Last night we had a central gathering at the YMCA. It was a good time of vision casting and sharing. Kathryn told us a story from her trip to San Andreas which was cool.

Afterwards we adjourned to our local coffeehouse 'a shot in the dark' for some reluctant farewells. Cil is returning to London to do some pharmacy work and Matt is off to Newcastle to embark on a degree in medicine (after a pre-med year). It's so weird to be saying goodbye to these guys when they've been part of us for a while. God's been working in both of their lives and I'm sure that he has loads of places where he'll take them. It's just sad saying goodbye!

Helen and Viv depart for Southern California on Tuesday, so we won't be seeing them for a while. I'm off to Europe in 2 weeks which is exciting - so much to sort out first though!