Where do I begin...?

It has been an embarrassing 19 days since my last post. Nineteen!! As fellow (far more interesting) blogger Tom In Egypt stated in his post earlier today, once you stop writing, it is very hard to get back into it. So yes, I am truly sorry for the huge gap in updates, but as you will see, there are some perfectly valid reasons.

I'll get the nasty stuff out of the way first of all: many of you will already have heard, but for those of you who don't, my parents are separating and getting a divorce. I don't think it appropriate to share details on a public website, so I'll leave it at that. The last week and a half or so, therefore have been rather busy, doing numerous painting and decorating jobs on Willow Grove (my house) to get it into tip-top condition before we sell it on to some lucky family.

Away from that state of affairs, there have been some rather nice things happening of late. On October 31st St Tom's held it's first ever "Not The Light Party" in the church building, which managed to take the form of an open-mic night, and although that wasn't the initial intention, it was most enjoyable. There were also various games consoles and a friendly Fairtrade café (incidentally, Fairtrade Dairy Milk ftw). So yes, a very enjoyable evening.

Mad Cow has been keeping me busy the last few days. We had local rock quartet Yogo Kid in to demo a couple of tunes the other week, and I finally got around to mixing Tori's EP which she will be releasing very soon for a modest price to fund her year out at Mountainview International Church in Madrid next year - I'd recommend the CD, it's very good. Next week, nato are recording 8 songs in 3 hours - mission - and Joe Gosling is recording something. If you wish to be record for free like these lovely people, email me at madcowstudios@sttoms.co.uk

Steve Lee informs me that the Miracle Street Christmas Tour isn't really happening now, which is a great shame, but God is in control, so who knows what will happen. The summer tour is taking shape as far as I know, so hopefully that will, in turn, create some good reading for you faithful followers.

That's about all really. I hope I haven't bored you, but alas I probably have. I promise I'll write again sooner and therefore less. As it is now clear what God wanted me at home for this year (I think this is it; He will surely correct me if I'm wrong), I would appreciate your prayers not just for me, but for my whole family.

Do svidanya, druzya!