Today was Sunday. As a priest I’m used to working on Sundays.  This morning All Souls held their combined service which takes place on the 5th Sunday.  There were over 150 people in church at 8am!

After some opening worship, prayers, the notices and the creed (not in that order), I preached on Mark 1:21-28.  It’s not the easiest passage and Pete introduced me by saying he was glad I was preaching instead of him.  The congregation were good enough to laugh at the jokes (those of you who know me well will understand that’s important), and to say that it spoke to them on the way out.

By 10.10 we had locked up the church and headed home.  In Natal Diocese, it seems rare to have an evening service, and this parish is no different.  We had a pretty relaxing afternoon, building relationship with Pete, Clare and the family.

One thing that makes a trip like this so much easier is the ability to phone home and Catherine and I even managed video Skype today.  It helps to see M and know that both she and Catherine are ok.

Tomorrow we are being taken on a tour of the ward by the local councillor before spending the afternoon at the Noah Orphan project.  I’m excited and apprehensive about what we will come across, but at the same time I’m aware that even the people we will see tomorrow are not the poorest by some way.

Thanks for the comments yesterday, I’ll tell you what we found tomorrow …