I popped in on Trefor in Taunton YFC on Tuesday morning.

Leaving Nailsea was weird, and I had a little pang of ‘I wish we were still here’ as I left the quiet green area and joined the M5 at 9am which was a weird experience as there was very little traffic on the road … so unlike the south east.

Meeting the Taunton team was a pleasure and it was great to hear that things are moving right down in the south west of the country too. Too often I think the focus looks at the rest of the country and the SW is viewed differently and this has got to be wrong.

Trefor shared with me how schools work is progressing massively with schools requesting youth alpha as part of the curriculum which they are willing to pay Taunton YFC for. This is obviously quite an exciting development and could be repeated elsewhere. Alongside this, Powerpoint, their monthly event has seen a growth in numbers from 40 to 80 to 120 young people in just 6 months.

It seems God is on the move … as if we never knew!!

I left, again feeling it a privilege to be able to spend more time with another bunch of people so sold out on mission to young people – there is a common theme here!

When I left the office I called in to a local supermarket for petrol and lunch only to find that the Taunton branch stocked sushi to take away for lunch. I’ve never been able to find that in Kent!