Of course the danger then is that people stop checking for updates.
So I will try a lot harder to write more regularly.
Last week was my first trip to visit contacts for the ship ministry. I spent 3 days in and around Belfast. it was great meeting up with supporters of the Logos Hope who had been involved in the visit to Belfast last year. I also caught up with a number of friends who have been on the ships in the past. One of my goals for this visit was to find out how much appetite there is for supporting the ship ministry on an ongoing basis and whether we can raise some teams to come out to Logos Hope from Northern Ireland.
Another key objective was to try and get some people excited about coming to Beirut in December to see the ship in action.
Overall it was a very encouraging visit and I certainly found a number of people who are very excited about the ship ministry. It was also great to stay with my Aunt who lives in Ballymena and to be visiting for something other than a funeral.
After getting back from Northern Ireland on Thursday, we welcomed ship friends to the house on Friday for tea (dinner / supper depending on where you come from) Becky and Alison were on a tour of various ship friends around the country so it was good to catch up with them.
Then on Saturday morning, we were off bright and early to the airport to fly down to London for a wedding. Chris had been the chief electrician on Logos Hope throughtout the project years and he was marrying a fellow Londoner, Sara, who had worked for me in the business centre onboard.
It was great to see many ship friends at the wedding and we all enjoyed the day, despite a bitter cold couple of hours spent outside on the lawn. The kids did very well and kept dancing until the newly weds left at around 10.30pm.
On Sunday we take the opportunity to meet up with Heather's cousin who just had a baby a couple of weeks ago. Once again we saw that Liam and Kara just love babies and are always keen for a cuddle. Doesn't mean we will be getting one though!
This week it's back to a bit more normal work at the computer but in another week I'm back down south for a full day at a church in Essex.
The kids are now fully involved in lots of clubs and activities after school and in the evenings and are loving it. Liam is learning to Street dance as well as diving, running, athletics and Boys Brigade. Kara is also running and doing athletics and Girls brigade. She is doing swimming in school while Liam is doing cycling.
Heather has been offered work as a nurse at a travel clinic, a job she is well qualified for and she is very interested in that idea. So we'll see what happens regarding hours etc.
On Sunday, she is doing her second big race in a month - the Kilamathon. 26.3km from Edinburgh, over the Forth bridge and back. She hopes to do a full marathon next year.
Well that's all for now.
