My dear husband is poorly…(but not so pitiable that he's bed-ridden, as evidenced above). We went to the doctor this morning and he has a viral throat infection. After more than an hour and a half of waiting, he was seen for ten minutes and prescribed aspirin with which to gargle! (To his great angst they do not dissolve like regular disprin so he finds himself swishing a lot of pieces around). Certainly beats the brown ones though…this hearkens back to a few years ago where Nick helped himself to a disprin from the medicine box for some mild ailment and the pill was brown…he thought it was a new variant – some chewable type – so he popped it in and ground it up. For a moment he wondered why it tasted like marmite until it occurred to him that the offensive little pill was severely out of date and quite off.
The hospital visit was followed by lunch at the Consulate, for a change – the courtyard where the tables are is under cover, so will be frequented by us during the rainy season as an alternative to Sally’s. We were joined by Danny, a fellow Christian and musician.
Here are Mike and Allison, the Christian couple who are overseeing the new bible study that has been started up as as a result of the Ascension Island Mission. Below them are Mervyn and Sylvia - he is a lay preacher in the Anglican Church. Nick will be sending a CD containing 100 MP3 studies on 'training for the ministry' to him. 
'Hash' on Ascension refers to a run or walk with a group, followed by a drink and perhaps something to snack on. Nick joined Mike and Allison on a hash at Bullock's Ponds.
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