My Family

My Family are very precious to me and when one falls ill, we all suffer.
Unfortunately, Den seems the one to be ill the most due to an illness called Chrons disease.
It means that if he comes into contact with anyone who has a viral infection and catches it or if someone does not clean their hands thoroughly before preparing his food, he catches it! He does not have an immune system like you or me so his body cannot fight off infection.
Dennis was admitted to hospital very very early yesterday morning in serious pain. He has to have steroids and anti-biotics pumped into him to make him well again.
However hard it is to see him in pain, it is also hard to see my children in pain too. Jessie has had to cope with having her dad miss her birthday yesterday which was such a blow for an 11 year old and Jake sees that I struggle and wants to be the big man around the house at nearly 13. It is hard to have to be a grown up so quickly and the whole thing just causes so much stress.

I ask for your prayers for Dennis and the family because I believe God answers when we call out to him.

Survival

I have recently been on a 'Survival' residential and found it to be amazing! Myself and the others who work in the same department as me went on a retreat/residential to the deep wild countryside of Kent. We had to make our own shelters, find our own food (carefully placed by the Survival team - not fresh rabbit!) cook our food and try out some team building exercises. The best was making our own fishing rods and catching our own fish, unfortunately all the ones I caught were too small to cook but the experience was great.
I managed to locate the injured person on search and rescue, a claim to fame!
The team were all fantastic, it helped us to bond so much more, and there were no complaints at all. Even Rachael was able to put up with sharing her bivvy (shelter) with some beetles.
The scariest moment was when we were searching for our food and I found myself in the middle of a badger set. I was assured that they are nocturnal but got out of there as fast as I could ... just in case!

A brilliant time away with so much gained. I highly recommend the experience. www.wealdyfc.co.uk