Day: April 5, 2011

When I started planning this deputation trip, I first thought I would hire a car to move around. But as meetings started being planned, I realised that most of these could be easily reached on the train, and decided to have a go at it and travel on public transport. if you plan ahead, you can get cheap train tickets. I bought them on the web, and I retrieve them at the stations on the tickets machines. It is quite cheap (I think slightly cheaper than hiring a car). One advantage is that I can relax and rest. I have been able to read through one of Tim Keller’s books yesterday (prodigal God), and through half of Francis chan’s “Crazy Love” today.

It is working well. I have had a great time with the various people who have given me hospitality. Trains have been on time…

I am in Cardiff tonight where I spoke in the local Welsh Evangelical Church. It is good to be back ‘home’, although a bit strange. It is both encouraging and humbling to realise the support and love we get from home. We thank God for His people and for all the folks behind us in this great work. The meeting went fine, although I did speak a bit more than I hoped.

I had a strange experience tonight while speaking. I would usually turn my phone off when speaking in public, but I didn’t bother tonight since only Esther knows my British mobile number. You guess what happened. the phone rang in the middle of the presentation. it is a “skypephone” from 3 mobile. I get free skype calls on it. A friend from Cardiff (you know who you are), was trying to get in touch with Esther through skype. I didn’t answer, but I guessed that was the reason because I know who was trying to phone. I didn’t answer, and felt a bit silly. Here’s the lesson: always put your phone on silent, even if no-one is going to phone you. I should know, it has happened to me before. I was even thinking about it on the way to the meeting, but thought that was silly, and no-one would phone me. When will I learn?