Sadly David is leaving me today for bigger and better places. I’ve had the honour and joy of putting David up for a couple of weeks between the end of term and the start of his exciting mission trip, and it’s been excellent fun.
We have had many chats about all sorts of things. We’ve played some games. We’ve baked some cakes. We’ve eaten lots of food! And we’ve generally had lots of fun.
Last week I was expecting that to be the end of my house company for the summer, but it turns out Nathan is staying in Leicester until the end of the month to work on his dissertation. He’s staying so that he can have access to the library, and my job for the next few weeks will be to make sure he’s actually using the library and not being a lazy bum!
I’m rather glad that I will have some company for a few weeks longer, although I have to admit I was quite looking forward to having the house to myself, and me and Joe can’t get on with the decorating and general household stuff until Nathan has moved out which is a bit of a shame. No matter though, we’ll still have two months of summer to work at it, which is plenty of time.
So on this day, as Mr. Irvine leaves Leicester for the summer, I offer him this prayer: “May you thoroughly enjoy your time in Singapore, whilst being streched to your limits and ever learning from the situations you will be put in. May you grow in strength and maturity, and may you bring back all that you gain and use it wisely in this place that you already know.”