Most of the day today was taken up by serving a meal for a group of senior citizens visiting Holmsted Manor for a Christmas meal. I mainly served drinks, and other liquids, such as gravy and custard (not on the same course!)

After that we had our final outreach meeting before we leave next Wednesday. Here we heard  some quite sad news, which I would ask you to pray about. One of our leaders, I'll call him "Simon", is from India, so he has no trouble getting in to the country. However, to get back in to England, he needs his visa renewed and his passport returned from the visa administration people. So far, he has been waiting several weeks for the return of his passport. He may not get it back in time for the start of outreach, meaning he will have to arrive a few weeks later than the rest of us. Obviously this would not be good! It is possible for the passport to be returned by Wednesday, so please pray it is.

Then we had dinner, and then watched "God's Outlaw", a film about the life of William Tyndale. He gave his life because he wanted to bring the Bible to the people of England in English. It was quite an inspiring story, and made me think about how often I might take the Bible for granted, where I should really be quite thankful that I can read God's word in my own language.