Three years on Iona

So it’s been a while since I’ve updated here. What’s been going on in my world?

• Greenbelt.
• An exciting trip back to Iona from Greenbelt including missing a vital train link.
• I’ve led several sessions, including one which started about 10 minutes after getting back home from Greenbelt.
• A few staff crises – one resident staff member  asked to leave, one resident signed off sick for a month, one resident sent out of the country to get a new visa and another resident hanging in here by the skin of her teeth to get a new visa.
• H was in charge of the whole place as sole remaining management team person.
• Bedbugs – but they’ve gone now.
• Some awful weather.
• Some glorious weather.
• Lots of weeding – particularly getting grass out of one particular flower bed.
• Two weeks of mainly German guests in the Mac.
• Both H & I had stinking colds for a while.
• Folk from Wesley Memorial (our old church) came to stay in the Abbey.

Generally things are good. It’s helped to have a less than full centre up at the Mac – certainly taken the pressure off us. The rest of the staff have really stepped up to fill in gaps caused by those away for whatever reason. Hopefully we’ll last the rest of the season (end of Oct) without falling apart!

In a couple of weeks time we’ll gbe getting away from the place for a couple of weeks. It should be great to have a break – although a little tiring perhaps. We’re traveling all over the place and seeing lots of people. Look out London, Oxford, Isle of Wight and Milton Keynes!