Old pals

Over the weekend we had the opportunity to catch up with some valued friends and confidantes.


We love Amanda's extended family and they are a great source of support to us both. Amanda's uncle and aunt, Jerry and Dorothy Chee, have long taken an interest in us. Jerry and his wife work in full-time Christian ministry with Power to Change and, as such, have been ideally placed to advise us over the last eighteen months. At this stage of our journey, it's good to have close at hand the kind of people who are not only a source of Christian wisdom and encouragement, but also, as it were, 'mission-minded'. As ever, we spent an evening of food, fun and fellowship (TM & (C) Alan S. Cunningham) with them and benefitted from their wise counsel regarding our ministry.


The next day (Saturday) we travelled west to Hamilton to drop in on Don and Wendy Grant, who were a great help to Amanda while at university there (even helping her, in a roundabout way, to find work in Scotland!) and who have since become firm friends of Craig, too. It was a pleasure to catch up with them and a particular delight to meet their new grandson, Noah. While there, Deanna Carr, another of Amanda's old uni friends, came to say hello. As our weekend drew to a close, we felt that strange mixture of physical exhaustion yet genuine refreshment.