Apr 2nd To Swanwick. Former Missionaries Fellowship supper and This is your Life. Lots of old friends.
3rd Dopey in not very inspiring meetings.
4th Left Swanwick after lunch. Mixed feelings. Action Partners is in the past for me.
5th Brian Huseland to dinner.
9th Led Good Friday service for Bill who lunched with us. J&co here for tea.
11th Preached Easter Day evening.
12th Family taken to expensive Syon Park butterfly house. J&co left.
17th Surprise successful Ruby wedding party for Littles. His sister and husband here overnight.
18th Preached 1sam 12.
19th We are to have a referendum on EU constitution.
20th Hristo to dinner.
23rd IPC commission met. Me, PL, Bob H. Need Nikides to reconcile.
24th 2oo miles to Culcheth. Met with Roy and mark who came with me to Oxford. he is a hopeless navigator. Lots of old friends including Roes at Joe's 70th.
25th PL on the writing on the wall. Eric and Chis from Oz to lunch.Larsons on Afghanistan. Bulgarian pastor staying a week.
26th Our visitor was a driver then police before seminary.
29th Session. PL full of plans for more workers. I am reluctant to back his faith. Where is the giving?
30th Commission met with BN. Very emotional over hurt with City of Peace. Planned the way ahead.
May 1st To Braithwaites. Only for Cowper garden and museum. Newtons church. tea with Europhile lawyer who negotiated the constitution and is against it. Old pals at Larson's Afghan evening.
2nd Led for PL who was good on Daniel in lions' den. Larson's to lunch. With Deb to saracens v Sale. Very good game with our hero Jason Robinson. Led for Elliott, Thy kingdom come. Met with City of Peace who will come under care.
3rd IPC barbecue. Chat with Elliott.
4th K's Central Middleex appointment cancelled due to a death.
Pathetic.
7th To Hayes for CPA committee but only one attendee. A charismatic nutter and experienced Hounslow independent councillor.
8th Spoke at Kingston ordination of three elders and two pastors. Over 200 congregation. With Hosiers to Gunnersbury and Iain Murray on Wesley and Whitfield.
Leeds relegated.
9th PL good on Dan 7. Kurt P to lunch. Walked to the ugly Alperton Hindu temple.
10th With PL and MH to Affinity in Reading. Formerly BEC. Met general secretary Jonathan Stephens.
11th Talked to 94 year old Mr Olley who walks regularly in the park. My other nonagenarian customer, Karl Ruge, was to die at 99. A refugee from Nazi Germany his ancestor had been an exile with Marx and Engels.
12th Cousin Arthur proves to be the black sheep the family leaving his wife for a married woman who hails from Greenford. I wrote a very forthright letter to him.
15th To the house of millionaire Harts next to Wenger's in Totteridge with Deb. In his BMW to chelsea 1 Leeds 0. Like an exhibition. No passion. Autograph from Johny Vaughan.
16th PaulWilliamson, master at Eton, Ps 5. Taught maths to harry and rugby to William. PL Joh 4. I presided at table.
20th Session much more encouraging these days.
22nd Mound stand Lords. Cold. England lead over NZ. Two Scawen Blunts buried there. parents of the bishop<
23rd Enjoyed PL who skipped Dan 8.
27th Asked board for 6%.
28th 4.5% rise.
29th MB needs a cylinder of oxygen daily.
30th PL good on Dan 10 and Joh 4. Eric Larson and family present. He is in Middle eastern intelligence. Formerly in special forces.
31st J&co here. Saw Wembley arch being raised.
Jun 1st Canterbury. Bay Window Inn, Littlebarn. Elizabeth apprehensive about planned inducing. Vietnamese restaurant £80 for four. Tasty bout pricey.
2nd Waked round Patrixbourne. Two Scawen Blunts buried there. Parents of the bishop? Higham House. lovely gardens. Chitty Chitty Band bang was there and Ian Fleming who gave Bond the number of the coach he travelled in from London. Elizabeth in hospital to be induced.
3rd Sandwich nature reserve. Norman St Mary's church on Saxon site. Bought wine at vineyard of a chemist who Pfizer develop Viagra locally. Elizabeth on inducing drip.
4th 8lb 13oz Sahara Kate by C section. Visited them. To Faversham and nature reserve.
5th Sandfire Ho reclaimed with Chunnel waste. Hospital. baby fine. Mother in pain.
6th Commissioning Larsons for Afghanistan then pot luck. Big D Day commemoration.
7th AGM. Elizabeth home.
8th I have visited her regularly but finding Madeline unresponsive.
10th Half day drive to Canterbury and back leaving K there. London end EU elections. Voted CPA. Too tired to stay up for results.
11th Visited MB who is worried about TB. Labour and CPA did badly in elections. Red Ken back in.
12th Synod at Greatham with Romania, France, Italy, Belgium, Korea, England. Handed moderator role to Bill N.
13th PL on Ps 6. Lost to France in Euro.
14th Big boost for UKIP in EU election.
15th k to Central Middlesex for an epidural with no effect.
16th Elders prayer. PL says I should not fall asleep in meetings (sleep apnoea undiagnosed) To anoint and pray for LB's healing.
17th Fever. Antibiotic. Locus for afternoon.
18th Again locus for half the day due to bad left foot.
19th Big IPC pig roast farewell to Boddingrons.
20th Les am and introduced OM tam. Visited MB and talked of funeral plans. Preached 1Sam 13.
21st England 4 Croatia 2. Became part of my memorable numbers.
22nd Last elders with PB.
24th Eng 2 Portugal @ and out on penalties.
26th My first Eurostar to Paris for ordinations of Joel and Nick.
27th Jerram Barrs Ps 10. Internationals lunch at IPC cooked by Katy. Preached Rut 1 at City of Peace.
28thb K Northwick Park xray of wrist then Italian restaurant with Littles senior.
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