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Weekends are a time for rest????????

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An update of the weekend........... they always start on Friday, don't they.............. with an expectation of a rest............. a quiet time............. a chance to re-charge the batteries

So what do we do Friday???? We get in the car about 7am and start out on a 5 1/2 hour journey to Frinton, on the south east coast, to see Gill's Mum, and sister Susan and husband Ben.

It's great to see them and we scoff down Fish and Chips (not great for the diet) in Sue & Ben's lounge before heading off to Southend.

What are we doing in Southend???

Gill is speaking at a women's conference called 'Flourish' at Westcliffe Baptist Church.

Did you know Southend has the longest pier in the World. It's so long you need to take a 5 minute train ride (or walk for over 30 minutes) to get to the ends of it.

We stayed overnight in a hotel on the seafront. Amazingly in mid October it's warm. Over 18 C.

The conference was well attended with about 60 ladies from all over the Southend area and from many different churches

Gill spoke from the story of Rahab. It was totaly brill although I'm probably very biased in my opinion

If you click this link below you can see some footage from my camera phone

Click Here for one

and here for another

Then it was back in the car for another 5 hours back home. we talked about the possibility of starting Gill's Women's ministry called 'Daughters' again in North Wales. If you'd like to see it at i61, please comment here

Sunday was superb........ it was the dedication of Natalie and Kyria and we were packed with over 100 people crammed into our church/pub. Still waiting to see if we have any pics of that.

Fantastic time, we were all so blessed. Everyone cried at the clips of the babies growing up. Fab time.

Oh well, Sunday evening we crashed and watched Columbo............ Restful weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you God for our baby girls!

This sunday at i61 at 11am we're having a baby dedication for two gorgeous little girls,

It's good to thank God for our children, his gifts to us...

At i61 we don't baptize babies, we wait for them to be old enough to make their own decision for God, instead we celebrate and thank God for them, and ask for his blessing, protection and favour to be upon them..
It's going to be a time of celebration and fun, a one hour meeting and we will be having a buffet afterwards and a bouncy castle for the kids. Come join us!

NBT ?

If it's God do it (and if it's not, STAY AT HOME STUPID)

Ever had one of those days where you think - I just wish I hadn't bothered - well that's how Thursday went for me....................
We finished the i61 Wednesday Deeper meeting at about 10pm and I looked at my watch wondering how quickly i could get away. My morning train was leaving Colwyn Bay at 5.25AM................ which meant getting up at some ridiculous hour of the night to have a quick shower and make it down the the station in time.

Getting up went well and I made the train on time (this was probably the highlight of the day as the rest was downhill). 4 hours to Cardiff, the only interesting bit was when all the school kids (of a very psoh school) got onto the train at Ludlow and absolutely crammed it to capacity for two stops. They all got off at Hereford. Boy did it go quiet...................

Arrived Cardiff almost on time, it began to rain and I had almost a mile to walk. I thought about a taxi and decided it was only drizzling so set off walking. Half way, the heavens opened

I walked as fast as I could but, trust me it makes no difference, you still arrived SOAKED. Then came the toughest preach I've ever done ever and probably will ever do. There were about 80 delegates in the main hall for the opening session, the welcome and they would be breaking up into 3 seminars after the coffe break, one of which was mine........................

God was about to give me a sharp lesson in HUMBLE............... oh yes, don't ever think your above a good humbling................. don't ever think you can just go and do a session and expect people to turn up.

I tell you, when you are up against BIG speakers like Jeremy Jennings who is the prayer co-ordinator for Alpha worldwide, you ain't got a chance. By the way Jeremy is one of the nicest guys you could meet.

I set up my computer to the projector and prepapred myself to share my message and then it happened. Into the room came Jonathan Benz, my good friend from Florida, Richard Treacy who was the MC for the session. A sound guy and TWO people, yup you got it TWO.

The room looked a little sparse to say the least. 50 seats and TWO people.

It was at this moment I cried out inside to GOD.................. well you would wouldn't you. Inside I decided instantly 'Give it all You've got'........................... so I did. I preached for 45 minutes about vision and sat down exhausted.

What was that all about, I asked God...................... back came the answer "Did I ask you to come and do this?"............................... GULP!!!!!!

It rained hard as I walked back to the trian station and sat on the train soaked through for 4 hours.

It was great to see Gill at the end of a LONG day....................... she'd spilt RED nailpolish on the upstairs carpet and it won't come out................. but hey! He's Still God..............

Now I'm re-evaluating all I'm doing for God, so if you have a word, or a verse that you think is from God for me, please share it.

Why did I share this????? Because I didn't want to................ have a great day

SteveandGill.com

Saturday, October 28, 2006