I had a great day catching up with YFC friends Simon in Swindon and Paul in Cheltenham today. Two very different characters, 2 totally different sorts of backgrounds, but two identical outlooks – to see their communities transformed, and 2 sacrificial lifestyles – both could earn a lot more in the ‘real world’, but choose the life of mission and the ‘salary’ that comes with it.

Yet again, I am struck by the privilege I have on occassions to just sit with great people and not only hear about their great dreams but also see that great things are happening with their dreams too as they become reality.

As I said earlier in the week – we all need dreams. Without dreams I think our lives become desperate at worst, and become bored at best. Without dreams we have no hope! My faith is based entirely on hope. I think it was Desmond Tutu that said as Christians we are slaves to the hope that we have … or something like that!