New group

We went along to our new bible study home group for the first time tonight. They all seem like a lovely bunch - Lisa, Steve, Anthony, Al, Blair and Amy. Joanne and I really appreciated being back part of a group again. It's been a long time since mid-July when our groups on the barge ended. Everyone was really welcoming. It was so encouraging. Of course it's going to take time to build up the accountability and support and encouragement network through these brothers and sisters but at least it's the first step.

Tomorrow we're going round for dinner at Simon and Rebekah's, a couple we met at St John's a few weeks ago. It turns out Simon was over in the UK a few years back and was at St Helen's at the same time as us, just before we left for the barge. He remembered us from chatting together on one of the weekends away, probably the one I flew back from New York for. Small world, eh?