Update

It's really cold here today, like winter's here all over again.

My brother should be having an operation today to repair nerve damage & see if there's any other problems & what further treatment he may need. He said that yesterday he was beginning to get some feeling back in his hand which is good. Doctors seem confident they can sort it all out. It's amazing what they can do now with microsurgery.

Tim had surgery on his arm as they couldn't manipulate the bones together so they had to pin them. Apparently he screamed nearly the whole time in casualty - they got seen pretty quickly. I took J round to see him yesterday, he's a bit miserable as he's still in pain but not too bad.

Had to lead house group this morning, talking about baptism. It was really hard though with three very young children there who are lovely but kept yelling, couldn't really create atmosphere in which people could share & somebody led discussion completely off track anyway.

I don't know if I've said J is having a tutor (who's a friend of ours) to help with French & German speaking. He's really gaining in confidence. He's also doing some mandarin lessons at school! Some new Government thing about improving relations with China. How am I supposed to cope with a child who can speak Chinese?