Give...please?

It’s pretty cold and somewhat windy this evening…the weather today has been totally unpredictable from one hour to the next. The sun was out at 6.30 am, but an hour later it was raining. Seemed to alternate between sun and rain on an hourly basis for the rest of the day. I didn’t even try a load of washing. Over breakfast we were listening to the radio, following the 7 am news, and when Aaron heard the music he said, quite annoyed, “This isn’t about Jesus!” and quickly put on a Christian CD! Caleb was feeling poorly today, but he managed school fine, and was practically dozing on the couch by the time we got to the last read-aloud. Nick went off during the morning to the Manse, to meet with a contractor to give him a quote – he has been promised a written quote in 2 weeks’ time. That will give us a better idea of our goal. This coming Friday and Saturday we are having a 24-hour sponsored Bible Reading event – 48 people are needed to read for half an hour each, starting at 12 noon on Friday and ending at 12 noon on Saturday. Before it happens though, we have to go about collecting sponsorships. I asked my ladies at craft group this afternoon, and they all sponsored quite generously, and then after supper Nick and I did our worst thing ever of going door-to-door begging sponsorships. People are being quite good about giving though. I commented to Nick that I felt like the Israelites before leaving Egypt, approaching their Egyptian neighbours and asking for articles of gold and silver – which the Egyptians willingly handed over!