there and back again

it´s been a while! For the last 3 and a half weeks I´ve been in the UK. The trip was to attend a week of meetings of the Latin Link Core Team. It was great to be together again and see how we have advanced with various tasks. As usual I came away with a fairly long to do list - but that it´s good. It was also great to be meeting alongside the Stride orientation and meet some of the Striders who´ll be arriving in the next few weeks. I really enjoyed doing a session about being single in mission.
Before and after the week of meetings, I managed to catch up with all my families and see lots of friends. It has felt very busy, but great. And in the occasional times when I got chance to just stop and appreciate the moment, I was thankful for lots of things that I love about England. Here´s a few. ....

> English cooked breakfast
> My nieces and nephews
> The countryside
> Being amongst tall people
> Ice cream vans
> Trains
> Cows
> Not being expected to talk to complete strangers on public transport
> Puddings
> Catching up with old friends
> Walking


But now I´m back and here´s a few things that I appreciate about being here.

> Coming home to a welcome home banner from the Striders (with accompanying notes about what they have broken in my house in my absence!)
> Buying fruit from the market - where the stall holders know my name
> Going to the post office - and collecting letters for other people (striders again!)
> Being home