All things work together for good

I opened the door this morning to a delivery man who asked me if it was my birthday, he had brought a beautiful bouquet from our dear friends. It was a really lovely surprise. We have been overwhelmed by peoples kindness during this time. John felt overwhelmed with the chatter during audiblox this morning, he seems to be getting the classic colour blind colours mixed up. We had lunch and a dear friend from the Church came to visit. We had a lovely time of fellowship and John was able to talk really fluently, we talked about the importance of real Chritian love and fellowship, how to foster it within the Church and among one another. We talked about the need to love one another, the need to be real and honest about our lives. To be honest about our struggles, to not pretend that everything is ok when it's not. To share one another's burden's and not live our lives in isolation. We discussd the value of sharing fellowship over food, evangelism and being involved in the community. it was a really blessed time which gave us a lot to think about.

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