Safely returned and seranaded

Sunday dawned bright and clear - indeed, the boys and I were so thankful for beautiful weather for our 15-minute walk to church. John preached in Nick's absence, an excellent message on Heb 12:1-3 - what a wonderful reminder to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith. The Kempfs kindly and spontaneously took us in for lunch, but before going to their place we swung by the school...we had been alerted that there had been a break-in, but in fact it was more a case of straightforward vandalism - 28 windows were broken, apparently around 7 am that morning. What a tragedy, especially as the school doesn't have insurance for broken windows - it's way too expensive, and the excess would have been more than the breakages. It's a big blow to the school. Lunch was excellent, and Nick met us there around 2.30 - so great to have him back as always! He stayed for a quick cup of coffee and then we left so he could go over his sermon notes, and I needed to bake a cake for after church as we had invited people to stay for a cup of tea and piece of cake in honour of Nick's birthday. Had a good time of fellowship afterwards although Nick was fairly exhausted after his weekend, and still recovering from the recent bug, so glad to relax at home afterwards.