You are beautiful

"You are not perfect; you are human. You are the only person you can be; you are wonderful. Be yourself."

I've been to Zac's Place again tonight. We started looking at baptism, the history and reasoning behind it. Again lots of different ideas all held together by Sean.

The quote above comes from Gareth. One of the attendees was bemoaning the fact that he sins. 'Get over it! Say you're sorry, and move on.'

Gareth also told us about his pert buttocks, with which he can crack nuts. Some of the bikers posed for a photo shoot recently for a calendar to be sold in aid of a man with MS, to help pay for physio and occupational therapy. Most of the bikers wore their boxers but Gareth played the piano in the nude. He is a rather large man (apart from his buttocks) so this should be an interesting calendar. I'm taking orders ...

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Younger Son recently applied for a Modern Apprenticeship in Environmental something or other. He has been unemployed and more and more disillusioned since dropping out of university just before Easter. He wasn't enjoying the environmental science course he was doing as it involved too much physics and maths; a MA should be far more practical and to his liking.

Tomorrow he has to take some numeracy, literacy and reasoning tests. I cannot imagine that they will cause him much problem but I would be grateful if you would pray (if you do) that he will be successful in getting onto this apprenticeship scheme. He really needs something to occupy him, to pay him, and to give him some sense of purpose and self-esteem.

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By the way it might have been Gareth saying those things but it comes from the heart of God. He loves you just as you are.