Our 3 Year Old Bundle of Fun!

What a fantastic time! Yup, so great to spend time in Singapore and Malaysia again. Went to the Cornerstone Pastors Summit in Joho, Malaysia from Tuesday-Thursday last week and there was a feast of great fellowship, tremendous preaching and encouragement. The Senior Pastor of Cornerstone Singapore, Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong was the speaker and he tackled the issue of Transforming a Nation, Revival v Reformation, Finishing Well etc. ... inspirational stuff.

Left Malaysia on Thursday night and met Michael, Alison & Jemma Rose in Singapore. Had an early flight to Manila on Friday morning and I was desperate to get home. It was my wee boy Josiah's 3rd birthday on Friday! And, even though Daddy didn't arrive until 9pm there were two very exited children peeping out of the window! What a welcome (although I am still not convinced that Lydia was more excited about the giver of the gift rather than the gift itself!)

Josiah had a great day, according to mummy. He opened lots of presents before school and here, if it is your birthday, you don't have to wear a school uniform. So he went to school all togged up with new clothes from his Granny Mary! At the end of class they all sang Happy Birthday and we ordered a beautiful 'Lightning McQueen' cake. Wow. He was so happy. And just to end a perfect day, Daddy brought home some more Lightning McQueen toys from Singapore.

On Saturday we had a lovely family day an finished with a special birthday McDonalds for the staff & kids in the Children's Home. Great stuff. Josiah is doing great now - thanks to your prayers. He is a wee comedian and loves to laugh and make people laugh. he is doing great at school and he is centre of attention (Mmmm, wonder where he gets that from???) He is a handsome wee guy and his 'thing' right now is to wear shades and spike his hair ... just like a certain cartoon character he loves. Well, at least he doesn't speak like Pingu any more!

He is doing well health wise as well. He has the odd snuffle but he is gaining weight and eating much better. Thanks for your prayers.

On Sunday we had Cornerstone United and many came to celebrate with us. Keith Pointon spoke about the 'Christian's Survival Kit' and many were blessed, challenged and ministered to. Great to feel and experience the power of God.

So here we are, just starting another week. So much to share and so little time to blog. As I was reading some other blogs that Michael showed me, it seems that most people who blog are always apologising for not blogging consistently! So I don't feel quite so bad now. Rumour has it that some of our visitors here at Sefton now are going to do a 'Guest Blog' in the next day or two, but we'll see!

Hey, if any of our visitors who were here in June/July - Singaporean or Scottish - want to write an article about their experiences here at Sefton then just email it to me and I will stick it on the blog. That would be a nice change ... so come on Deborah, Faye, John, David, Kirsty or any of the team members ... up for a challenge?

Goodnight ...

p.s. - Had to laugh the other day. Our internet was off for a week ... again ... and the phone company informed us that our line had been cut and that the thieves had stolen our whole cable - over 300 metres of it!! This is the 3rd time this year. Only in the Philippines ...