What an interesting weekend we had.

The highlight, of course, was Susannah and James becoming engaged on Saturday- much excitement and rejoicing. Now we have to plan the engagement party (which will be a combined event with James's 21st), and try to find a date for a wedding which minimises disappointment and anger from the varied self-interested parties that gather around such family events… joy oh joy!

Saturday afternoon we welcomed our volunteers from Mobile Mission Maintenance who are camped in our car park for the next few weeks. They are here to complete (we hope) the High School Community Centre. We helped get them organised and settled in and spent some hours having fellowship.

Sunday morning church we had quite a few people away, and it would have been a dismal turn out if we hadn't had our MMM visitors.

In the afternoon we took them down to the High School to see the job and to meet Paul the builder in charge.

I got back to discover that some kind of barbecue was being planned for dinner and more people on the lounge room floor.

Nigh church we had more visitors than regulars, almost. There was a couple dressed entirely in black and looking just a little kooky. They are the super-spiritual type who just travel around as God leads them and have a message that has just been revealed to them out of all the people on the planet. I try to suspend judgement on people until I've had a chance to get to know them. People who talk in mysteries and try to reveal as little as possible about who they are always make me suspicious. They handed me a big wad of paper which is the revelation- I'll probably get around to reading it, but I think I heard enough from what they said last night to know it could well be flaky… the wordier the revelation the less likely it is to be true in my experience.

Then there was the aging hippy who was all too ready to talk about his life. He hung around until well after midnight talking with Margaret. He was someone who seems to have had a genuinely hard time, has been badly treated by Christians but is back to getting his life on track.

After all the excitement I'm feeling a bit like a train wreck today. I'm looking forward to lunch time so I can have a nap!