Greetings from Bristol!

So. I'm here. In fact I'm sat in front of Points West (!?) in my living room. Wi Fi is working, my room is pretty much unpacked, and I'm beginning to find my way round the City.

I do love Bristol: such a variety of stuff and people and all that!

House is OK, its all quite random and stuff but feels mighty peaceful.

We start tomorrow: church at ECFC (thats Easton Christian Family Centre, the largest of the four churches we'll be hanging out in). I'm quite looking forward to getting going though am a little bit tired already!

And yes, I miss Luton already. Mainly just people. Its bizarre because Bristol is just so good that I want to share it with people. I can visualise who would enjoy what and how they would get excited and stuff and that makes me want them all here! So come on folks, Bristol is calling!

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Anonymous said…

I'm glad you are settling in so well. Don't you worry, we will be down to visit soon. We are missing you here already :) Love Jo

11:24 pm

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... piano? It occurred to me yesterday as i nursed ANOTHER bruise on my arm.. that I have had a piano sat in my hallway for 2 months! It seemed like such a good idea at the time but apparently is not... its stuck there and everytime I walk down my hall I have to squeeze past the darn thing- often not successfully! A number of options lie before me: -chop the thing into several hundred pieces -find lots of people who want to move it.. to where I'm not sure -sell it -give it away -pray it away It goes next weekend.. even if it kills me... which it might.. hummm

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