I went to the podiatrist today. It was a bit weird being there for half an hour with a mask on, but the hardest thing was getting there. I'm getting to the point where I'm hoping the enforced social distancing doesn't last much longer because when you're I'm to cross the busy road, with people walking in pairs towards me from both directions, it ( Read more... )

Online summer school didn't go quite as well as I hoped, although it was entertaining on the zoom call this morning when the speaker began sounding like a dalek ( Read more... )

Since I'm writing this at the start of the day, I'm going to write this as a "to-do" list, and I might not complete activities in the order given below ( Read more... )

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There were tube strikes again today; I got on surprisingly well at finding other routes to reach work ( Read more... )

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A lot of people from church are just about to leave, mostly internationals who are going back home, and others who are just continuing their ministry elsewhere in the world. Some of them are people I know quite well, so it's going to be really hard to see them leave. We had a prayer meeting to talk about their aspirations though, and it was good to ( Read more... )

Today I heard a good talk at church about evangelism and how to talk to others about Jesus. I'm never sure how to start discussing this, but as I left the church with a colleague, into the pouring rain, he pointed out a guy who had been out there all the time, in his raincoat, looking cold, who was working on the pond outside ( Read more... )

I went to Midweek last night for the prayer meeting; we mostly sat around, sharing chocolates and jelly babies in between saying prayers for each other and the church ( Read more... )