On Monday the family came to visit me in my new flat. They all seemed very impressed and we had coffee and cakes. How frightfully British, heh heh.

On Tuesday I went to visit an old friend from college to have dinner with her, her husband and another friend. Fiona and her husband Alan are on career breaks and are about to go Ecuador. They are also thinking about a trip to China in January. So we had good craic over the salmon and potatoes.

I’m keeping my exercise regime going. I’ve found a nice spot in the nearby park, where I can skip in the mornings till my heart’s content, and no one could care less.

Last Sunday night the preacher in church focused on another of Jesus’ questions, this time from Matthew 9:27-33: “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” The challenge here is quite obvious: whatever our situation, whatever trouble we are in, whatever sin has overtaken us, whatever problem it is that seems to us impossible to overcome, do we believe that Jesus can put it right? Surely our answer should be a resounding “yes, Jesus! I believe you can do this!”