Today I spent the day with some of our directors looking at Integrate in a hotel in Dartford. The last three days I have been talking mission with people and, not that I ever needed reminding, it is interesting to see that we all mean different things when we use the term.

Today was really exciting. Today was exciting because it was a chance to hear about what God is doing in different locations in the south east corner of the country. These YFC centres are doing some outstanding work, and like most situations and organisations, I guess we do not tell them that enough.

Today was also exciting because we got to hear about each others struggles. That may sound weird, but to see that every single person was struggling with something, and that many of us were struggling with the same thing, id in a way a bit if an encouragement. Some of the time we beat ourselves up because we feel we should be doing more, achieving more as really we believe no one else struggles, and everyone else is better than us.

One person summed it up well: ‘We spend so much time doing doing doing, that we forget that we are called to just be’. Thanks Ruth for that excellent and timely (at this time of the year) reminder.

I don’t like to embarrass people. No really I do not! I won’t name the person who came over the Dartford Bridge, only to miss the turning for the hotel and then go through the Dartford Tunnel, then to the ext exit, to be able to turn around and come over the bridge again. This person is great and I’d like to thank him for sharing it as it gave us all a laugh … and may well do for a few months yet. You know who you are …