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A Lovely Week

What a lovely week it's been! Totally freezing at work on Monday (and a bit moany cos I was so cold - sorry everyone!) But then the sun came out on MY Birthday - hip hip hooray! My son declared that I'm "definitely late 40's now, and very close to 50" but not even that dampened my day! Simon and I were both able to take the day off, so that made it even more special as we ate posh lunch together. Those of you in Church last Sunday morning will be as relieved as I was that we had "worked through" our disagreement well before my Birthday!

So there's been a lot af REAL activity (of course!) this week.
The programme is looking lovely, and we're making the final tweaks before it gets sent off to the printers.
Kerith Office is buzzing with REAL - related activity.
Lots of fantastic media bits are being created.
This morning I took my two REAL preaches to the Preach Planning meeting - so pleased to get good feedback and some great perspective and encouragement from the team.
Sue and I are particularly excited every time another woman books to come to REAL! We've had a good response to our request for sponsorships for single mums in Kerith - you'll never fully know the impact your financial gift will make in another life. What a blessing - to them and to you!
Look out for more info from me on this Sunday's Reveal film at Kerith.

To whet your appetite for REAL, why not make some time to watch and listen to Shauna. She spoke a couple of weekends ago at Willow, for their Mothers Day services. It's a great message ...and in only 4 WEEKS TIME we'll all be together at REAL!
Have a fab weekend - thank you God for the sunshine :) 

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