Categories: rusk, holidays, church
Tags: holiday, curacy, Rusk, Church
Date: 14 June 2010 15:12:29
First time at my desk since the ordination. Thank you all very much for your good wishes and prayers. It was a lovely day and we've had a bit of a holiday in the south since then.
Legoland in half-term on a very hot day = quite an ordeal, but worth it for Rusk's face when he met Lego Bob the Builder (bigger than he is).
Our tour of the M25 took in visits to some very lovely people, including a good friend's wedding. Fantastic day all round. Rusk spent his time charming everyone, even playing football with the mother of the bride for half an hour. The next group of people we saw had a lovely garden, complete with climbing frame and slide. Mr F's face when he saw Rusk had climbed to the top of the climbing frame by himself was a picture.
We were also introduced to the game of Bananagrams. Anyone else play? There is a Facebook app, but it doesn't do the game justice. Marvellous fun.
Sunday morning was my first normal Sunday since the priesting. The vicar took the opportunity to have the day off so I was left to my own devices, ably assisted by the usual team. I was totally astounded when a lovely couple who had been very unsure about women priests came up to the rail and received communion. They have been very kind to me and we've had some good discussions about it over the year, but I really wasn't expecting it. So lovely. Still brings tears to the eyes to think about it.
In other news: inauspicious, abnegate, writerly, efficacious, honorific, ostentation, sedulous, fallible, vinification, desuetude, pilose, ideate, arriviste, gimcrack, muliebrity and revile. Quite a collection of words to take in from my word a day calendar since I last looked at it.