Church Picnic Day (just for fun)!!

In my previous post, I had pictures of the sign pointing to the Idea Store (a very "trendy" library where we have church), but never showed you what it actually looks like! So here ya go! This is actually an old photo of my sister and nephew standing outside the store.

The Idea Store has several "classrooms" which we use to hold church services; God has really given us favor there because they now let us use 2 rooms for church and another room for Sunday School (pictures to follow in next blog!)! This is me and my friend Karlene leading worship two Sundays ago. Those of you who remember old school Bible College days might remember Karlene, she was one of the first Brits to come to Murrieta back in the day!

So after church what do we do?? Glad you asked...

WE HAVE A PICNIC!! (At least, in August we can have a picnic because the weather is actually decent)!

Our summer picnic this year was held at Thames Barrier Park along the river (which you can see in the background).

So what do we do at the picnic? Glad you asked...

We learn how to play British ROUNDERS!!!

So here we have one of the teams huddling up...actually Lauren (on the left in the blue shorts, she plays rounders in school) is trying to explain the rules since most of the Brits didn't even seem to remember how to play! :)

In a nutshell, Rounders is kinda like American baseball...but different! You still hit the ball with a bat, run around stakes (poles in the ground), and pitch (bowl), as you can see me doing here...but other than that it's a whole new ballgame (pun intended)!

For one thing, you can only swing the bat with one hand...awkward! Plus the bat is short, so even strong guys (like Terry here) had a hard time hitting the ball!

See what I mean? :)

Well, ultimately, whether you hit the ball or not, on your third swing you have to run around the outside of the 4 stakes, which is what Peter is doing here. There's more to it than that, but I think that's probably enough for one blog post!

This post was kinda just "for fun," but I wanted you to see some of the "faces" in our little fellowship here. The Lord really is doing a neat work in London, moving in the hearts of His people and bringing in new folks as well...it seems like the Lord is continually drawing newcomers in and giving us opportunities to reach out with the love of Jesus! Please continue to pray, it means so much and I know the Lord is using it!