Monday is a day I try to make my "day off". Unfortunately it's not always the easiest day to take. Fair numbers of the Vestry Committee can only make Monday meetings, and often things, broought to light on Sunday at church services, have to have an immediate response and Monday is the day it has to be done!

Today I'm working, but for a nice reason, in-as-much as I'm going off on holiday on Wednesday for a week, and much has to be done before I jet off. Going on holiday for a clergyperson can be a logistical nightmare, making sure everything is in place and your absence goes almost un-noticed! At least that's the theory!

This is compounded by the fact that shortly after my return, I'm off to The Gambia to sort out the administrative problems that have occurred due to Kabs leaving GTS. (GTS administer our school over there.) Kabs' departure has left big gaps in the admin of the school and these need to be addressed, as soon as possible. The way we do things with GTS has to change, so that one individual no longer has "all the knowledge", which is what happened with Kabs when GTS were employing him. Since Kabs has decided to stay in the UK for now, we are required to fill the gaps he has left and firm up the administration of the school, the feeding programme, and the medical care. There is nothing sinister about my need to go over there, but more a practical response to the gaps which have emerged. It's hopeless trying to sort out something so important by telephone to a Third World country!

In between these two trips I have Sunday services, two weddings, a magazine to publish, and meetings about things as important as our proposed new hall. So no pressure there then!

However, God is good, the sun is shining, and Rhodes beckons on Wednesday!