Had a busy week last week....just making the usual excuses for not writing anything on here all week lol. Actually I did have a busy week and I will tell you all about it now. Going to do it diary style to try to make sure I don't miss anything.

Sunday 14th January

Ian and Christine back today after time off for holidays. Think I have said this before but will say it again anyway..its good when they are back at the helm, everything feels safe again. We had 6 new people at church today. Please don't adjust your glasses as you read right the 1st time!!!6 new people just how ace is that! 2 were Lorraines friends with their 3 children and 1 was Avis's friend. I think Lorraines friends used to/or still come to mums n tots I'm not sure, I have probably been told this already but my brain is having trouble retaining info at the moment. How good is God for trusting us with more new people, everyone was buzzing wooohoooooo

Monday 15th January

Work as usual. I'm sure something good must have happened but I can't remember unless that was the day that I nearly walked out as there is usually at least one day a week that I feel like on hehe. Lorraine and I were going to go for a long walk as a last ditch attempt to clear a few pounds for Tuesday night weigh in at fat club. Lorraine came round, we wrapped up against the elements, got out of the front door, walked to the corner and then to the next corner and then thought 'sack this, lets go and have a cup of tea and chat' I think it was more me thinking that but Lorraine didn't take that much convincing!

Tuesday 16th January

Work again today and like I said yesterday I'm sure good things happened but can't remember any. Tonight was the moment of truth at Fat club as I had tried so hard and been on a few treks with Lorraine. I had strategically placed bags and bags of fruit next to the kitchen door so that whenever I felt like snacking I would see that first before going to get something bad. Anyway I lost 4lb and Lorraine lost 3.5lb we were flippin buzzing. Celebrated by having some buttered toast when I got home!

Wednesday 17th January

Work as usual. I can't remember anything at all about work that day. After work I went with Christine to the cash and carry to stock up on stuff for church and sweeties for club yumyum. We both bought the same book by Stephen Fry called 'The Book of General Ignorance' a fascinating read for anyone who loves to fill their head with stuff that nobody really wants to listen to. It destroys all past useless information and replaces it with more lol. Like for instance

1) what colour were Robin Hoods tights?

2) Do carrots help us see in the dark?

3) What were Cinderellas slippers made from?

As you can see from the above all completely useless but fascinating to me lol.

Thursday 18th January

Work as usual and I do remember today because of the wind. How flippin good was it? I'll tell you why I'm probably the only person in the UK that thought it was good...it kept the customers away!! Clubs were back on at church tonight. The first club was a bit of a sad occasion as 2 of our boys were leaving. Sam who is 10 and harry who is 7. They have been coming for about a year I think and at first were quite naughty to be honest, they used to be disruptive during the God time and not join in the singing and say they weren't singing about God and stuff. Its only looking back that I can see just how much they changed. Harry gave Elaine a picture that he had drawn and coloured in at school and it was a fire engine with the Fire of Jesus wrote on it..amazing really, a lot of thought had gone into that picture and he said that he got his friends at school to help him colour it in. At the end of club we gave them both a childrens bible and Christine prayed for them both, then we all held hands and sang. A few of the kids were crying and I was trying hard not to. Their older brother Jake was sat in the car waiting for them, he comes to our youth club so we gave him a bible too and he got upset..this might sound weird but it just proves how much coming to club meant and it should encourage all of us. Going to be praying for those boys and their mum as they start their new life in Hull. Youth club was good tonight, had some lovely chats with some of the girls about school etc I love it and I love the kids and I think its just ace that we have a club that they can come and just hang around and that they trust us enough to tell us things. Thank you Jesus. When I got home I had a letter from the bank. I'm not sure if I have mentioned this in any previous posts but I have been trying to get all my bank charges refunded to me since about Sept - October. Tony from church has done all the work really, all I had to do was to be honest about my finances which in itself was hard. Anyway I got the letter and the bank have offered to repay me all the bank charges for the full amount of £4500 wow eh..this means that I will no longer be in debt, for the 1st time since I don't know when, it seems that I have always been in debt and have always been trying to pay it off, so this will finally pay the last bit that I owe and I feel truly free. I really do have loads and loads to thank Jesus for because He has been so good to me and faithful and when I got the call to officership not long after getting saved I was excited but then came right down to earth as it always seemed impossible because I would sort one debt out and another thing would come up, but Jesus has reminded me that my life is His and its in His hands so He will take care of everything. Philippians 1 verse 6 says it all.

Friday 19th January

I remember today clearly as I was still buzzing about the bank charges, I told everyone that would listen about it. My mum came to stay at mine at the night and it was really lovely, my mum hasn't stayed with me for about 10 years. Had some lovely talks and laughed nearly all night. I'm thanking Jesus for that too.

Saturday 20th January

Went shopping today with mum and Janette and the kids to Bolton. Went for an 'All you can eat chinese buffet' I like to change the words to 'Eat all you can' well me and Janette certainly had our moneys worth hehe....what a pair of fat cows we were. I will have to starve myself till Tuesday now.

So that was my week!!! Thank you Jesus for work, the wind that kept the customers away but also left me fenceless, for my mum staying, for chinese food, for relationships made at our kids club, for Ian and Christine returning safely from holiday, for listing 4lb at fat club and thank you Jesus for loving me enough to die for me.

Just how long is this post......I have sore digits now.

Laters taters.