first of their weekly payments of 50p. They have to earn the money though, and their daily responsibilities include making their beds and tidying their rooms at the end of the day, and then they are also required to help in any other ways we deem fit, like helping Nick with mowing the lawn (sweeping the grass up afterwards) and washing the car. So far they are taking their duties very seriously, but are not satisfied with the mundane housework type stuff!
Another thing we can’t get on the island now is fresh fish. There is a fish shortage in the seas! It’s quite bad, actually, and the fisherman are struggling now to make a living. There seems to be a general lack of fish in our surrounds, which is very unusual. We haven’t had tuna steaks once since we’ve been back.
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