Saturday Post -- 10/08/13

James May: Decreasingly uncool; increasingly 'right on'.

You know you’re getting old when...

1. You go upstairs only to forget what you went upstairs for. Only this being Bolivia, you sacrifice half a pint in sweat in the process.
2. This year’s graduating class at your alma mater began their degree the year after the graduating class who began their degree the year after you graduated. (to clarify: it’s eight years since I graduated)
3. Alan Partridge remains hilarious, but he’s also – occasionally, but increasingly – how can one put this…right.
4. This music brings tears to your eyes.
5. Your mother-tongue becomes increasingly infected by your ‘working language’. No further explication required. But I’m definitely not embarazado about it, put it that way.
6. >9.30pm = A Late Night.
7. Your inability to recognise a single ditty by that One Direction mob that everyone (especially one’s sister) prattles on about on Facebook fills your heart with untold gladness and a renewed sense of purpose in life.
8. The summer’s customary excesses diminish, rather than enhance, the appeal of the upcoming football season.
9. No Saturday evening in Bolivia is complete without a couple of hundred decibels’ worth of reggaeton blaring from some neighbour’s back garden – and you can sleep through it.
10. This is easily in the top-five of your ‘reasons to be excited about furlough’.                      See also number 3.

Prayer

• For wisdom as we deal with some difficult, complicated issues in the church right now -- for us both in our capacity as youth leaders, and for Craig on the church leadership team.
• For Amanda's young women's Bible study group. There are some members of the group going through some tough times -- pray that tomorrow evening's study would be a great encouragement for them.

Praise

• For the Lord's goodness to Craig over 31 years and his wonderful plan for the future.
• For some cooler weather this weekend, offering a welcome respite from the heat of tropical Bolivia.

¡Que Dios les bendiga!

Craig & Amanda