Day 122 - Oakville - 5th December 2004

I was invited to drum at church today! You can imagine what a privilegde and pleasure that was. I had to get to the church at 8:00am (the local AMC 24 screen cinema complex - we were in screen 13 today) to help set up. The drum kit has to be trucked in and set up every Sunday. As does the sound system, the overhead projector system, all the catering (coffee and bagels for 300 people) and all the peripheral equipment. All church members have name tags here which is great if you have a problem remembering names.

Julie and the boys turned up at 10:00am for the start of the service and it was great to see them sitting in the front row as usual. We did several carols and some regular worship songs. It was great to be playing again. It has been over 4 months since I last played and playing has been such an important part of my spiritual journey that it is never far from my thoughts.

From church we went straight to the boys school where the Advent Fair was in full swing. This is one of the major school events of the year. Hundreds of people come to it. Every classroom is decorated for some activity or other. Cookie decorating, candle making (dipping), story telling and loads more. Most of the products on sale were either made in the school or by people related to the school. Lunch was provided and cooked by the parents. We stayed until 3:30 pm and then made a pit stop at home and went straight onto our house group Christmas party. More home cooked food and fantastic fellowship. We have had so much fun with our house group since we have been there. Julie and I have never laughed so much. On wednesday we had tears rolling down our cheeks. They are such a laugh.